tilapia feed suppliers

[badflash]

Wolfia is hard to keep. It is so tiny that everything eats it and it ends up getting sucked into the AP and is lost. It needs still water to do well. I find the larger duckweeds much better. There isn't a big difference in nutrician.

Jackalope-
Just say the word and I'll send you a mess. The local ponds here are loaded until it cools off, which could be any day.

[Root Doctor]

I'm feeding tilapia exclusively on food we raise on site, namely algae, zooplankton and insect larvae. Not all algae is so high in fat and yet, within the phytoplankton there are many organisms which fish like more than algae. So algae to feed fish as a supplement, like duckweed but with small microscopic organisms that feed on the algae as primary feed.

Problem with duckweed is that while it is a good food and great for wastewater remediation, it is hard to get much nitrogen per feeding. It has a very low nitrogen percentage.

You can see some of our videos on algae as a fish food at our algosolar website or google videos on tilapia feed and algae.

[badflash]

Duckweed is about 40% protien. How could that be low in nitrogen?

[davidstcldfl]

Hi Root Doctor...welcome to the forum...

You said duckweed is low in nitrogen....compared to....?
I'm remembering reading...it's just over 6 % nitrogen.
Of course, the water it was grown in and what type of duckweed....makes a differeance on the make up.

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[grimsteph]

Has anyone used Premium Fish Food Company's fish food. Here is the link to one of their products. What do you think of their ingredients?

http://premiumfishfood.com/zen/tilapia- ... ate-pellet

Doc

Hi Doc,

That is where we got food from. It seems like it is very high quality. We would like to produce our own food when we get a little bigger, but I'm pleased with using this for now. I want to try and make food out of ground alfalfa, black soldier fly and duckweed as the main ingredients. I wish we could afford a pellet making machine, but even the cheapest ones we could find were at least three thousand or more. It would take a lot of food to make that money back.

[urbanfarmer]

That just seems ridiculously expensive. Check your local feed store. They definitely have better prices (less than 25% of what that costs). They often can special order feed if you are looking for something more specific (and they don't usually charge anything extra to do it).

[badflash]

If you have a local feed store ask them about the co-op list. Many belong to the co-op and can order quality fish food far cheaper than you think. You won't be paying shipping either. Look for a low fat feed with about 30% protein. Catfish food is not good for tilapia. You also want a floating feed. That way you know when they've eaten it.

If you pay more than $1 a pound it is not sustainable business wise.

[grimsteph]

That just seems ridiculously expensive. Check your local feed store. They definitely have better prices (less than 25% of what that costs). They often can special order feed if you are looking for something more specific (and they don't usually charge anything extra to do it).

Most of that cheap local feed store stuff is full of nasty things I wouldn't want in my system, and it usually lacks important vitamin content. I also use a lot less of the food because it is higher protein and has less filler ingredients. I've been extremely happy with it. I have also used AquaFarms food, and it was very good as well.

[badflash]

That is why you use the coop. not what they stock in the store. I've been using Zeigler's Finfish silver. It has more protein than I need for adults, but it works for all ages. Finfish Bronze is best for tilapia, but it isn't in the coop catalog yet.
http://www.co-opfeed.com/pdf/FishPondSupplies.pdf