Pretty cool pumps for draining the pond for maintenance and cleaning. Water is used to flood rice paddies and the top layer of mud is used in fields as fertilizer.
June 09, 2025, 11:21 AM
flesheatingvirus
Very cool. What kind of fish were they harvesting?
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June 09, 2025, 11:42 AM
powermad
Looks like they do catfish, tilapia, and silver barb for fresh water. Shrimp, mussels and prawns for brackish water.
June 09, 2025, 04:17 PM
sourdough44
A relative is big into anti-Talapia, very much a bottom feeder.
That type is very common, she says they eat a lot of trash, poop & such.
June 09, 2025, 04:46 PM
Schmelby
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Originally posted by sourdough44: A relative is big into anti-Talapia, very much a bottom feeder.
That type is very common, she says they eat a lot of trash, poop & such.
Carp. I won't eat it.
June 09, 2025, 06:58 PM
ArtieS
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June 10, 2025, 10:10 AM
smlsig
I wonder how much DEF that uses? HAHA!
I love the paint job on that.
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June 10, 2025, 11:20 AM
BigSwede
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Originally posted by Schmelby:
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Originally posted by sourdough44: A relative is big into anti-Talapia, very much a bottom feeder.
That type is very common, she says they eat a lot of trash, poop & such.
Carp. I won't eat it.
Yep, watched a show a few years ago about a fish farm. I can't remember what type of fish but when they were harvested they put Tilapia in there to clean up all the nasty stuff
Originally posted by sourdough44: A relative is big into anti-Talapia, very much a bottom feeder.
That type is very common, she says they eat a lot of trash, poop & such.
I prefer to eat wild caught fish as opposed to farm raised, but I don't have a problem with bottom feeders. I love redfish, lobster, crabs, etc. It's recycling-the fish meat is not the same as what the fish eat.
I also do not have a problem eating fruits and vegetables that are grown in dirt, with fertilizer.
June 10, 2025, 12:17 PM
Mars_Attacks
I can't wait for the pump tractor races.
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Eeewwww, don't touch it! Here, poke at it with this stick.
June 10, 2025, 08:37 PM
powermad
They race everything else.
June 11, 2025, 03:58 PM
Xer0
For a pump on wheels, it looks like they take great pride in their machine with the fancy paintjob and cleanliness.