It's taken too long

House renovation work taken longer than I anticipated, the builder seem like taking his sweet time for the work. Basic work cost me 30k USD and with another 10k for kitchen cabinets and appliances. 

Apologise to all reader of this blog for not posting for a very long time. I want to set up a small scale aquaponics system once all work completed on my house but now its already end of May and nerve wrecking for me with all this construction going on.

Red Tilapia

Red Tilapia is a not a particular species of Tilapia but its name given to different man made Tilapia variants that is red in color. These variants are done by selective breeding, due to their popularity in certain markets.

Like any Tilapia, they reach marketable size around 500 ~ 750 grammes in about 6 ~ 8 months from fry. High protein feed will result in faster growth.

Tilapia will reach sexual maturity about 4 ~ 5 months, however its best not to let them breed until they reach around 500 grammes in weight. Too early will result in stunted fish or weak fry.

Genital papilla of Tilapia is located right behind the anus of the fish. 

Male has one single opening and female has two openings.

Need to practice to get it right, also using food colouring smearing the genitalia area do help in getting better identification.

Above Tilapia fry after removing from parents mouth. Its easy to breed Tilapia all you need are one male and few females kept in a tank after about 2 to 3 months you sure gonna have plenty of fry.

Few weeks old Tilapia fingerling above, feed them with rice bran and crushed fish pallets.

Frenzy feeding once they are large and hungry.

Tarakan Indonesia

Its my legal birthday on 9th Feb I am stuck here in Tarakan Island of the coast of Borneo.

Send there via Tawau Sabah Jetty (4.244453,117.878194) to conduct a class on ATR 72-500 Aircraft Familiarization.

 Its a small ferry took more than 3 hours to reach.

Interesting place but I only stayed there for 2 days, hardly can do much.

Stayed at Tarakan Plaza Hotel (3.303594,117.585305) its a clean hotel, but not much fun there.