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A little over an inch there.


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Plan failed miserably. I got to the farm today, and the net had gotten tangled in weeds, and was down about 6" in one spot. The Tilapia were gone.

The 2 big cold snaps really stopped all action at the beds for the last 10 days and I never thought the temp would be an issue this late in April. Several nights in the 30's had the Tilapia huddled up in the deepest part of this gut, and they never seemed to move away from that area after the first few days.

I may try this again, but not this year. I still think the plan is valid, but better preparation on my part, and waiting a little longer would have helped.

Oh well, nothing ventured, nothing gained.


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Sorry to hear it Al. Most of my endeavors have turned out to be experiments.


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Mine too. laugh

It's easy to roll the dice on something like this when you're playing with the house's money. I wish all my hair brain failures were this painless.


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Allen, you can always help me with my experiments, its cheeper that way!!!


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Great idea. I have some GSF I want to breed with genetically superior CNBG to create a super strain. I'll bring them over this week. You don't need to be there.


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One thing that helps avoid tangled nets getting pulled down is to use rigid plastic netting. That (RPN) attached to a few poles with cable ties and pushed into the bottom is much stronger. Plus if you buy it in rolls when you are through you can cut it loose , roll it up and away you go. RPN is also much more durable for long term deployment.
















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Thanks Eric. I bought a roll, and have successfully used it around some drain pipes with t posts. I was hoping to see if this Tilapia thing worked by the middle of May then go ahead and make it more perminant.

I know we haven't had near the weather that a lot of places have had, but the cold fronts just keep rolling through. Highs in the 80's tomorrow, then 40 Thursday night, have had my fish unsettled. My Tilapia left the nests as fast as they built them.


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Al, that just might be an interesting experiment. I have found that ounce for ounce, a GSF can out fight a CNBG.


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Last year I built several 8' circular "pens" out of that plastic barriers netting. These pens held around 10 pairs of 3-6" tilapia. I then made it a point to throw feed to them once a day. They bred prolifically and nothing got to them. The holes were more than big enough for the free swimming fry to swim through. The whole thing cost me about $50 and it is reusable.

Best part? It was incredibly easy to net those fish out of the pens in the fall and overwinter them in my barn for next winter using a closed system. This year, I put them all back in, but no pen needed. They are about 12" and several pounds! They can take care of themselves.
I did this because it can be hard to get tilapia early enough in Spring and they can be expensive now.

Just a thought.


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Thanks BigSprig. I agree, I think the rigid netting is the way to go. Looking back on this, I think the weather got me more than anything else. It's been a weird year for everybody, and the Tilapia stayed unsettled. I will try this again.


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Just wanted to say this is a brilliant idea, even if it didn't work. I was already planning to build the pond with several fingers to it and this just convinced me I had to go this route. This would give me 3 or 4 areas I could experiment in very easily.

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BigSteve, I'm blessed to have 3 guts/fingers in my big puddle. The Tilapia deal was tried because of these, and I also use them for aquatic plant testing. I have Arrowhead and American Pond Weed growing out in one right now. I'll play with them there, and their easily controllable if they don't turn out well.

The gut where the Tilapia were is now a plant nursery for the rest of the puddle.


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