Fish Farming/Tilapia?

[1FinickyOne]

I have a good size pond on my property and would like to raise fish for food... and for the family to sell in the local market...

 

Would Tilapia be the best choice and how do you say Tilapia in Thai language?

 

Where can I buy some in the CM - Doi Saket area? I have heard Mae Jo? 

 

Any names or info would be helpful.

 

Thank you. 

[Tagged]

River snapper (Tilapia) great fish. We just tried 100 first time now. Easy to breed it seems, and thrives in small ponds. 

Edited March 14, 2020 by Tagged

[Crossy]

Yup, easy and self sustaining (if the locals don't fish them out whilst you're not looking), care little about water quality. Cheap to buy fingerlings.

 

In Thai "pla nil" - ปลานิล

[khwaibah]

25 minutes ago, kenk24 said:

Where can I buy some in the CM - Doi Saket area? I have heard Mae Jo? 

บ่อปลาธงชัยฟาร์ม - Fish farm

Unnamed Road

San Sai District

Chiang Mai 50290

 

 

 

089 755 7058

Open until 5:00 PM

 

Located at GPS 18.9035656207, 99.0184142324 On the east side of MJ about 1.5 km in from the highway.

[1FinickyOne]

6 hours ago, Crossy said:

Yup, easy and self sustaining

about how long until the fingerlings grow up to edible size?

[Crossy]

1 minute ago, kenk24 said:

about how long until the fingerlings grow up to edible size?

 

Depends how big the fingerlings are, and how big you want the fish, but about 6 months seems average.

 

Family have a large "natural" pond, they just net occasionally and select the bigger ones. They occasionally put in more babies but it seems largely self-sustaining for family use. 

[Grumpy John]

11 hours ago, Crossy said:

Yup, easy and self sustaining (if the locals don't fish them out whilst you're not looking), care little about water quality. Cheap to buy fingerlings.

 

In Thai "pla nil" - ปลานิล

Pla Nin is the spoken name, no idea if the spelling is right! 

[Crossy]

9 hours ago, Grumpy John said:

Pla Nin is the spoken name, no idea if the spelling is right! 

 

Yeah I took the Thai and the transliteration from Mr Google. When Madam says it it sounds like a cross between "pla nil" and "pla nin". But this isn't the place for Thai lessons.

[1FinickyOne]

On 3/14/2020 at 3:40 PM, Crossy said:

 

Depends how big the fingerlings are, and how big you want the fish, but about 6 months seems average.

 

Family have a large "natural" pond, they just net occasionally and select the bigger ones. They occasionally put in more babies but it seems largely self-sustaining for family use. 

We ended up with a 5 baht version of something called bpla tin... an orange fish... any idea what that is? For some reason we were discouraged from the tilapia... 

[Crossy]

TabTim? 

 

A posh version of tilapia. Similar eating, fetch better price at the market.

 

[kickstart]

2 hours ago, Crossy said:

TabTim? 

 

A posh version of tilapia. Similar eating, fetch better price at the market.

 

Yep, Tup Tim , ปลาทับทิม Crossey is correct, at our local market Pla Nin 65 baht/Kg Pla Tub Tim about 100 baht /Kg ,and I think the Tup Tim is a nicer eating fish Both fish can be readed the same way, the wife says Pla Nin sells better because it is cheaper .

Where we are we have the Passk Dam ,Pla Nin from the dam are on sale at our local market ,taste better than from the fish farms. 

[1FinickyOne]

17 hours ago, Crossy said:

TabTim? 

 

A posh version of tilapia. Similar eating, fetch better price at the market.

 

Does anyone know how long before they start breeding and creating their own offspring?

[kickstart]

Life cycle and mating behaviorMaturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Sexual maturity is reached at 3-6 months depending on temperature, reaching about 30 g. Reproduction occurs only when temperatures are over 20°C. Several yearly spawnings every 30 days. Females incubate eggs inside their mouths (approximately for a week) where larvae hatch and remain until the vitellus is reabsorved. Egg size 1.5 mm, larval length at hatching 4 mm. Spawns in firm sand in water from 0.6 to 2 m deep of lakes (Ref. 2) and inshore waters (Ref. 55624). Males set up and defend territory which are visited by the females. Courtship lasts several hours. A single male probably fertilises the eggs of more than one female (Ref. 55624). Eggs are shed in batches in shallow nest and fertilized by male. Each batch of eggs is picked up into oral cavity by female. Females solely involved in broodcare. Female carries up to 200 eggs in her mouth where the larvae hatch and remain until after the yolk-sac is absorbed.

 

 

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Pla Nin and Pla Tuptim are both known as Nile Tilapia  but are sightly diffrent breeds ,the above is for Pla Tuptim,but could well apple for Pla Nin.