Re: NANFA-L-- Fertilization with cottonseed meal and fresh-cut

Christopher Scharpf (ichthos-in-comcast.net)
Sun, 01 May 2005 09:48:02 -0400

Timothy is a type of grass, used by early aquaculturists as an organic
fertilizer for aquatic microcrustacea. Cottonsead meal is a high-protein
food source for farm-raised fish.

Chris Scharpf

> From: Sajjad Lateef <sajjadlateef-in-yahoo.com>
> Reply-To: nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org
> Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 21:17:46 -0700 (PDT)
> To: nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org
> Subject: NANFA-L-- Fertilization with cottonseed meal and fresh-cut timothy?
>
>
> Just read Chris' post on silvery minnows. I was curious about
> the use of cottonseed meal and fresh-cut timothy for pond
> feeding. First of all, what are these things? Do they provide
> food for the invertebrates or for the fish themselves?
>
> Sajjad

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