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Fellow Fishkeepers group under attack for it's name

Started Jul 24, 2012 0 Replies 0 Likes

Monster Fishkeepers, another group I belong to is under a cease and desist order from the Monster Energy Company, makers of those nasty energy drinks, because of their name. This is utterly stupid…Continue

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How did you find us?: Search engine (Google)

If you found us through a search engine, what search words were you using?: Expanded shale Texas A&M

Are you an aquaponic gardener already?: Yes

If so, what type of system? (pick all that apply): NFT

What type of fish do you grow with? (select all that apply): Goldfish, Koi

How big is your fish tank?: 350 Gal

Please tell us something else about yourself.: I am a horticulturist, ex petroleum engineer and geologist, and general science/tech geek. My system is not truly an aquaponic system. It's basically a Koi pond in my greenhouse with a large wet/dry type trickle bed filter, which has plants growing in it. I cool weather I grow water cress in it, and in warm weather, the only edible things are Taros. Year round there are Cyperus Umbrella plants, syngoniums, Ancornus, and several types of tradescantias, or wandering jew relatives. I mostly feed my Koi Guinea pig food and some seafood cat food, and about every 5th feeding I give them real Koi or goldfish food. I also have a 20 gal hex aquarium perched over one corner of the pond with large fancy goldfish, really a lot of them for a 20 gallon tank, but the aquarium has both it;s own reverse flow under gravel filter and it has about 20 gallons per hour(one turnover) of pond water circulating through it, and out, via a constant level weir siphon system. Both the aquarium and the pond have expanded shale used as the substrate, and expanded shale is also part of the wet-dry trickle filter. The drainage from this filter partially goes into a 2 inch perforated pipe that pushes this highly oxygenated water deep into the bottom of the pond substrate. The filtration system has about a one hour turn-over of the whole pond(350 gal/hr) when the pump and intake skimmer are all cleaned out and running at top efficiency.

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At 10:02pm on May 2, 2012, Sylvia Bernstein said…: Welcome Chuck,

Thanks for joining the Aquaponic Gardening community! I hope you find it a fun place to explore aquaponics. There is a real blend of experienced and new aquapons in this community, so please don’t hesitate to get in there and start asking questions. Everyone is quite happy to help out new members – no question is too basic.

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Thanks again for joining us, and I look forward to getting to know you.

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