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SECTION 2 - Constructing Backyard Fish Farms: Three Possibilities Backyard Fish Farm One: A Dome-Covered Pond Backyard Fish Farm Two : A Three-Tiered, Flat Top Fish Raising Complex Backyard Fish Farm Three: The Miniature Ark : A Wind-Powered, Solar-Heated, Combined Backyard Fish Farm and Greenhouse Cost Comparison of the Three New Alchemy Backyard Fish Farms
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SECTION 3 Culture Preparation of the Pool Algae Culture Stocking How to Obtain Tilapia Predators and Population Control Harvesting Supplemental Feeding: Part 1 Past Experience Supplemental Feeding: Part 2 Live-Bearing Fishes by Stewart jacobson Supplemental Feeding: Part 3 Culturing Zooplankton
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SECTION 4 - Early Findings A Comparison of Dome and Flat Top Backyard Fish Farms: The First Year's Results SECTION 5 Beyond New Alchemy Collaboration with New Alchemy in the Development of Backyard Fish Farms References and an Introductory Bibliograp hy of Relevant Information for Backyard Fish Farmers
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SECTION 6 - The Great Challenge and Bio-Race SECTION 7
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