Fatih, without doing extensive biological studies of the native fish population, I strongly advise against releasing any of the LMB into public water (we talked about this once already). We have a huge problem here with invasive species - which are species that out compete native species and cause problems.

Don't take it upon yourself to release the LMB into public water - you might be known as the guy who screwed up Turkeys fish biological balance forever. Your magazine/TV interview might instead be "Here's the guy who screwed things up."

re: the filter. If you want to repeat all the mistakes that have happened previously by other filter builders, go ahead and build a filter from a you tube video.

If I was in your situation, I would listen to what Cecil says and build it exactly as he says, not ask him for advice, and then go find something on youtube and do it that way, discounting what he said. Cecil has tried many different variations of filters over the years, and has found what works the best with the least amount of work to keep it functioning properly.

Do whatever it takes to purchase this book asap and get it in your hands. Read it like it was a text book and you had to memorize it to pass your final exam.

http://www.amazon.com/Small-Scale-Aquacu...ale+aquaculture

This is the deer netting that Cecil used in one of his filters. I don't know if he's still using this method or not.
http://www.amazon.com/Easy-Gardener-6050...ds=deer+netting

He also built a filter called a moving bed filter. I believe he used material like this:
http://www.amazon.com/Aquaponics-Aquacul...words=bio+balls

Before you do anything else, I'd wait and see what Cecil has to say about the filters.

Remember, once you have the filter built, it will take a few weeks (it could be 6 weeks) for it to be populated by bacteria and fully functioning.


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