09 December 2011, Friday
My two adult tilapias in a drum, separated by having one of them in a floating strainer have just amazed me. The one in the floating strainer jumped twice to join the other one. A few months back when I bought them from Marhaba Supermarket, they were fighting violently causing many of them ending up in my fring pan. And, the sad part is that most of the dead were pregnant....aaaaaaaaaggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhh. Anyway, fast forward to just about a couple of days back, they became friends all of a sudden. Could it be that having the barrier somehow allowed them familiarity but in a safer environment?
So, they are there in the tank(drum), I removed the strainer and keeps on observing them every now and then. My most wild thought could be that they are a couple trying to mate, which would be one big blessing for my Aquaponics. It is very hard to find fingerlings here and as I mentioned earlier, what you would normally get are adult tilapias and to my untrained eyes, I really couldn't figure out one from the other because they have almost the same looks.
I am leaving them for now, I mean letting them do what they want, feeding them and saying hi. I took most of the nutrient riched water yesterday and replaced with some fresh water so I can use the former to water my plants in self watering containers.
And, speaking of my self watering container garden... i am a really happy farmer.. mashallah tabarakallah! Spinach, Swiss Chards, Peppers are doing great together with various ornamental plants. Got a bunch of Basil young plants that I need to replant today to give some to friends.
Aquaponics update: Cucumbers have some female flowers and plenty of male flowers....inshallah will have some real fruits in a few days time. Onions are doing so well, amazingly. A lot of other veggies doesn't appreciate being around a dominant Bitter Melon plant and refuses to grow fast. But, the bittermelon still is giving nice fruits.
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