the reason I put the part about rats in this. If you have to pack up and move which will be one main thing to surviving in this scenario you will have a hard time moving a pond whereas a male/female pair in the pocket they go and off to the races.
Apocalypse Fish Rearing
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Its illegal to keep Snakeheads...so they're out. lol
I didn't want to go here on the forum since we are fish keepers and strive to give our fish the best environment we can.
But I remember seeing carp being raised and fattened up by simply hanging them vertical in a cool, dark place (cave, basement, etc). By keeping them moist and tossing in some corn every now and then, they will continue to grow. This was a common practice is many locations. Many families kept a chosen carp that way and everyone was involved in taking care of the "pet". When it was finally cut down and consumed, another one took its place.
Pretty cruel. But that's why I felt carp would be a good "survival species".
I didn't want to go here on the forum since we are fish keepers and strive to give our fish the best environment we can.
But I remember seeing carp being raised and fattened up by simply hanging them vertical in a cool, dark place (cave, basement, etc). By keeping them moist and tossing in some corn every now and then, they will continue to grow. This was a common practice is many locations. Many families kept a chosen carp that way and everyone was involved in taking care of the "pet". When it was finally cut down and consumed, another one took its place.
Pretty cruel. But that's why I felt carp would be a good "survival species".
If I put a plate of snakehead meat and a plate of tilapia meat in front of you and you tasted them, you'd vote tilapia, too. And it's a cleaner meat since they aren't apex predators that accumulate all sorts of parasites and ailments from eating everything that just ate everything else. And tilapia would be far easier to feed in quantity.
Okay . . . Convincing arguments for Tilapia due to conversion rate of food input vs food output, and water condition tolerability, plus they can filter feed?? For tilapia is temperature a factor?
Temperture not a factor for carp, channel cats, and Snakeheads.
Oxygen not a factor for Snakeheads.
WATER not a factor for Rats - lol
All of the above will eat insects - but rats are transportable.
But Rats lose points to all fish in the taste and marketability department.
Customer satisfaction will be low for your Apocalypse Dumpling and Noodle stand! Plus Rat dumplings may go for less bartering capability than fish meat when trying to buy Weapons, toilet paper and ammo.
Temperture not a factor for carp, channel cats, and Snakeheads.
Oxygen not a factor for Snakeheads.
WATER not a factor for Rats - lol
All of the above will eat insects - but rats are transportable.
But Rats lose points to all fish in the taste and marketability department.
Customer satisfaction will be low for your Apocalypse Dumpling and Noodle stand! Plus Rat dumplings may go for less bartering capability than fish meat when trying to buy Weapons, toilet paper and ammo.
Hrmmm, I would say live in the sticks and fish the streams and backwaters. Easy and 100% free if you're not worried about fish and game. If you insist on farming your own tilapia, but it'll get cold in NY if the power goes out in winter, think native.
Poster had a good idea about the rats, heck mine have broken out of the boy cage and gotten into the girl cage twice now (smart little bastards, cute too) and even trying to avoid making more I've made 28 (all hand tame, got lots of free food from the lfs for them)...
A vegtable garden and an orchard would also be invaluble it's what my apocolyptic thinking freind at work invests most of his time and energy in. Good hunter too, makes his own sausage and it's fan-freaking-tastic.
Poster had a good idea about the rats, heck mine have broken out of the boy cage and gotten into the girl cage twice now (smart little bastards, cute too) and even trying to avoid making more I've made 28 (all hand tame, got lots of free food from the lfs for them)...
A vegtable garden and an orchard would also be invaluble it's what my apocolyptic thinking freind at work invests most of his time and energy in. Good hunter too, makes his own sausage and it's fan-freaking-tastic.
We ain't got corn to feed no goddamn carp - if it doesn't eat insects - it ain't survivin the apocalypse! No seriously - THX for the reply CLDarnell - I'm not sure I am properly visualizing this Carp Hanging technique you are referring to . . .
