Mike Sipe is available to consult on FARM SETUP, or redesigning an existing farm for improved production or breeding of Tilapia.
The charge for a visit to our farm in High Springs to see and verify what we deliver requires either a paid voucher for a minium of
one breeder colony, consisting of 5 female t. mossambica and one genetically improved male t. horonorum, or a prepaid order
for at least one breeder colony, to be picked up on your visit.
The price for one colony is $499.00 FOB our farm in High Springs Fla. These breeders may be already delivered or scheduled for
delivery when you are ready for them.
A consultation visit or walking visit for 4 to six hours is $1,000
Please call me if you have any questions.
(386)454-2016 or (386)266-8981
Mike & Jan Sipe
Other Subjects which can be covered include:
Oxygen management
Pure oxygen use
Ozone use
Tilapia breeding
Tilapia genetics for all male production
Pond breeding
Cage breeding
Cage growing
Intensive culture
Semi-intensive culture
Indoor hobby culture For a one week (5 days) consultation, the fee for the first day will be $1000. Subsequent days will be negotiated and the final cost will depend on an agreement on mutual goals for the consultation.
The consultation fee will include a certificate for one-half of the total price which can be used to purchase any breeder packages or consultation packages. I will also be available to teach hands-on courses for the purpose of improving Tilapia Production, which are offered here in Florida by mutual agreement. All courses are currently available. Plans to teach a course on how to handle the elements of an intensive production system exist for the near future.
For those of you that are interested in building a system, this course can save you a lot of money and allow you to gain the detailed knowledge necessary to build a functional intensive system that works
This course will include the furnishing of:
One set of Blueprints that show the details for
construction of an intensive System with production rights
included............................................$25,000
construction of an intensive System with production rights
not included........................................$10,000 I plan to teach the course on how to build an intensive system here at my farm in Florida, using my knowledge and experience of the intensive systems that I have helped build in the past. In return for $25,000 I agree:
to furnish blue prints to build and help to start up an intensive tank capable of producing 50,000 to 100,000 pounds of hybrid tilapia annually.
Provide a
license to produce and grow the f-1 hybrid pennyfish to market size and to market them under whichever trademark is agreed to.
I will share as much of my knowledge about any changes
that need to be made based on solving problems encountered in the building
and running of any of the previous systems I have been
involved in. In other words we will focus on how to make the tank do what it
is
designed to do and to provide the licensing and the
technical, consulting to you or your contractor needed to build a tank using
this
design.
The actual goal is to provide good quality water that is well oxygenated for each cubic foot of growing space provided by the intensive growing system. Doing a feasibility study at your site in the United States or out of the US will cost $5000.00 per week, plus transportation cost. Expenses include housing and a "per diem" fee of $250 a day per person to cover other expenses. Feasibility studys which include Gathering of appropriate information for the preparation of spread sheets to estimate cost/benefit analysis of your expenditures at various levels and running analysis will cost $10,000 plus $50 per cost/return evaluation. Creation of a purchasing list that includes all of the needed hardware: pumps, air blowers, oxygen separation systems, valves, monitors, etc. ($5,000.00 + expenses) Plans for organization of the construction activities ($5,000.00 + expenses) Plans for construction of a hatchery capable of producing 5,000 fingerlings a week for stocking the tank ($3000.00 + expenses) Each of the above cost if added together, comes to a total of $28,000 plus expenses or more and so, it should run around $30,000 to $35,000 to get the whole job done, if you elect to do each part of the program seperatly. We will contract to deliver the TOTAL PACKAGE including all of the above for $25,000 plus expenses and per diem. Anyone who wants to
schedule a visit to my farm and sign up take a course should call me at 356
454 2016 or on my cell phone at 941 545 7649. Please leave a message with a phone number and time to call. You will need to contact me to schedule one or more of the student slots for this course. SPECIAL COURSE DESIGN:
FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO FOCUS ON A PARTICULARE AREA OF AQUACULTURE I AM WILLING TO SIT WITH YOU AND DESIGN A COURSE THAT WILL HELP TO GIVE YOU THE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE YOU WANT. AQUAPONICS: IS DESCRIBED AS THE MERGING OF AQUACULTURE WITH HYDROPONICS.
TO PRACTICE AQUAPONICS, KNOWLEDGE MUST BE GAINED ON HOW TO FEED FISH AND KEEP THE WATER QUALITY HIGH WHILE KEEPING THE FISH HEALTHY AND WELL FED. We must learn how ALLOW THE PLANTS to REMOVE THE CORRECT amount NUTRIENTS and how to add to these nutrients the exact amount of balancing nutrients so that THE SYSTEM will SUPPORT good GROWTH of the PLANTS AND VEGETABLES while providing CLEANER WATER to flow BACK TO THE FISH SO THEY also KEEP GROWING WELL.
WHEN THESE TWO SKILLS ARE COMBINED we will HAVE THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS
One little appreciated fact that I have found to be true with aquaponic systems is that a system that is carrying and feeding properly 2 pounds or more per cubic foot of total tilapia biomass will easily supply nutrients to grow 2 to 3 times the square footage devoted to growing the fish. This means that if you have a controlled system of intensive culture that is capable of producing 3 per cubic foot or more of hybrid tilapia the nutrients given off by the fish in this system will easily support the growth of 2 or 3 pounds of marketable plants that can be grown in an area that is only three times the size of the fish production area. This is assuming that there is at least 3 feet of water depth in the fish production area. Thus, using our fish to provide fertilizer and nutrients FOR OUR PLANTS being sure to harvest FISH AND VEGETABLES IN SUFFICIENT QUANTITIES We can FEED OURSELVES a well balanced diet AT LOWER COST than with any other known method. If you are interested in having the experience of taking a course, call me to discuss your interest to take the course; I am willing to make financial arrangements with you if necessary to allow you to come take the course. Each participant of this special course will receive a credit of 50% of all of their fees as a Useable certificate which can be used as a 50% payment for any purchase of breeders. This means that when you are done you will, with my help, have both the knowledge and the breeders to pursue building and running an intensive tank to grow tilapia. The tanks that we design and furnish the blueprints to build will allow you to stock up to 80,000 tilapia and to grow them to produce up to 100 metric tons a year. We encourage you to produce between 4,000 and 4,500 fingerlings a week and grow them to between 3/4th of an ounce and 60 grams each before stocking them in the growing tank. After 16 weeks of growth, under proper conditions, these fingerlings will be averaging 1.25 pounds each.
Please call me at (386) 454-2016 and be sure to read my book at http://www.cherrysnapper.com/The+Story/0.html to understand a little of what I have gone through to develop this growing system.
You can also read the Hatchery Manual (pdf format) to gain a better understanding of the level of information provided as you consider becoming involved in aquaculture.  Hatchery Manual - PDF format 966202 bytes
Sincerely,
Mike Sipe
President & Research Director |
