Backyard Aquaponics
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No dought counting the money

This bloke said he's had them in for a year or so very boring !! but at the same time very exciting
He has them hanging in racks in I think he said a 2000L tank all home made system blue barrel grow beds
No drop off in veg production at all since changing over from silver perch
He's only a young bloke works in a pet store and is very keen even looking into producing pearls from them
I could see his brain ticking over on where he wanted to go with it all
I'v got a full on weekend so I will try and see him on Monday

Good work RB, keep us posted

Watching with interest...

Funny F&F.

Watching with interest also.

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Pearl farming in your own backyard! sounds great, but as far as im aware oysters are a marine mollusc, and the freshwater equivilant would be a mussel?

so anyone have any pics yet

In the USA they use the shell of fresh water oysters to make the seeds that are put into a real oysters from which pearls grow. Apparently (from memory) this is a specialised business and quite lucrative.

J

sorry guy's didn't get there today going down to the shop tomorrow

i was talking to another aquarium crazy mate about them and he had herd of someone getting more the 10 ten pearls out of one

it is one of those friend of a friend stories so it probs started out being more then 2

A bit of googling suggests in fresh water they tend to use mussels, you can get a number of pearls going in each one, and as Johnfenn mentioned the seeding of them is a little bit complicated. It does sound as though it is being done around the world commercially though

we just went down and had a talk with the guy he has had the oysters in for 18 monthes now
he is going to send me some pics later today I will post them when I get them

still no pics hope i get them before I fly out

The suspense is killing me.............

What'd you expect... from something hanging from a rope....