Commercial Aquaculture

Improved body form O. Hornorum

See gray male in picture above.

This is the fabled "ZZ Chromosome Supermale"  which will produce at least 98% male hybrids with more usable meat per fish when bred with black or orange Mossambica, red or Egyptian Nilotica.

Available in various sizes in case you want to replace a lost male in your breeder colony.

Colonies for Commercial Applications

 I can supply as many colonies as needed for commercial applications.

For a starter set, you can get 5 colonies for a total of 30 females and 5 males for $1499. Shipping cost will be higher depending on where you are.

These 5 colonies together can produce at least 4000  98 to 100% male fry per month in their ideal environment with good feed and water quality.

That's in the beginning when they are young, when they reach full size the number could be 30 to 40 thousand!!

You can sell them whole to distributors or "live haulers" who will usually send a truck to pick them up.

 Of course you can double or triple your revenue if you market them to local farmer's markets, CSAs (Community Supported Agriculture), Hispanic, Caribbean,  and oriental markets and restaurants yourself. If you go with an aquaponic system you will have loads of veggies as well!

These are very conservative figures that a beginner could easily accomplish. A professional with state of the art equipment could easily double the output.  

If you minimize the use of electricity by using solar electric and thermal energy, the biggest cost will be food. The use of duckweed, algae, worms, tadpoles etc. as a supplemental source of protein will significantly reduce the amount of commercial food needed. I know of a guy in Canada who goes around to local restaurants offering to haul away their vegetable scraps for free! you can go to www.fishfarming.com/recirc.html  

for a good method of implementing duckweed into your project.

Show me the money!

You can pay by check or money order. Just go to the contact us page and e-mail me your request.

You can also pay via PayPal by just clicking on the "Add to Cart" and "View Cart" buttons.

Before you do, though, make sure we have been in communication by email.

For orders with discounted or customized totals I will email you an invoice via paypal. You can pay by email through PayPal even if you don't have a PayPal account.

A word (or three) about shipping

I charge flat rates for packaging/shipping because not every package weighs, measures the same, or goes to the same zip code.

Sometimes it costs me more, sometimes I get to buy a happy meal on the way home.

I follow the E.P.C.O.T shipping method (Every Package Comes On Thursday).

I ship on Tuesdays or Wednesdays depending on how many days the trip will take. You should receive them on Thursday. Special arrangements can be made but under no circumstances will we try to have a package arrive on a Saturday.

Orders in by 5pm Sunday will ship the next week.

The babies travel first class via express mail in packaging specifically designed for shipping live tropical fish: cardboard box, styrofoam insulating container, heavy gauge plastic bags and pure oxygen. Of course heat packs are included in winter.

The mice type

Sorry folks, but a "lawyer-friend" told me if I didn't include some fine print in here, HE would sue me!

(wouldn't expect any LESS of him).

So here goes:

I have tried my best to provide accurate information on this website, and to the best of my knowledge the information presented herein is correct.

Please do not hold me liable for any consequences of using the information I present here.

Tilapia Vita Farms and tilapiafarmingathome.com make no representation about the suitability for any purpose of the information presented in this website.

All such information is presented "as is" without warranty of any kind.

Tilapia Vita Farms and tilapiafarmingathome.com hereby disclaim all warranties and conditions with regard to this information including all implied warranties.

In no event shall Tilapia Vita Farms or tilapiafarmingathome.com be liable for any special, indirect, or consequential, or any damages whatsoever resulting from, arising out of, or in connection with the use of the information in this website.

The information presented in this website could include technical inaccuracies and spelling errors! (trust me on that, Microsoft Office Live does not have a spell checker!).

At any time Tilapia vita farms and tilapiafarmingathome.com may make changes, additions and deletions to the information presented herein.

Live delivery warranty

I will do my very best to make sure your fish arrive alive!

I, however have no control over the delivery companies,or you.

I will email you as soon as I ship the package, and provide you with a tracking number.

You must be there ready to receive the package and sign for it. If the delivery person leaves it by your doorstep, you've lost the warranty. Please note the condition of the package, if it is damaged or leaking open it and make sure the findings are documented by the delivery person.

Open the bag, and float it in your aquarium, even if the fish are all belly up and playing dead. 5 minutes later, release them. If 10 minutes later they are really dead, net them out, place them back in the bag an place it in your freezer. Email me at that moment. I MAY ask you to mail me the remains back. I'll give you instructions then. In any case, I will replace the shipment ONCE, but the shipping costs for the replacement order may be your responsibility.

In no case will Tilapia Vita Farms and tilapiafarmingathome.com assume responsibility for more than the original amount paid by you to me minus the cost of shipping. At my choice I may terminate any transaction by either replacing the fish once minus the cost of shipping, or by refunding the original amount paid by you minus shipping.

There, wheww! I have a headache now.

Attention copycats!

Yes, by the way, the content in this website may be copied, reproduced, etc, as long as it is done on a not for profit basis without my permission as long as credit is given to Edgar F. Sanchez and a link to www.tilapiafarmingathome.com is supplied.

For reproduction on a commercial basis, written permission must be first obtained from me.

PHOTOS

Thank you all for all the pictures of your systems!

I must say the following, though. By sending me your pictures you are granting me unlimited license to use them in my website.

That means: Don't send me pictures of you and your girlfriend standing next to your tank if you don't want your WIFE to see them!.

Need we say more?

PLEASE NOTE:

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