"SW: I am at the farm most days between at least 11:00 AM and 1:00 PM. I am located in Hudson, FL 34667. Thursday is not a good day, but give me a call 727-697-3536"
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Dave Lindstedt
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Dave Lindstedt commented on Gina Cavaliero's group Green Acre Organics"I experienced a real stroke of luck last week. I have a friend, Viet Nam vet, divorced, who belongs to a singles group. In the course of events he was telling this woman about my aquaponics adventure. Seem she had tried her hand at…"
Dave Lindstedt commented on Chris Smith's group Raft/Deep Water Culture Growers"On blue board. I recently purchased 12 sheets of 4ft x 8ft 2inch thick blue board from Gator Gypsum, in Largo, FL. I am 45 minutes away so i picked them up in my Ford F150 pick up truck. Price was $2.28 a sheet plus sales…"
Dave Lindstedt commented on Chris Smith's group Raft/Deep Water Culture Growers"I cut my 4 x 8 sheets of blue board into 4 2 x4 pieces. This makes ror easy removal when needed. Each 4 ft x 2 ft section is drilled for 33, 2 inch holes. The holes are in 5 rows 3 rows of 7 holes with 2 rows of 6 holes off…"
Dave Lindstedt commented on SW's group Tilapia Breeding"Dave Story: I have had some active breeding going on. More by chance than by planning. I was down to 4 or 5 surviving fish in my 275 gal. polly tank. I think only one was a male. I have systematicly been capturing the fry and…"
Dave Lindstedt commented on SW's group Tilapia Breeding"Fish kill.. as some of you know I suffered a major fish kill last November loosing more than 100 6 month old fish. Biggest single killer is ammonia! It builds slowly and then exploads. First seperate your fish give them plenty of…"
Dave Lindstedt commented on SW's group Tilapia Breeding"Christian, I think the real question is, what is your objective. If it is raising tilapia, I think the pools should work well. If your goal is aquaponics farming, I don't think that large a pools would be practical."
Dave Lindstedt commented on SW's group Tilapia Breeding"My daughter in law's brother raises both tilapia and prawn in the Philippines. He has a 6 acre lake they service with a row boat. He exports over 10,000 tilapia each year to Japan. From what I understand PH requirements…"
Dave Lindstedt commented on SW's group Tilapia Breeding"This past month has been a real learning experience for me. I have two primary tanks with mature fish. A self built 330 gallon tank with 20 to 25 fish and a reinforced 275 polly tank with 3 to 5 fish all survivors from my July 2011 original fish…"
Dave Lindstedt commented on SW's group Tilapia Breeding"For those interested, today, I spotted a few of my new fry swiming in my big tan. I managed to net two, that I have transfered to my 40 gal. aquarium. Unlike last week these guys were independant of the other fry."
Dave Lindstedt replied to TCLynx's discussion Breeding Tilapia in the group Tilapia Growers"About a week ago, for 3 days in a row, I observed 8 to 12 1/8 to 3/16th in long fry. The distintive thing was their two pin point yellow/green eyes. After the 3rd day I have never seen them again. My tank is self constructed…"
Dave Lindstedt commented on Chi Ma's group Aquaponics For Beginners"I am far from an expert and only have been engated in aquaponics 8 months. While I have a similar tank and suffered a major fish kill in November. The "book" says you need 5 gallons of water per fish. …"
Dave Lindstedt commented on SW's group Tilapia Breeding"Sheri: I am assuming I do have survivors and they are hiding. Thing is initially I saw so many near the surface of the tank for about 3 days in a row and then nothing. Water temp is maintaining a constant 86 to 88 degrees. With close to…"
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- How did you find us?
- a newsletter
- If you found us through a referral or a newsletter, which was it?
- Green Acres Newsletter
- Are you an aquaponic gardener already?
- Yes
- If so, what type of system? (pick all that apply)
- flood and drain media, raft
- How old is your system?
- 6 mos - 1 yr
- What type of fish do you grow with? (select all that apply)
- Tilapia
- How big is your fish tank?
- 330 gal & 100 gal + 40 gal aquarium & 20 gal aquarium. Late Nov. 2011 I discontinued the use of aquariums. I purchased 3 metal fram used food flavor 250 gal. polly tanks. I am installing 4 more grow troughts. For a total of 8.
- Please tell us something else about yourself.
- Retired military, retired Exxon Bayway, NJ refinery 1993, 39 year active real estate investor, owner operator gun shop 1974 to 1996. National competitor rifle & pistol shooter, former small arms & marksmanship instructor U.S. Naval Academy. Active in Constitutional politics.
Looking to inject value in existing real estate owned properties. Objective is to create self substaining real estate for a family of 4 or 5.
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Comment Wall (6 comments)
- At 6:13pm on January 5, 2012,
Paul Ellinghuysen said… Dave,I live off of county line road in rolling oaks sub. Your only about a 10 min drive away.Would like to come my for avisit.Give me call and will set a time.and day.Ph . is727 836 0155
- At 11:16am on November 9, 2011,
Gina Cavaliero said… Hi Dave, we have added on 1000 additional square feet of trough space and more importantly, we are revising our system! We have decided to change our DWC type system into what we are calling our hybridized design that integrates media beds into our existing raft system. Lots of exciting stuff going on! How is your system doing?
- At 9:40pm on November 6, 2011,
Teresa N Florida said… - Hi Dave? How are the tank heaters doing? Have you had to use them yet?
- At 4:54pm on October 16, 2011, Teresa N Florida said…
Hi Dave,
Welcome to the community.
You'll find very useful information in the FORUMS. To try and point you in the right direction, (regarding your question), you may want to join the Tilapia Breeders group of our community.
Here is the link. Hope that helps.
- At 3:37pm on October 16, 2011, Dave Lindstedt said…
Tanks to all. Now for my big question. At what age can I expect my tilapia to start reproducing. I am about ready to start feeding them viagra.
- At 3:09pm on October 16, 2011,
Sylvia Bernstein said… Welcome Dave,
Thanks for joining the Aquaponic Gardening community! I hope you find it a fun place to explore aquaponics. There is a real blend of experienced and new aquapons in this community, so please don’t hesitate to get in there and start asking questions. Everyone is quite happy to help out new members – no question is too basic.
A great place to start is to read the “How to Use This Site” link on the upper right corner, “Start Here” section of the Home page. You might also find the “Aquaponic Gardening Rules of Thumb” guidelines helpful.
Please participate and check in with us every day! We are constantly posting news about aquaponics and the good food movement.
Thanks again for joining us, and I look forward to getting to know you.
Sylvia
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