Apocalypse Fish Rearing

[CLDarnell]

Most of it is salt; and when municipal water services fail, then what? Even with some desalination machine, coast is a few hundred miles away from most of us as it is.

Agreed. But think in the global scheme of things. If there is an apocalypse of any sort, you have to work with whatever resource you have. We obviously need food and water. If you have 70% of one resource and 30% of another to work with, you choose to work with the greater source. Your odds of success are greater.

I realize water would have to be purified...and some of us would have to travel to get to water. And the fact that the majority of Earth's water is unreachable by all but the biggest of boats. But, I have to give the OP kudos for his/her originality in thought.

 

[Cookie*]

100% Tilapia. I hope some of the right people chime in, as I have seen posts on aquaponics on here before. I believe that is the right term, maybe it is aquafarming. Try searching out those terms on here. Anyhow, there are a few threads on here from people who grow fresh vegetables in their Tilapia tanks outdoors from spring to fall. Tilapia are easy to breed, good to eat, and make good fertilizer for aquatic gardening. If I can find the post I am thinking of I will come back with the link.

 

[Toxic Fish 9999]

Sorry nemo!

 

[AOmonsta]

Flounder.

 

[Cookie*]

I couldn't find the exact thread I was looking for but found another one I had read on aqua gardening. A member on here from Portugal makes ponds and raises fish and plants...link to that thread- http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=95787&highlight=garden. Same concept, except in the thread I was looking for the poster was raising/breeding Tilapia and using a vegetable garden as the filtration.

 

[Ocean Railroader]

The Channel Catfish they are easy to farm and they grow to over 20 inches long with in a year and the food to feet them is only $12 for a 55 pound bag of pelts.

 

[Bottomfeeder]

Mollies. Eatin' size, clean, eat anything, reproduce like Rabbits.

 

[Knowdafish]

100% Tilapia. I hope some of the right people chime in, as I have seen posts on aquaponics on here before. I believe that is the right term, maybe it is aquafarming. Try searching out those terms on here. Anyhow, there are a few threads on here from people who grow fresh vegetables in their Tilapia tanks outdoors from spring to fall. Tilapia are easy to breed, good to eat, and make good fertilizer for aquatic gardening. If I can find the post I am thinking of I will come back with the link.

I 1,000,000% agree w/ Tilapia. They handle limited salinity, high nitrates, and poor water quality in general if need be. They also are filter feeders and do very well at surviving and growing off of plankton and plants. They also have a very high conversion rate, which is to say they put on weight very quickly and with the minimum amount of food. They are probably the #1 freshwater fish worldwide for aquaculture.

 

[chefjamesscott]

Without a doubt tilapia is the fish to go with. the input to yield ratio is very good.

Though I would have to say you might have a problem with looters destroying your grow op as they came through the house looking for things

If you could ensure a secure place to have your tank they would be the fish to go with.

Now if it is a matter of survival and having a foodsource to keep you alive. Rats are very very very fertile and reproduce at amazing rates. The image of eating rats may not be that keen but, better than starving to death.

 

[patient33]

I've just looked at the DEC's website (Department of Environmental Conservation) and was very pleased to discover that northern snakeheads have been found as far north as Queens and Ridgebury New York, this gives them an extra point over carp due to heatde water being thrown out as a factor. I chose fish over chickens as apocalypse (emergency food) livestock because fish will eat both rodents and insects while chicken require some type of grain feed which will be a no-can-do during a food shortage. Insects are always plentiful and I know fish like roaches.

Why two votes for Tilapia over Channa? Snakeheads can breathe air.