Starting a catfish (Clarias batrachus) farm @ home, 200 fish in a 500 liter tank with 2 week update
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Growing fish at home without any kind of water treatment and no oxygen added to the water. 2 weeks into the experiment and things are going good.
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I love how you and your wife are speaking together in two different languages! That's awesome.
Its called Tinglish, Half Thai and half English....lol
You know what would of been cool?, when you were filling the tank if you actually left the bucket in the and slowly as the water levels rose over the top for the fish to naturally start swimming up and exploring the new space :D
lol, me too
same here lol and the water would kind of adjust in the bucket aswell as the water level rises!
that was his intention, but he cut the video,I assume he realised that the bucket would not fill up and it would just float, also the slow submerging he was doing was alot better for the fish.
There was water in thr bucket and 200 cat fish so assuming that it wouldn't float I think this wouldve a good idea
Thays funny. I was thinking about the same thing and I was hoping we would do that. It would've been really interesting seeing the water overflow into the smaller bucket and watching the fish swim out.
I found your fish videos just today and I think that I have watched them all now. Some really cool stuff you've done, hope there is more to come in the future!
Thanks for watching, There well be more fish videos but I have moved on to frogs now, There fun too.
As an advice I'd suggest you to acclimatize the fish in this new water condition by slowly putting some tank water inside the bucket during a 30min lapse. This way fish you will not suffer from rapid changes in ph, gh and temperature. By doing so you will not deal with stressed fish that may die due to diseases like you may have spotted in one among the catfishes. We usualy practice that while introducing new fish to aquariums.
I basically did that but remember these are not aquarium fish, these are very strong catfish.
hnrq brst he breeds them to eat, so there's no need to be that careful
Regardless great advise...you all are wonderful teachers.
when feeding fish.. you should underfeed them first ... and increase slightly as you learn. You run less risk of waste.. waste food is really bad as it contaminates the water. Underfeeding the fish isn't nearly as bad as you'd think.. it only slows the growth rate.
Your right and I soon figured that out, Just bought some new fish, uploaded the video today, Still have a bunch of this batch, It was a success for sure.
This video happen to be the first video I watch on this channel which motivated me to create my own channel 11 months ago and today lifeinthialand leads as my Boss and I follow.
Greetings Boss
You know more about catfish than I do, I just do it for fun.
You are the man, I'm thinking about starting my own catfish farm soon, thanks to you, I'm a believer
Have lots of videos since then, and still have some of these fish.
You're not the only one.
I grew up to this video. This video 6 years ago is what made me wonna raise my own to farm for food
Nice farm! I have reared many fish and one misconception that many people don't realize is that water oxygenation actually occurs at the water surface. Bubbling with an air-stone or whatever doesn't make much difference, the trick is just to make sure there is enough surface area to allow the gas to diffuse into the water - a wide barrel such as this in an area where there's a bit of wind (surface agitation encourages gas diffusion) should be more than adequate (for fish these size).
+Tristan Janse van Rensburg
Agreed. But, circulating the water benefits the tank by bringing lower oxygen water from below up to the surface, where it can have oxygen dissolved in it. i.e., stagnant water occupied by air breathers will probably have lower levels of oxygen the further from the surface you go. That is the primary reason to use air stones, to circulate the water.
I'm not a fish farmer though. It's just basic High School biology, and what I'd learned by keeping tropical fish in a large tank. Green aquatic plants also help oxygenate the water.
+smart451cab isn't there natural movement already circulating the water?
Rosalyn Windham
Sure, there is some convection, and probably even more from the movement of the fish. But, streams of bubbling air far outdo either of those. That's why they're frequently used in aquariums.
Tarragon Mugwort
This I realize. Many Moons ago, when I was a youngun, I did an experiment along those lines.
I used a small mouth quart jar: in went water, a mosquito fish (looks like a guppy) and a healthy sprig of elodea. Tightly sealed the jar and kept it where it received good daylight.
That was something like 50 years ago and I don't recall exactly how long the experiment ran. I do remember being impressed by the duration though. In the end, the poor fish probably died of starvation, even though there was some food available from the plant. In spite of their name, their preferred diet is algae and plankton.
+Tristan Janse van Rensburg i feel bad for the fish you've reared.
Great price on the fish mate. They look a bit like the eel tailed catfish (tandanus tandanus) we get here.
+RobBobs Backyard Farming Not the same, Would love to know the actual name, Maybe some research is in order.
+lifeinthailand where did u get your fish? And could u send me the linkt o their website?
+ReCoNxL GaMiNg I bought them from an old lady who was selling them off the back of a truck. They come around every year selling fish at the end of the rainy season. I would like to find a supplier for the off season though.
+lifeinthailand thank you so much for answering and can you let me know when you get a supplier
+lifeinthailand specifically a cheap supplier
you remind me of my grandpa back when he was alive
just raising fish and I would always be amazed
+carcinoGeneticist , Your grandpa was way cool.
Wow. I remember loving this channel when I was little
Bio filtration is necessary. They have gills to breathe under water but have primitive lung that allows them to live in poor water conditions like a place like Thailand where there are wet and dry seasons the bladder or lung are used in those conditions. Continuing coming to the surface to gulp air means the water condition is less than optimum.
They seemed to do pretty well in his other videos, a while ago he showed a small harvest where he cooked and ate a few. One was over a foot long, sounds pretty healthy to me...
***** healthyand optimum health are not one in the same, the same fish with optimum filtration including biologicalthat same fish could have been larger. Even in the wild with wet and dry seasons there is always a form of biological filtration.
Jason Stroman They're food, not pets. As long as they're alive and growing, why should it matter if their health is optimum?
***** Did you think about that comment before you wrote it, you could not have? Come by my house I have a free range cow from Russia that has grazed in Chernoybl fall out, yum yum. Disregard it's third eye it's only a birth defect, I've been told it taste great.
Jason Stroman comparing a cow to a fish is preposterous. Fish are far more basic animals, living entirely off instinct, Cows, while still stupid, are far easier to empathize with, mistreating an animal like that would be upsetting to me, as it would be to any logical human being. To claim that a cow living in Chernobyl would have a third eye is also ridiculous, There's a documentary showing how wolves and other fauna live in the area around Chernobyl, none of them were ever shown to be deformed. Google "Chernobyl wolves documentary" if you don't believe me. The poster of this video also discusses how these fish are designed to live in hostile conditions, if you watch his later videos he shows the catfish reaching lengths of over a foot. The fish are obviously thriving in their current conditions.
You will need some filtration and a biofilter of some kind otherwise you will have to do a lot of water changes. Wow you got a great deal.
+Tanner Stage V Still no filter, I use the water to water the garden, So far it is working.
+lifeinthailand Try building an aquaponics system around this.
True man lmao lol haha lmao lol haha
+lifeinthailand that's actually a fucking great idea dude. When I water my vegetable garden with fish tank water change water everything boooooooms and I mean booms. Fish waste is one of if not the best fertilizer! Tons of nitrogen phosphorus and potassium in fish waste
+lifeinthailand sponge filter at least they need some kind of biological filtration. So. Cheap can makethem for less than $2.
these videos are so fun to watch and good luck with the fish
+Edwin Saldivar Thank you.
Cat fish love cat food ironically, at my grandpas pond we toss a handful out onto the water before we fish to get them up to the top.
+Ethan Knight And cats like catfish food, Both my dog and cat well eat the catfish food.
Looks like a lot of fun, raising your own fish for food. Good luck, hope it all works out for you.
+Ken Karnes So far so good, They are fun to watch.
I love to fish. I live in Bakersfield, CA, USA and the lakes around here are over fished. So it's really something when I do catch a fish.
this is so awesome, I want to build a bond in my backyard to grow some fish
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Helen Brown The names Bond... James bond...
Sterpack Games I like my drinks shaken not stirred
checking ot when you started your ctfish farm! cool great video
+Annie Farmer They have come a long ways since then.
Hello Annie, you’re looking so beautiful😁 how are you doing?
I like how nice you are with the catfish
+HokageCoolMoonlitDew No point trying to kick there, I would just get wet....lol
even if it doesn't work out, you are going to learn a lot, thanks for sharing
+Robb's Homemade Life Life is a learn game, So far so good though.
+lifeinthailand I think the catfish are neat, now you are growing something Mugsy Jeff is not growing yet. :)
Finally started something before Jeff, But he gets his fish straight out of the ocean, He still wins.....
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the fact he had patience waiting for them to swim out on their own
True fisherman
Aww they look so cute with their little whiskers
They are cool.
Wow 😲✨ amazing cat fish I had Sam Kat fish but it's gone I really love your video 🤗
Thank you 🤗
Love the video. thanks for sharing! :D
Thanks for watching.
It will be interesting to see how big they get in the tank. Do you think you will need two tanks as they get bigger?
+Dale Calder Not sure about a 2nd tank, I don't think so but we well see, Going good so far.
+Dale Calder Yes. There is a limitation to size based of the quantity or size of fish existing in any habitat.
+Jebus there's bioflox system and high density system for farming clarias in indonesia. it can hold 1000 catfish per ton of water. no water change needed, just probiotik
Dale Calder I think hè Will need a couple of these tanks 💪🏻
Very Kool! Catfish are my Favorite Aquarium / Pond Fish!
They are a very cool fish.
The plant that you put into the tank is called "eekaithebee" (water mimosa) in our local language. Good to eat, tasty. We prepare it with hot chillies and fermented fish.
Correct, I have the same plant in with my frogs now.
I don't even know why I clicked on this XD
+jerolynnemae munoz But you didn't regret it!
Me too it was on my recomendations
SAME XD
Because it's interesting and something different, you have your answer, you're welcome, lol
I was wondering why I clicked it, then saw your comment, then I thought about why i clicked it.
Sea Hawks love the Seahawks
there lybrenth fish. having a lybrenth gland on the roof of there mouth. gulping air and pressing it to the gland to absorb oxygen, same as all gouramis and Betta fighting fish
+Kevin Sterner Very interesting, Thanks for the info, I learned something today already.
I like watching this kind of video specially if its a long video like it men,hope you can make more videos
Lots of updates on the fish here, www.mythaihomestead.com/catfish-farm-videos/
Hope you enjoy.
+lifeinthailand Ok Thanks man
That's cool u use the old water for a garden and have lot of fish
Keeps the garden well feed.
So thats where cats come from O_O
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nice joke
no, they come fro the sky. of course not they come from other female catfish.your playing a game your playing dum
AMaricannoli yes, they come from little cat tadpoles
good fishing
For sure.
Back when i used to live in Surin with my father, after rainy days we'd see catfish crossing the road. Sometimes we'd also try to catch them.
+ELITE We do that in the rainy season, At night the fish come out of the water, Not only catfish bit others as well.
I'm from Thailand :-) good job sir!
+MegaXphotographY - NikonCoolpixL820 Thank you, The fish are doing good.
it is fun, people doing this kind of video, interesting
The fish are fun to watch.
bigger farming area it's 200 catfish in not much space for 200 I'd recommend 2m's 57cm's mine are big and healthy and my are that size✅
mine
my farming area is that big
His fish are healthy too, some he shows in the video updates are over a foot long.
Where to buy
How large of a pool for 200 catfish? Would a 350 gallon tank be large enough
We have tons of these in Florida ,they are concerned a nuisance and invasive fish ,we get them up to 18-20"
A VERY SIMPLE VIDEO....makes everything so simpleeeeeeee
Nothing wrong with simple.
it's called mimosa pudica aka tickle me plant. idk why they find it tasty though haah
Why did they clump together so much?
Is it for protection?
+Spyun 2002 Yes, Safety in numbers.
They are suffocating and need water with more oxygen
It's nice seeing them so active
+MrSharkBait561 They are crazy at feeding time.
Amazing. One of my goals.
I had a pond most of were different types of koi. One thing I didn't do is give them names so incase I needed to eat them, it wouldn't be hard. Most people don't kill the pets for food
we don't eat out pets and we don't name out food, Try not to anyway.....lol
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Nice video
I actually bought them off the back of a truck, just like I did in this video. czcams.com/video/C9o5w6w0kPM/video.html
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just starting my fish farm.. i got 3 tanks ready.. there 12x12 ft and 4 foot deep.. im in the ph.. having a hard time finding catfish to put in it..
I catfish so cute when they were babys so tiny it brings back the memorys
They are very cool fish.
okay man thanks
do people in Thailand eat that kind of weed, some people eat them in Viet Nam
Yes, its called water mimosa and normally eaten in stir fry.
Even if it doesn't work out you are going to learn a lot thank for sharing
It works and I am still learning.
Super soothing video
Always nice to watch fish.
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After making this video he has enough money to buy 33000 baby catfish, I would love to see that
+Demonic0Sniper ahahah yes please!
+Demonic0Sniper That is the plan, 33,000 fish in a bathtub, Should make me rich.
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***** I would totally sub for that
Love the channel!
Thanks.
hello friend do catfish need frsh water....?
hello friend do catfish need frsh water....?
Nice video brother wow very nice video
How in gods name do you filter 200 fish in 50 gallons
+Og maco Sheesh Simple really, I don't.
***** Ya i saw the updated vid
+Og maco Sheesh these guys live up dirty knucks and crannys. i found a whole bunch of these in a truck trailer. and they got their food from the nutrients in the natural rain
LightningFury2 Dont bettas do the same thing in south America
+Og maco Sheesh pretty much but they require good water perimeters where as these guys can literally live and thrive in mud
"these guys are nice on the bbq huh?"
+Luke - CSGO & More. That is what I had for lunch yesterday, Very nice, Can't wait to give mine a try.
***** nicee
Jackie Bisson Here he dosent kill them for the fun of it he kills them to eat and feeds his family, do you eat fish?
+Jackie Bisson Here what is he suppose to do. that's why he bought them to eat
James Ball yes i agree
Wow! Very nice 👌
Thanks 😊
i subbed. love your vid! i will be watching more
Welcome, hope you enjoy the videos.
lifeinthailand so far I've only watched 3. Will watch more at work. lol thank you for your video and reply.
At work.... awesome...lol
lifeinthailand I work 3rd shift for a security company. simple work. Today theres no work at all so I can relax and watch all your awesome videos. I one day want to raise catfish too. Planning my future in Asia. probably Thailand too. I am from USA. right now I only own a beautiful female betta fish and a few fishes plus 2 ghost shrimp in my fish tank. haha
zoidberg?
+Zachary Chiu lol
+lifeinthailand hahah
This popped up out of nowhere on my keyboard so I’m just going to say it so yea boi
Sounds like Doctor zoiberg
+Texas Airsoft 115 lol
Lmfao
Matthew E. I can’t unhear it now
very good videos I like it to catch fish
Although they can breathe the air in less than perfect water, providing oxygen in the water will help them to grow faster and larger, improve cell structure and provide you with a healthier fish stock. They have gills as well as their lungs. Please consider even a small airstone, you could see bigger changes than you think. I know I do in the fish I raise and breed.
I added air to my tanks last year, I have seen no difference in the growth rate or health of the fish, but the air does keep the water moving and that gives them something to do, swim against the current is they want to. I have raised more than 10,000 fish at this point.
#TBT what we used to look like
Tru XD
no.. only in the imagination of those that choose to believe that.. If you want to believe that your great, great ~ granddad was a catfish, go ahead.. lol
+William Miller Do you believe in evolution
Im sure he said that cause they look like sperm cells not evolution
some people are so dumb -_- just ruin a nice post by their stupid comments
What species of catfish
Clarias Batrachus, or walking catfish.
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Nice these fish have nice taste when they are clean.
They are a few delicious fish if cooked right.
i often hang a bug zapper over mine each evening, its kills alot of bugs to feed the fish. variety in diet seems to grow healthier fish that fight each other less (less commonly a problem with catfish). putting something in the water for them to hide in is good too. they naturally hang out in holes and dens. thats why your fish tend to just fall asleep like that. catfish are pretty lazy. but cool set up!
what are you feeding to them?
Believe it of not, Catfish food.
Bought the tank at the hardware store and the local feed stores sell catfish food, same place you would buy food for chickens or pigs.
They look like tadpoles
Oh I see.
the name of that plant in thai is “Pak kha ched”, aka water mimosa. its my favorite
good luck with your fish bro
hmmm .... i think he said 5000 liters
+BLUE FLU 500.
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4:24 all that pot gone to waste
you have to build a metal barrier around the water's edge get fifty five gallon drum cut them in half the use this as a fence around the pond
They are so cute!!!!
+Samantha Kennedy I know.
that bucket looks like an toilet XD
Oh I see.
#lol
"5000 litres" LOLOL
+salty1234567890 Title said 500.
R.K Tube In the video he said “5000 l” ...
Unbelievable viewing numbers - well done
It was a crazy popular video for a long time, very slow now though, but nothing wrong with 9.8 million views.
these are channel catfish we use them in cannels where the water is pretty bad here in az along with carp they usually throw babies of 1ft long in the cannel an when I was watching the news the other day they pulled a 30lb cat out.......I'm almost positive if you tried to drink cannel water you would get dissentery
+480chavo These are not channel cats, These only get to max 12" long, There probably the smallest of all the different catfish species.
That growing bucket looks way too small brother. Fish tend to grow in relation to their environment so small bucket small fish.
Actually they grow to a certain point no matter the environment, but after that they stop growing until they have more space.
+FirstWorldProblems S Dude, that is exactly what I said. lol
+John Arizona you said the small bucket small fish part but you didn't point out they grow to a certain point no matter what.
Read it again and stop arguing over pointless issues. Don't allow that conflict into your heart brother.
hey bro that's actually incorrect, you stick a Brazilian redtail in a small bucket an you are going to get a huge fish with an inch of water or a fish that is now the shape of the bucket lol
Seems very similar to somethin
sperm?
Tadpoles?
Cancer?
Me and your mom?
+Death The Cool me and your dad?
wow! 200 fish, i wouldn't hav had imagined that! it's amazing! where did u get'em?
Sweet! I just got an albino Cory Catfish. I keep him in a tiny tank in my room
Cool, Hope you enjoy him as much as I have enjoyed these.
how big? Needs to be at least 5-10 gallons.
Hahahaha
Alguém pra me explicar não estou entendendo nada
Tamires baesso
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Tamires baesso nem. eu. kkkkk
Lolololol cool
I want to farm fish like this, but do a waterfall setup with three tiers: fish on top filtering into plants, then crawfish, then through an actual filter and back through. The only thing holding me back is reliable power, I'm in the sticks and power outages are not rare.
they are so cute their like huge tadpoles with whiskers
+Cathy Ferguson Yes they are.
like si les gusta los peses
why dose he have catfish
Because he can.
Prob to sell them when they get older or sumthin like that
Kaelyn Silva because whale is too big...probly because he like their taste. Or they are easy n pretty hardy.. and grow decent size fast
Nice work with the fish
Thanks.
i subscribed because its so cute it looks like the baby salamander i have
Have lots of update videos here if your interested. www.mythaihomestead.com/catfish-farm-videos/
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yeah when transfering fish you want to make sure that the water in both containers is as close to the same temp as possible or you will shock their system and could get a lot of deaths from it.
Do you think water cress can help? I stumble upon your vid to check how easy it is to raise catfish ... But my pond is 150x50x25 Korean fish pond made of tarp... To start ... Do you think they will jump out from the pond ?...
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The plant u put in the watet they callef "pak ga chet nam" water lucaena i think cooked with eggs taste real good
The fishes are adorable
They sure are.
Tod allard, it is probably OK with the dog food. They do need air bubbles, though. And I would say go to a bait store and getting 4 dozen night crawlers/worms and put them in the tank. That's how they will really thrive and stay healthy.