Backyard Aquaponics
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brother dan on page 16 , the image 0081 the blue tank. what size is it? i know its a behlen fun pool and just like mine. im guessing but i say its the 9 ft.

how much do they cost in texas? i know behlen is in nebraska so im curious if they are any price differance with you being closer
to the big vacuform machine

do you have any of the other behlen brand tanks?

im liking mine a lot and can testify they are tough units as my crazy cows used to climb right in the larger one i have here and its still doing fine.

The big blue tank is 900 gallons. I think I paid $384 from tractor supply; not sure. I never have used it either. I was thinking if making a rail collector out of it.

Tractor Supply lists the 8 foot ones at $300:

http://www.tractorsupply.com/webapp/wcs ... cial=false

And $394 for the 9'
http://www.tractorsupply.com/webapp/wcs ... ue&cFlag=1

thats the same price that i paid from farmers co-op here in dead oak floriduh 32071

New arrivals today



Its always a joy to get new fish.

Interesting, will be fun to see how they do. Good luck!

Nice

Weird, I've never seen a bluegill that wasn't on the end of a hook.

How big do they get.

Matthew grows blue gill in his system. He said they are very tasty but grow slower than tilapia, but might be almost a pound in a year(453 grams). I am aiming for 250 grams and twice the number of fish. Its a bit of an experiment. We will see how it turns out in 7 or 8 months.

I liked the idea for a few reasons:
1) local native fish.
2) I must have fish now so I can have veggies
3) I can feed them BSF, roaches, and almost anything else; cutting my feed bill to nill.
4) Matthew has had some success growing them.
5) Wider temp range than tilapia
6) Seems they like to breed as well. So, perhaps I can supply my own stock next year.
7) Local price is same a commercial tilapia. $250 per thousand.

I am still growing tilapia as well and soon I am going to hook the tilapia to my large grow bed as well.

Been thinking of kicking my system into gear. Drop a thousnd fingerling in and see what happens. Got to do it before the catfish get too big. Don't think the silvers will eat a lot of the smaller fish. And winter is getting closer. System is heated tho.

What fish are you going to put in? With a heated system I guess most anything can work.