Agriculture Reference
In-Depth Information
Remember the 15 second rule. If there is any feed left after 15 seconds, reduce the amount
of feed in the next cycle to match the fingerling's eating requirements. Overfeeding your
fish kills them.
If there are more than a few pieces of feed floating after the fish have fed in this short
period, it will be cycled into the system as waste and become expensive fertilizer for your
plants. This excess feed will can sometimes
foul the water
and stink, but not normally be-
cause of the cycling the water through the huge treatment system.
Only feed the fish during the daylight hours.
It does not harm the fish to be hungry.
Overfeedingcanbeaproblemifyouhavetoomanysmallfishinasmalltank.Byfollowing
the suggestions about stocking rates and feeding advice, there is very little chance you will
kill the fish and foul the water by overfeeding them. One of the luxuries you have with a
Portable Farms® compared to an aquarium is the HUGE water treatment system running
all the time.
Restocking feeding schedule
When restocking your fish tank, you will harvest fish that are 11” long and 1.25 pounds)
but, you will have fish that are less than 11” long and 1.25 lbs. that need to remain in the
tank to grow full size, and you'll then introduce new 1” fingerlings in your tank.
Directions below are feeding directions
after you restock your fish tank with finger-
lings:
Feed the regular fish and the baby fish (fingerlings) their fish chow feed (this feed re-
sembles dog food) and feed both size fish at the same time, but feed them 1/3 of what you
would normally feed them - and feed them three times per day. (Reminder, do not feed
your fish after dark).
You will use the regular sized fish chow feed along with a handful of ground fish chow
(same chow but ground) when you feed the fish.
Grind a large bowl of fish chow by placing it in a bag and using a hammer to make the
pieces smaller. Wear gloves so your hands don't touch the fish chow and introduce the pos-
sibility for the spread of bacteria or pathogens.
Again, feed the fish 1/3 the amount you would usually feed them at each feeding.
Continue this split-feed process for a few weeks and then reduce to light twice-a-day feed-
ings.
