Growing live fish food | Insect fish food for aquaponics

[@elihuthompson626]

You do a great job ,your chickens and fish and plants are happy to have you , thanks you got me thinking !

[@AquaponicsRevolution]

Thanks 👍

[@MFRANKRR92]

Well, I've used 2 methods with a lot of success which you could use together to compound your success in your example. First is mosquito larvae (which again is mainly a warmer weather endeavour) I use a big clear plastic container and fill it mainly with the water from the pond itself which already has some nice nitrogen and algaes. So food(algae) for the mosquito larvae plus also the nitrogen to keep the algae going especially from all the extra light from the clear container. Second method is using a small light hanging over a bucket of water outside, about once or twice a week gives you a lot of random insects that fall into the bucket. Because you don't do it often you aren't barely effecting the local insect populations.

[@AquaponicsRevolution]

Thanks Mitch, excellent points, mosquito larvae are great, I used it very much for aquarium fish. However my trouts are a bit large for this type of food but it will be useful for others. Same for the light above the tank :)

[@rolandrees6965]

I thought your system was workable. But I didn't see very many of the fish eating the larvae. I agree great idea, keep working on it. I love your videos and I am learning things. That right there is the worth!

[@AquaponicsRevolution]

Thanks Roland, Yes the first time they saw the larvae, they were not too sure if it was food. But then they quickly learnt what good food looks like :)

[@djjoel1]

Awesome man! I'm gonna do this for my tilapia aquaponics build.

[@emjay8387]

Thanks Jonathan this is brilliant!! I have been looking at this question for some time because I know how damaging to the oceans it is to create fish food pellets. In fact it has stopped me from building my aquaponics setup. So this is great!

[@WhenJigglesAttacks]

This is very cool. I have 2 small setups. One uses goldfish and the other guppies. For the goldfish I grow duckweed, compost worms and string algae. For the guppies I grow mosquito larvae and string algae. I still need commercial food but have cut it's use in half. Thank you for your great videos. Have a good day

[@AquaponicsRevolution]

Thanks Victor, great to hear about your system and congratulations on cutting half of the commercial fish food :)

[@marvingeronimo]

Very clever.... it compliments your system very well. Looking forward to the next iteration of the expirement.

[@AquaponicsRevolution]

Thanks Marvin, yes there is still a fair bit of work to make it very practical.

[@mythai9593]

Could you not suspend the bucket and put some holes in the bottom so they drip feed in themselves. Did you ever do a follow up video how you incorporated an aquaponics system into the waterfall and pond, thanks.

[@AquaponicsRevolution]

Sure I could suspend the bucket above the pond however I couldn't check the food intake + It would increase growth variation because large fish would stay under the bucket and small ones would not have opportunity to access the food.

[@AquaponicsRevolution]

Thanks Michiana, The pond is approx 5 x 2.5m and the depth is variable. Plumbing is very simple on the pond but more technical in the growbeds. If you want to know more I would recommend to join the movement, I will send you emails and specific aquaponics information :)

[@briannacooper2628]

Very useful and I love your philosophy. Thank you!

[@AquaponicsRevolution]

You are so welcome!

[@sarahnamazzi8855]

Thx 4 information. We r learning.

[@jordandunaway1818]

Thank you so much!!! This helped me out a lot!

[@Apocalypsedude1]

Please make a video about making a small aquaponic system at home Love you from iran🇮🇷🇮🇷

[@AquaponicsRevolution]

Hi Amirabas, all this is in the trainings on the website "Aquaponicsrevolution.com"

[@mrstratau6513]

excellent content

[@jefferywise1906]

Bioslugde is used in fertilizer. There are concerns because of heavy metal and pharmaceutical contamination however.

[@nqrgaz8986]

Hey thanks for sharing, can you feed worm into an aquaponic system? Gary

[@michianaliving5113]

What are the dimensions of your pond? Could you do a video on the plumbing for the pond? Love your videos.

[@AquaponicsRevolution]

Hi Michiana, I designed a full training to the building and design of this system. But I will share some of those points on my last video which I am sure you will love :)

[@indica_dogo868]

We raise and feed meal worms to our fish and chickens. Would like to raise black soldier fly larvae also.

[@AquaponicsRevolution]

Great, do you have a system to raise a large quantity of meal worms? Cheers

[@timmoore3188]

We had thousands of earwigs this spring everywhere. I was thinking of feeding them to the fish. The good thing about them is you don't have to provide a food source, which saves time, they eat whatever detritus they find off the ground. I don't have a technique for capturing them, though. I've heard of using rolled up newspapers. Any ideas?

[@AquaponicsRevolution]

Thanks Tim, yes the collecting method is the trick there. I guess we have to experiment.

[@maxmuskat9863]

Brilliant

[@4885matt]

Could you dehydrate them during the summer to feed during the winter months?

[@guruchhetri9984]

How is earthworm food for fry trout

[@AquaponicsRevolution]

Pretty good too

[@rhysforestlord]

look into growing Black Soldier Flies. there is a great youtube channel from some lads in asia doing it and making their own pellets from the larvae search "Black Soldier Fly Colony" on youtube

[@AquaponicsRevolution]

*Are you growing your own fish food? What are you growing and what is your technique?*

[@timmoore3188]

I am growing duckweed in a barrel, which is piped to the sump tank for its water. The top is open to the sun and I just scoop out the duck weed and feed it to the fish in the big fish tank next to it.

[@brianpvr183]

I use worms to supplement fish meal based food. I want to do insects but I’m worried it will decrease the amount of omega 3 fatty acids in the trout meat

[@guruchhetri9984]

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[@LingJunZhang]

can this put directly on top of fish tank? how bad the smell is ?

[@AquaponicsRevolution]

The smell is OK during cold temperature but putrescent in summer...

[@LingJunZhang]

@@AquaponicsRevolution thanks

[@keropaci]

Can't you grind directly the waste fish and give it directly as feed for fish?

[@AquaponicsRevolution]

yes you could

[@AmaliePreecha]

with dog poop for bio food, then there is a difference with cold blooded animals and warm blooded animals when it comes to dangerous and deadly pathogens

[@AquaponicsRevolution]

True

[@offlimit88]

but what about nutrient balance? you re feeding trouts with pure fats

[@AquaponicsRevolution]

Pure fat? insects are very rich in proteins, no issue with the diet balance plus you can always vary the species.

[@joethompson543]

I do like the idea a lot. There are, however, lots of people freaking out about pathogens in/on/around the maggots. No clue if they are a problem or not. God knows fish will eat them in the wild.

[@AquaponicsRevolution]

Yes you raise a good point. The fact is, when we introduce maggots, we also introduce all the bacteria living on them. One option could be to give them a special bath to kill the bacteria but not sure what to use from an ecofriendly perspective?

[@niklar55]

From reports, Oz has a huge surplus of mice! Perhaps minced mice would make good fish food as trout are known to eat the odd mouse? Or, maybe fly food, and the fly larva then fed to the fish. .

[@AquaponicsRevolution]

Good point :) Just need to find a good way to catch and transform them :)

[@niklar55]

@@AquaponicsRevolution Here's a modern device; www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003021731662.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.5c2b5797Qa3pZg&algo_pvid=7ee64059-ae9b-44e5-9586-b0c9201273c2&algo_exp_id=7ee64059-ae9b-44e5-9586-b0c9201273c2-10 _[If you scroll down, there are other versions of traps, and other prices]_ It's automatic, and self resetting. I've seen a live video of it working on KZbin. The mice seemed indifferent to their dead comrades lying around, and continued sticking their heads into it to get their skulls cracked! Once caught, an ordinary old fashioned hand mincer would reduce them to pieces suitable for fish, or maybe an electric version. (A blender would be rather messy.) I may have to think along those lines myself, as a search on the net, in France, only produced small packs of goldfish food. Not really adequate for growing trout! .

[@trueHerpnerd]

I would suggest looking at black soldier flies again they are not exclusively tropical as you stated. black soldier flies are native to the us and it gets far colder in the us than it does in Australia. there are plenty of videos of them being produced outside in bins in climates that are far from tropical.

[@gabrielemariabarba6228]

Kill the larvae before put it in the water Some fish got eat alive

[@AquaponicsRevolution]

Thanks

[@tomwatkinson7744]

Trout... Not trouts it's already plural. You don't say chineses

[@AquaponicsRevolution]

Thanks for the English lesson Tom, I take it even if it could be discussed: www.thefreedictionary.com/trouts