I've been interested in tropical fish farming for quite awhile. A few weeks ago I came across an ad for a farm that was for sale. $400,000 and far out of my price range but that didn't matter as the seller seemed hard for the real estate agent to communicate with. In any case I realized I really didn't know how to operate a tropical fish farm and started searching for information. I searched google and created a map from the tampa area south and have marked well over 100 farms. Thing is around half of them are not being used and some of the other half may not be in use it was hard to tell with some of them. It was finding the first unused farm that got me thinking and searching the map in the first place. I wonder how much something like an unused farm would go for and if they are even willing to sell? There are some farms that are empty because of some drainage issues caused by neighbors digging ditches to drain water away. Others are empty for uncertain reasons but there are a few that seem to have good water levels but are not being used. I can tell because they are overgrown with trees! WAAAY overgrown... Others are not being used because its not easy to find buyers that can run the farm I guess.
The info on why the farms are not running is what I have gleaned from a couple of articles on the internet.
Curious about things like net profits of course but also how its all done. Feeding, harvest, spawns etc... Really interested to know how effective the cold frames are at keeping the temperatures up in the winter.
The info on why the farms are not running is what I have gleaned from a couple of articles on the internet.
Curious about things like net profits of course but also how its all done. Feeding, harvest, spawns etc... Really interested to know how effective the cold frames are at keeping the temperatures up in the winter.