how to make fish meal?

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Gypsi said:
I lost a bunch of tilapia when my tank in the greenhouse got too cold and I made dog/chicken treats with them. I used fish, eggs, wholewheat flour and something else, I think oatmeal. Couldn't get them to harden off, but the flour and eggs thickened so it was like a custard. The critters loved it. I did cook the tilapia, dumped them in a pot of boiling water and cooked a couple of minutes. I did not use the inner organs, just the muscle meat outside the skeleton.

I just got done letting my 8 largest tilapia go to waste after they died when the last freeze hit, despite my best efforts to heat their tank. They went one or 2 fish at a time over a few days and I refrigerated but they did not smell safe to cook so I tossed in trash yesterday. I have a couple of channel cats in another one of my smallish ponds that I will be using for aquaponics this year
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What is the temperature tolerance range for tilapia?
 
Mozambique Tilapia want water temps of 55 degrees or ABOVE. These are the only tilapia legal in Texas without a permit, because the species that tolerate colder water might overwinter successfully and wipe out game fish if they got loose.
 
jasongm said:
are there special instructions to be aware of regarding raising minnows? or do you just put some in a pond and let them at it?
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Minnows are "natural' chicken food so i just put natural live minnows into a new unnatural pond and the natural minnows just did what comes natural. Come to think of it I didn't even have to gawk between the minnows hind legs, the little darlings already knew which bathroom to use. A slice or two of white loaf bread was all the unnatural fish food that I ever fed them. Your experience may vary.
 

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