Rural Gardening: Tilapia no, Catfish yes, 0 by AZgrammie

AZgrammie wrote:
The tank is 2 feet deep, 3 feet wide, and 92 inches long. Holds 300 gallons of water. I read about this in the "Farm Show" newspaper, but the guy who told about his didn't put in any details such as where he got them or how he filtered the water, what he fed them, how fast they grew. He said he bought 100 baby catfish (kittenfish??) every spring and harvested them all each fall. It took me a long time to find a source, but I have 100 of the little guys (2-3") on the way. This morniing I got the pump & filter hooked up and put on the bench and connected it to the battery and it works fantastic! Only ONE problem, it is noisy like you wouldn't believe! I am going to cut 2 pieces of hose to go under the ends of the bench where it touches the metal tank, and make a cover for the pump -- maybe I can insulate it too. Here is a picture. The coffee can has filter material in it and it goes into the water near the bottom of the far end. The other hose, with the sprayer, will stick down through a hole in the board and spray the return water back into the tank: