hi im dale from southern suberbs of adelaide. Me and a mate are seting up a fish farm in a fully lined shed to farm barramundi. Our setup is underway in the construct stage(waiting for our tanks to arrive)the idea for us is to start with 4 2800lt tanks and once way have the fish underway we will start our greenhouse. well thats it in a nutshell.
thanks dale,
G'day Dale,
Welcome to APHQ.
I'm a former South Australian too.......but I'm gradually getting over it. We moved up here about 10 years ago.
Your barramundi project sounds interesting......we're looking forward to the progress reports.
GaryD
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Yes we will all be watching closely. Sounds very interesting! Are you going to cool the water in the tanks - or are Barra ok at ambient temperatures in SA?
I think barra need heatOriginally Posted by Hamish
If its free pick it up
28C is ideal growth temperatures for barra too much lower than this or higher will cause stress and retard growth. But why grow barra? @ a farm gate price of $10.00/kg if your lucky where as Murray Cod should fetch say $15.00 to $20.00/Kg when the cost of production is very similar if not the same (if not lower for the latter). And all under 900kg production of fish for the year will be very difficult to make net returns on investment, yet, I wish you the best of luck in your new venture I know it wont be easy and you’ll find it will occupy a great deal of time and effort to say the least.
What plants do you intend to grow?
jon dyer,
wat costs do u think i need to recover, wat hobby's do u and have how much do u spend on those activity's. Me and my mate have saved our fishing trip money and collected alot of stuff at bargin prices to build this hobby i repeat hobby. the set up is fully paid for and we spent $2000 max and we will produce 180Kg per mth after the 5 mth ok. thats plenty of fish for us.we also plan to set it up for school groups to look through our set up after the 5 mth stage too as my son is at primary school.
How long does murrycod take from fingerlings to farmgate?
As for plants i will market what is needed in my local area but tomato's for sure as my son loves them.quility herbs are needed in my area too
sorry this post was in introductions yesterday we are not small commercial farm.
Wow - that sounds great! Huge scale hobby - thats the way to go!!! Cant wait to see the pictures.
How are you planning on heating the Barra? Do Murray Cod need less heat? If so then Murrays may cost less to keep.
Murray has some murrays (sorry but no other way to say it) and they seem to be doing well. Murray - what temp are you keeping yours at?
8 x 300watt fish tank heaters all enclosed shed fully lined so we hope that the heater wont run too much i have done some maths on it so in theory it shouldn't be too bad 2 per tank. i'm a sparky too so i'm making my own solar set up too, plus i have half that many running now inside with my tropicals so i am basically stopping that hobby and upscaling from that with a change of species.
I had a 6 foot tank with African Chiclids for years - and I stopped doing that because I couldnt justify the $$$ going out in upkeep and power consumption - yes I liked them but what did it give me back other than decoration for my house? AP gives me the pleasure of keeping fish as well as veges and fish - fantastic! Keep up the good work mate.
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