Are you still breeding Tilapia for food?
breeding fish... a retired guys hobby???
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I have a freezer, and a shelf canned in the pantry... but, I'm not currently breeding the Tilapia, so those indoor tanks are available, as are the bigger outdoor tanks, if I decide to raise a group again...
I may decide to do it again, after I get retired... I particularly liked them canned, they were about like canned salmon, and the process seemed much less wasteful than filleting them
I may decide to do it again, after I get retired... I particularly liked them canned, they were about like canned salmon, and the process seemed much less wasteful than filleting them
fishorama
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You "guys" know I was kidding, I use "guys" for people in general too. Many of my plant clubbers are male of all ages but there are some women too. My carpool friend & I are the "old ladies"; people often confuse us (scowl, lol). In the "local" fish club there are more people on all kinds but still more males last time I went.
Magnum, I'd think about what you may need to do with your livebearer offspring of any species or other fish. Shipping, given where you live, seems pretty much mandatory. Unless you live a couple days drive from larger markets. That could be fun in semi-retirement. Check out new cities, sights, restaurants, lfs & fish club meets. My husband, while he's always been into our hobby, loses interest after an hour or so of "fish stuff" during vacations. My advice is to make it fun for both of you, it's not that difficult but needs some planning.
Magnum, I'd think about what you may need to do with your livebearer offspring of any species or other fish. Shipping, given where you live, seems pretty much mandatory. Unless you live a couple days drive from larger markets. That could be fun in semi-retirement. Check out new cities, sights, restaurants, lfs & fish club meets. My husband, while he's always been into our hobby, loses interest after an hour or so of "fish stuff" during vacations. My advice is to make it fun for both of you, it's not that difficult but needs some planning.
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I've been having trouble keeping these... I suspect parasites they way they look when they arrive... all the previous stock has been weak... got 2 pair today, that look like much stronger stock... females are already plump... I saw a pair mating only minutes after meeting... these are the 2 males I got today... still trying to get enough water changed after having tilapia in these tanks, pulled the sponge filters and cleaned them, and the hang on back filter sponges for a 2nd time since the tilapia , today, before the new fish arrived...
the female in the 2nd picture was already here, but pretty boy, has to check her out too..
the female in the 2nd picture was already here, but pretty boy, has to check her out too..
Thinking about the original title of the thread... I just refilled and fired up a 40 gallon long tank, with a newly homemade undergravel filter. The tank itself is 15 years old, and was purchased before I was this old, when I was still working away and earning money. My fishroom is composed of tanks bought when the money was coming in, largely money earned from writing about the hobby. Much of my gear is 20-25 or more years old, and a lot of workhorse filters are dying off one by one, beyond another repair. I've made a few tanks recently, and have radically improved my siliconing skills.
Fishbreeding takes tanks and equipment, and there are costs attached. Interesting fish aren't inexpensive. I always enjoyed the company of the old school working class aquarists I knew when I was younger - men and women who were self taught, scientifically grounded and who had both a seriousness and a sense of humour about this little pastime.
It looks like I've gone in that direction now. I have time. I am lucky to have space. I had a unionized trade, so I have a pension. I don't gamble, golf or gallivant, and I can afford a trip a year to explore my curiosity, for another year or two. But for most of us as we age and get time, we don't get money, and the hobby can demand that if we breed fish for interest. When you're younger, if you have a marketable skill, you can indulge a hobby if you can find time for it. As you age, you often have less money, less strength to build and move things, less motivation and fewer surviving fellow fishkeepers to talk all this over with.
So while you have health and cash flow, whether you're 20 or 80, do it now. If you're reading this you're into fish, so if you want to travel to South America or Africa, if you want to make a breeding set up, if you want a room of calming aquascapes, if you get pleasure from breeding as hard to breed fish and sharing it out - do it.
Fishbreeding takes tanks and equipment, and there are costs attached. Interesting fish aren't inexpensive. I always enjoyed the company of the old school working class aquarists I knew when I was younger - men and women who were self taught, scientifically grounded and who had both a seriousness and a sense of humour about this little pastime.
It looks like I've gone in that direction now. I have time. I am lucky to have space. I had a unionized trade, so I have a pension. I don't gamble, golf or gallivant, and I can afford a trip a year to explore my curiosity, for another year or two. But for most of us as we age and get time, we don't get money, and the hobby can demand that if we breed fish for interest. When you're younger, if you have a marketable skill, you can indulge a hobby if you can find time for it. As you age, you often have less money, less strength to build and move things, less motivation and fewer surviving fellow fishkeepers to talk all this over with.
So while you have health and cash flow, whether you're 20 or 80, do it now. If you're reading this you're into fish, so if you want to travel to South America or Africa, if you want to make a breeding set up, if you want a room of calming aquascapes, if you get pleasure from breeding as hard to breed fish and sharing it out - do it.
Well, traveling to places on this globe to watch those fish which we call aquarium fish in free nature will contribute seriously to your knowledge of fish. It tells you way more than commercial aquarium fish books can. And I've mentioned something similar as Gary has said on my homepage: If you ever get the chance to go to countries like these, don't hesitate and just go for it.
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the mature male super red pleco, I moved to my sail fin breeding tank , that had a mature female super red, had chosen a cave... the female was never treated in a cave... so, while not my main objective for that tank, maybe I'll have lil super reds...
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well I wormed both of these tanks, today... the fish I last received looked plump and nice, but all previous looked thin, and haven't been living long... I have no fish, from the 1st shipment, 1 left from the 2nd shipment, 2 or 3 left from the 3rd shipment... lots of water changing, filter cleaning and such... things are getting better, but think it's time for a worming...
Worming is worth a try.
The larger mollie species and mixes are fish I found could be difficult. Males kill each other, and you have to get the water and food right. Worming might help. I hope so.
The larger mollie species and mixes are fish I found could be difficult. Males kill each other, and you have to get the water and food right. Worming might help. I hope so.
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