Anyone know of a Catfish fingerling supplier with availability year-round in the midwest?

We would like to ramp up our quantity of fish in our new commercial aquaponics set-up but cannot find any.

Does the activity of aerators disturb sleep of Vannamei? I might be wrong as aerators are so common especially at night.

Hi everyone!

I've been passionate about both tech and aquaculture my entire life, and now I’m diving into exploring how I can contribute to this incredible industry. My goal is to help farmers focus on what they do best—raising healthy, thriving fish—by addressing areas where tech and systems might make life easier.

That said, I’m still figuring out where I can add the most value. Here are a few areas I’ve been thinking about:

1. Farm Management Software: Streamlining data collection and decision-making through user-friendly systems.

2. Water Quality Monitoring: Automating sensors and alerts to detect issues early and prevent problems.

3. Inventory & Feed Management: Optimizing stock and feed usage to reduce costs and waste.

4. Supply Chain Tracking: Making it easier to trace products from farm to market, enhancing transparency and sustainability.

I’d love to hear from you: What are the biggest pain points in your operation? What tools or improvements would make a meaningful impact? If these areas don’t resonate, I’m eager to learn about the challenges that matter most to you.

thanks in advance for sharing!!

My husband and I are excited to have found this resource. It was an expensive purchase for our budget. Would anyone who has used this plan for their system give us their opinion?

There are black spots everywhere and clarias are dying every day. they are about 200-250 gram in size.
Currently the pond has a DO of 19 mg/L, temperature 23* C, ph 8, ammonia 0.5 ppm.

We have used geolite to control ammonia, tetracycline for antibiotic needs, sokrina for probiotic needs.

we use water exchanging for controlling temperature or cleaning pond. There are no other filters in place.

Not sure what are these black spots on top.

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I have an interview in one week, and im planning on starting ASAP, im trying to start as a general hand, Is there any information yall can give that I may have missed about the posistion and what the pay may be like in east Texas, of course im going to get a haircut, maybe shave, and get some proper clothes on, but I'm curious on what yall would want to hear from your new hires, I am 21, and have been working at a gas station for a while, though I want to take schooling for aquaculture I also learn better with first hand experience.

So if you got anything it would be appreciated greatly

(I didn't get the job)

Any recommendation on CO2 stationary probe for the system?

Thinking of placing it into each tank and have a transmitter in between the probe and the PLC which talks to the monitoring system.

Also any opinion on placing the probes directly into the tank somewhere in the bottom column or closer to the bottom of it.

I have only used Oxyguard but wanna know if others have any other suggestions.

anyone have good ideas i can delve on for an undergrad thesis that is related to aquaculture? initially i have chosen to study something dna barcoding-related in fish species but reading about how aquaculture is booming the past few years (in connection to our depleting wild fish stock) got me interested on this matter.

VAB mostra que é possível perceber a realidade sob outros prismas, e isso é muitas vezes a chave para a resolução de muitos dos nossos problemas na aquicultura.

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Hi all I am new here and have 0 experience in fish famring. I am interested in growing fish for my own consumption and may be friends and family. Can I start something very small at my home or backyard? How cheap i can get started ? Or are there usually regulations that prevent such thing?

I am looking for a solid aquaculture supplier. I run a trout hatchery in california and our main supplier is closing (Eager) . Things like egg jars, nets, scales, brushes,ect.. Who do you all use?

I got a small teacher grant and purchased this for my classroom: https://www.amazon.com/stores/AquaSprouts/AquaSprouts/page/E5EAACA4-F1B7-4637-BA0A-EC553E2982D8?ref_=cm_sw_r_ud_ast_store_P09PQVH5E43SGDBZ7HR7&store_ref=bl_ast_dp_brandLogo_sto

What kind and how many fish, crustaceans and plants should I buy for inside the tank? What kind of easy water testing kit (my students are 2-5th grade) should I buy? What chemicals will I need? Do I need a bottom filter (one of the reviews on Amazon recommended it)? Would spinach and lettuces be good to grow on top (we can share with our classroom bunny)? Any other supplies? I’m a science teacher but don’t have much experience with aquariums.

I started a desk top RAS tank in my apartment growing tomatoes up top using LECA balls as a substrate. I didn’t know that it would raise my pH significantly but it sits around 8.4 right now. The shrimp and snails and plants in the tank are thriving and reproducing but I don’t want to add fish until i can get the pH back down. I read mixed things about using peat moss and the ethics involved in peat moss harvesting but believe that if I were to create a layer of a peat moss filter to treat the water before it falls back into the tank it could get my pH back to levels where I can introduce fish. Any ideas or alternatives that anyone can recommend are welcome. I would rather not switch to a new substrate for the tomatoes because they are pretty well established.

Hello everyone, how is it going?

Today I made a siphoning on my Artemia franciscana culture, a thing necessary even under an RAS arrangement. Then, after the residue was decanted, I got this and put it on dechlorinated freshwater. Besides this, I also washed the sponge filter under this water. With this water, is possible to reuse it for watering non-edible plants or would it not be safe?

Thanks for your attention!

Hello, I'm very new to aquaculture and I am a computer science student and I find aquaculture very interesting. I'm working on my study/project prosposal and I want to focus on aquaculture, can anyone help me? I want to focus on what are the problems you encounter in this field, I know that there are many, but I want to know your opinions. Thanks

I’m designing a new system (for jellyfish) and i need to sketch out some ideas. This is going to be a very small system (about 10 2L tanks). Does anyone know any apps or websites that might help me plan out my ideas? Thanks!

Hello! 2nd year hatchery tech with a bio degree here. I jump from one temporary position to another at the moment. I am learning how the US is inferior to a lot of other countries in terms of aquaculture production. I would love to tap into an international hatchery, aquaculture, or fisheries job somewhere in Europe or Scandinavia. I would love to experience the world of fish farming in other countries.

I am looking for suggestions on where to job search and/or experience of others have had in the aquaculture field overseas. Thanks in advance for your input!

My water purification system eats up softening salt like there is no tomorrow. What can I do with it? Technologies to condense/ reuse the wastewater brine? I don't want to negligently dispose of it into the surrounding environment.

I have a 1000gallon tank that I dump twice a week, full of backwash from my RAS System's bead filter. I want to reuse the water for my fruit tree orchard. I.e. fill the wastewater on an IBC container on my pickup truck and drive around the orchard fertilizering the trees with the waste water. Do I need to treat the water with a UV Sterilizer to disinfect the water before feeding the trees? Do I need to breakdown waste to waste to make nutrients available to fish? Add probiotic (EM1) to the waste to breakdown?

So I'm a student and before graduating I want to do an aquaculture internship (I'm leaning more towards fish farms and hatcheries but not limited to that) but can't seem to find any on LinkedIn or the other common job listing sites. I know that many universities have zebrafish labs but apparently most of the positions in those places are for graduate or PhD students and I'm an undergraduate.

Are there any specific sites where I should look in, any keywords I should use, or are there really so few intern positions available?

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I have been working for the past year as the lead greenhouse operations specialist at an agriculture facility in Florida, with a specialization on soil-less cultures (RAS Tilapia Aquaculture, vertical + NFT + bucket hydroponics, aquaponics), with my role being open-ended in managing the various soil-less systems, planning succession crops/ harvests, brainstorming ideas and implementing projects, working with produce buyers and serving as an agriculture educator...with my position's key goals being to maximize crop production and efficiency of the diverse crop systems in my greenhouse. I am still relatively young for the job position that I have, and will keep working at this facility for at least the next 3-5 years. I am continuously refining my methods, however I want to start branching-out and dip my toes into Aquaculture/ Hydroponics Systems Consulting as my own business venture. With my job I have gained a good amount of contacts and met people interested in setting up their own hobby-community garden projects/ am involved with individuals who have the capital to invest into legitimate greenhouse grow operations.

My observations in agriculture and business-relations especially have shown me that no one is perfect: a lot of my time spent at the greenhouse has been working on improving specific design flaws that previous contractors who designed + built the greenhouse facility failed to account for...citing their installations as "turn-key systems" where in reality they were often short-cited in preventing issues that are now arising months after having the systems running. While I am still fresh in commercial agriculture production, (I am a year our of college, with a BS Degree in Agriculture Science and ~8 years of Hydroponics experience and ~12 years Aquaculture experience), I feel confident in my ability to overcome challenges that arise when maintaining these often-finicky systems, and have built + implemented several add-ons of my own proprietary design into the greenhouse, that have been successful in growing certain crops such as watercress, basil and swisschard in previously underutilized space that now generate produce for market.

How can I branch out and start consulting on the side using my skills? Open an LLC? Sole Proprietorship? Maybe start a YouTube channel and channel my skills into that (the facility is visually very impressive, I should definitely consider making videos)? What other skills would you advise I pickup more on ?(soft skills, salesmanship/ people skills, life skills, etc.) What opportunities/ volunteerism/ things can I do to improve my social skills? Apprenticeships/ areas I could involve myself to get better with managing business relations?

Essentially I am aiming to branch out from my current job and begin my own independent venture into Consulting or educating others into designing/ maintaining specific soilless cultures...in a way that generates some form of income and further spreads my professional capabilities. I am comfortable reinvesting large portions of my income into my business or related areas that will benefit me in the long run. Currently enrolled in a master's Aquaculture program, still I want to diversify my skillset portfolio and try new areas. Maybe wait on the side business? Focus on work and school instead? I have 10-20 hours a week I can commit to the business, and have a flexible job schedule/ creative freedom as I just have to ensure the greenhouse operation is successful. I'm asking a million questions lol, still seek some direction. Any advise you can offer is helpful, thanks for your time.