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Raising Tilapia For Doomsday

Doomsday Tilapia Farming!

Tilapia is a tropical fish native to the Middle East (thank God we don’t use it as fuel for our cars!) Speaking of Him, it has been said that Tilapia was the fish used by Jesus regarding the miracle of the “multiplication of the fishes”. It is so true, I thought of changing my name to “Little J”.

Tilapia are very clever fish, the females realized a long time ago that if they kept their fertilized eggs in their mouths, their survival rate in the wild would be greatly enhanced. Thus, they are known today as “mouth brooders”. They keep their eggs in their mouths until they hatch, and take them back into their mouths any time danger arises for a few days after they hatch. After that it’s “adios muchachos, you are on your own”. In the wild, their survival rate is about 1%. The average “litter” is about 100 to 3000 “fry” (babies) depending on the age of the female. A full grown female will carry 2000 eggs or more. That means that about 1 or 2 % of the offspring will make to adulthood.

This is a batch of hybrids about 2 weeks old. They are in a 29 gallon tank.This is from one of the young breeders, a full grown one can produce many more times the number of babies.

one in a hundred?
Yes, in the wild. Under controlled circumstances, as in your aquarium, we are talking about a 99% possible survival rate! OK, now we are talking big Louisiana fish fry material here eh? You got it! All it takes is a little “fish diplomacy”. When the female is “pregnant”, you will see that she is swimming around with her mouth full, and she will not eat. Mark that day on a calendar, wait 7 days and get her out of there and into the “delivery room”. Tilapia, like any other fish, just doesn’t like it when you chase after it with a net. Yet you want to get her out of there and into a place where she can comfortably “deliver” the babies.

What to do? well, you have to catch her in a net. You do this by S-L-O-W-L-Y following her around the tank until she zigs when she should have zagged and she ends up in your net. You S-L-O-W-L-Y lift her out of the water and run to your delivery/nursery tank. You release her into the delivery tank and make sure to check the net for eggs/fry she might have released while on the way. Just drop them into the tank, she will pick them up after a while.

That means a clean floor, no sand, gravel or anything else in this aquarium. You also want to wrap the water intake to the filter with a little piece of netting, this will prevent the fry from getting sucked up into it. Sponge filters also work very well for this purpose.
Soon (in a day or two), she will not allow them into her mouth anymore. It is time for her to get back to work. Care must be exercised at this stage. She WILL eat her young if you let her stay in the tank with them too long! I suggest removing her when it is clear that the fry can swim around by themselves.
Carefully catch her in a net and put her back in your big aquarium. Make sure that she gets a few decent meals before the male breeds with her again, remember, she has not eaten in a week!

There, wasn’t that easy!
Now all you have to do is take care of the little ones by feeding them finely-ground, high-protein, fish food and by keeping the aquarium clean. They almost double in size the first day so feeding small amounts frequently is best. Don’t forget water quality!
When they are fingerlings about 1 inch long you can place them in a larger tank. At this size they can travel well so if you want to sell fingerlings this is the right size. If you want to raise them to market-size you can wait until they reach about 1 ounce (3-4 inches) and place them in a large grow-out tank.

Bigger females in one of the pools outside in the greenhouse. 3 of these females had a combined “litter” of about 800 hybrids on April 21 through 23, 2008.
Notice the “chicken wire” netting around the tank? it prevents them from taking a leap of faith and jumping out of the tank. For some reason they seem to want to go out for a walk without a leash!

Survival Seed Doomsday Preppers Kit

Survival Seed Doomsday Preppers Kit

  • 24 Varieties Vegetable & fruit These seeds are fresh for the 2012 growing season
  • Sealed in a Metal Container about The size of a coffee can with thick individual resealable mylar seed containers 24 total Labeled and dated with each seed type
  • Planting, harvesting, and seed saving instructions are included
  • These Seeds May Be Planted, Harvested, and Replanted Forever
  • OVER 11,500 Happy Customers growing daily
Would you like a way to produce all the fresh garden food your family could eat? This emergency survival seed vault was created to serve that very purpose. With a large Selection, this seed bank contains 24 varieties of easy-to-grow heirloom vegetable seeds. All seeds are packaged in triple-layered foil packets. EXTREME PROTECTION with: 5 Mil Thick Mylar and built in zip-lock, so they can be resealed once opened! Planting,
harvesting, and seed saving instructions are included. The survival seeds are shipped sealed in a metal storage container: Bean Kidney dark red over 45 seeds Bean Lima Henderson over 45 seeds Blue Lake Bean over 100 seeds California Wonder Green Pepper over 70 seeds Jalapeno Hot Peppers over 100 seeds Pumpkin jack o lantern over 40 seeds Scarlet Nantes Carrot Over 800 seeds Marketmore Cucumber Over 150 seeds Butter Crunch Lettuce Over 1000 seeds Golden Acre Cabbage Over 530 seeds Detroit Dark Red Beet Over 260 seeds Green Pea Over 50 seeds Swiss Chard Over 160 seeds Beefsteak Tomato Over 200 seeds Cherry belle Radish Over 100 seeds Green Sprouting Broccoli Over 300 seeds Waltham Butternut Squash Over 100 seeds Bloomsdale Long Standing Spinach Over 100 seeds Yellow Sweet Spanish Onion Over 145 seeds Golden Bantam Sweet Corn Over 100 seeds Hales Best Cantaloupe Over 70 seeds Snowball Self-blanching Cauliflower Over 200 seeds Black Beauty Zucchini Over 50 seeds Watermelon Jubilee Over 50 seeds

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Emergency Food Storage

The human body needs food, you cannot survive without it! In a doomsday scenerio You will not have access to ready foods from the grocery store. so to prepare for the worst you need to stock up on foods that can be stored for a long period of time such as This is a list with foods that are good to have in case of emergency. Beans, Legumes, Grains, Pasta, Honey, chocolate, tahini, vitamins, spices, herbs, water, cans, biscuits, oil, olives, salt, vinegar, nuts, seeds, canned fruits, dried fruits, preserves, juices.

Doomsday Survival Tips: Filtering Water

The human body can only survive 3 days without water. Though the wet stuff is everywhere 99% of it is undrinkable. I was surfing youtube and found this short video on filtering water for human consumption. River water has tons of parasites, salt water is like poison to the human body. We will show a video later about salt water but for now lets filter some river water