Tilapia Vita Farms became a reality in October 2010
Somewhere out there, outside of Kim's "don't even think about thinking about it" zone...
North of this crazy kamikaze rooster's territory...
A bit to the east of the local fish-loving wildlife, I found...
The perfect spot! No trees were cut. These are just pieces of a dead tree we had to remove.
This "cold-frame" is the same width as the one in Orlando, just a bit shorter in length.
"Just a bit" of ground leveling was required.
Almost ready!
Even under construction, the show had to go on!
Now we're getting somewhere!
Just a spur-of-the-moment video I shot when I noticed 4 Blue females carrying eggs in one tank.
It's been a while since I used a video camera so it's not quite my best.
In Nov 2013, I finally finished moving the Orlando greenhouse to Brooksville.
The hatchery is now 88 ft. long by 24 ft. wide.
A little more ground leveling
And A LOT of fill dirt!
LOOOOOVE IT!
Now the rest of the story.
Kim's new and improved "Lilli pad" for her Lotus and the Mosquito fish
I call it her "Playpen."
Everything here was designed by her. It's a dream come true! I just supervised the construction.
But wait! who's playpen is that in the background?
Here is how that went:
I wanted a big-humongous-super-mega-giant "liver" (biofilter) to process all the fish waste.
A LOT more leveling!
That's Mrs. Meow and her son Mini-meow.
And this is their big-humongous-super-mega-giant litterbox!
This is my 32 ft. by 16 ft. 15000-gallon biofilter!
If you look carefully, you will spot Mr. Meow!
DUCKWEED! WHOOPEE!
Enough to totally clean the water biologically, plus feed the fish!
Check this out: Facing the Economic Reality of Sustainable Commercial Aquaculture | AquaSol, Inc. (fishfarming.com)
Mr. and Mrs. Meow, as well as Mini, didn't mind giving up their
big-humongous-super-mega-giant litter box
As Aggie, the latest addition to the farm would say:
Th..Tha..That's all for now folks!
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