Aquaponic Gardening2024-03-29T16:01:50ZLinda Jauron-Millshttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/LindaJauronMillshttps://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2796980875?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1https://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/forum/topic/listForContributor?user=15o1ho6keexde&feed=yes&xn_auth=noBuilding raft system on 25,000 sq foot bass pondtag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2024-02-22:4778851:Topic:7262772024-02-22T19:47:43.013ZLinda Jauron-Millshttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/LindaJauronMills
<p>I want set up a small raft growing system this year and start getting into aquaponics on my largest pond. I been doing soil gardening for 50 years but I would like to try gardening on my ponds. I live in a very cold climate and growing on the water would have the advantage of added frost protection and not having to water during the summer. </p>
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<p>I have been reading and studying for 4 years now and I am ready to start jumping into it this year. My ponds are already ice free…</p>
<p>I want set up a small raft growing system this year and start getting into aquaponics on my largest pond. I been doing soil gardening for 50 years but I would like to try gardening on my ponds. I live in a very cold climate and growing on the water would have the advantage of added frost protection and not having to water during the summer. </p>
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<p>I have been reading and studying for 4 years now and I am ready to start jumping into it this year. My ponds are already ice free which usually doesn't happen until May so it is a great year to get started on this as I will more time than usual to setup for planting.</p>
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<p>This is my bass pond full of tens of thousands of large mouth bass. Great fishing though you spend all your time pulling hooks out of 8 inch to 10 inch bass as you catch them as fast as you can throw your line in. In a few hours of fishing and some patience you get one or two of the mid sized bass in the 17 to 20 inch range to bite. Once in a while you can even get one of the gigantic 26-28 inch females to eat one of the smaller bass that you are reeling, though they take the fish, your lure, the line and if your not careful your pole. We have yet to ever bring in one of the giant ones yet.</p>
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<p>I have been checking out various forums looking on information regarding floating raft systems on ponds. Apparently there is not a great deal of information on this topic out there. This site appears to be largely comprised of former ghosts but does at least have some old information on what I am wanting to do in ancient posts. Hopefully some people will show in the form and I can learn something here.</p>
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<p>My largest pond about 80 feet wide and maybe 350 long with a small island in the middle that I want to try and use for growing.</p>
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<p><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/12386327284?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/12386327284?profile=RESIZE_710x" class="align-full"/></a></p> I’m excited to see this forum back up. I hope to see us breath new life into ittag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2023-11-22:4778851:Topic:7246712023-11-22T09:48:06.069ZLinda Jauron-Millshttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/LindaJauronMills
<p>Hello fellow aquapons! I loved using this forum back several years ago and want to see it flourish again. That being said, where have you all been? Where are you discussing aquaponics now? <br/><br/></p>
<p>Facebook groups? Other forums? Let me know. I want to join the conversations where they are happening. <br/><br/></p>
<p>Thank you all in advance. </p>
<p>Hello fellow aquapons! I loved using this forum back several years ago and want to see it flourish again. That being said, where have you all been? Where are you discussing aquaponics now? <br/><br/></p>
<p>Facebook groups? Other forums? Let me know. I want to join the conversations where they are happening. <br/><br/></p>
<p>Thank you all in advance. </p> Pink spider planttag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2023-08-01:4778851:Topic:7236172023-08-01T11:06:03.536ZLinda Jauron-Millshttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/LindaJauronMills
<p><span>Hi everyone!</span><br></br><span>I hope you are doing well. My name is Waqar and I am a new gardener. I just ask you something related to pink spider plant growing. Recently I was reading a blog post related to </span><a class="externalLink" href="https://gardeningblock.com/pink-spider-plant/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">pink spider plant</a><span>. Actually, I planted pink spider plant in my garden by following the same guidelines. And I am pretty glad to say that it was…</span></p>
<p><span>Hi everyone!</span><br/><span>I hope you are doing well. My name is Waqar and I am a new gardener. I just ask you something related to pink spider plant growing. Recently I was reading a blog post related to </span><a href="https://gardeningblock.com/pink-spider-plant/" target="_blank" class="externalLink" rel="nofollow noopener">pink spider plant</a><span>. Actually, I planted pink spider plant in my garden by following the same guidelines. And I am pretty glad to say that it was really a good experience ever. The question I want to ask is please tell me is this a common way or not? because one of my gardener friends told me this is not a good way to grow pink spider plant. Please someone guide me is it right or not?</span></p> Aquaponic System Free to a good home or causetag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2023-05-18:4778851:Topic:7229832023-05-18T20:25:22.078ZLinda Jauron-Millshttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/LindaJauronMills
<p>I have a working aquaponics system that is fully stocked (200+ tilapia) that I would like to find a new home for. The system consists of the following:<br></br><br></br>1. 400-gallon tank<br></br>2. 8 3'x3' grow beds</p>
<p>3. 55-gallon radial flow filter</p>
<p>4. plumbing (pump PVC, etc)</p>
<p>5. High-volume air pump</p>
<p>6. 200- 300 tilapia</p>
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<p>I want to give this to someone or a school that would like to use it to build or add to their system. It takes up about 400 ft2 of the…</p>
<p>I have a working aquaponics system that is fully stocked (200+ tilapia) that I would like to find a new home for. The system consists of the following:<br/><br/>1. 400-gallon tank<br/>2. 8 3'x3' grow beds</p>
<p>3. 55-gallon radial flow filter</p>
<p>4. plumbing (pump PVC, etc)</p>
<p>5. High-volume air pump</p>
<p>6. 200- 300 tilapia</p>
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<p>I want to give this to someone or a school that would like to use it to build or add to their system. It takes up about 400 ft2 of the greenhouse but could be condensed into 300 ft2. <br/><br/></p>
<p>It will require you to help disassemble and move (unless this is a charitable donation).<br/><br/>If you have other interest in parting this out for resale, then please let me know. It is only free to someone who will benefit from its use. <br/><br/>I'm happy to share photos via text message.<br/><br/>It is located in Evergreen Colorado. </p> Winter Spawning in Hawaiitag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2023-02-28:4778851:Topic:7213502023-02-28T20:04:56.667ZLinda Jauron-Millshttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/LindaJauronMills
<p>Hey folks - growing red, black, golden and mottled (koilapia) tilapia here. They love warm water!</p>
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<p>Water temperature in tanks can reach lows around 70f in the early mornings here in winter. I would like to encourage spawning in my quarantined fish (3 females/ 1 male). Should I be putting a heater on that tank? They just want to go dormant this time of year. I want them to think it is time to spawn year round!</p>
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<p>Anyone know mean daily temperature for optimal…</p>
<p>Hey folks - growing red, black, golden and mottled (koilapia) tilapia here. They love warm water!</p>
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<p>Water temperature in tanks can reach lows around 70f in the early mornings here in winter. I would like to encourage spawning in my quarantined fish (3 females/ 1 male). Should I be putting a heater on that tank? They just want to go dormant this time of year. I want them to think it is time to spawn year round!</p>
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<p>Anyone know mean daily temperature for optimal breeding? I was thinking at least 78f.</p> Do fish have lungs or something similar?tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2022-10-02:4778851:Topic:7176542022-10-02T01:15:15.052ZLinda Jauron-Millshttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/LindaJauronMills
<p>I would like to know if fish have something like lungs or like gas storing organ, and if anybody knows how much psi can it handle? It's for a school project, I am not a terrorist</p>
<p>I would like to know if fish have something like lungs or like gas storing organ, and if anybody knows how much psi can it handle? It's for a school project, I am not a terrorist</p> Ammonia After Cyclingtag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2022-09-30:4778851:Topic:7178252022-09-30T02:50:05.614ZLinda Jauron-Millshttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/LindaJauronMills
<div class="bbWrapper">I did a fishless cycle using beneficial bacteria and dosing with bottled ammonia. The cycle happened as normal and now the Nitrates and Nitrites are finally at 0ppm. However, for some reason after they both hit 0ppm my Ammonium went from 0ppm to around 1ppm. What's going on? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!</div>
<div class="bbWrapper">I did a fishless cycle using beneficial bacteria and dosing with bottled ammonia. The cycle happened as normal and now the Nitrates and Nitrites are finally at 0ppm. However, for some reason after they both hit 0ppm my Ammonium went from 0ppm to around 1ppm. What's going on? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!</div> Left over insecticide?tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2022-09-25:4778851:Topic:7176412022-09-25T01:07:23.450ZLinda Jauron-Millshttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/LindaJauronMills
<div class="bbWrapper">I recently had to battle some new caterpillars on my lettuce so I purchased a bottle of Bacillus Thuringiensis that needed to be diluted. Once diluted it says to use the mixture in 24 hours but it made waaaay more than I needed. I can’t dump it down the drain and I can’t use it up so what do I do with it now? Any idea how I am supposed to safely dispose?</div>
<div class="bbWrapper">I recently had to battle some new caterpillars on my lettuce so I purchased a bottle of Bacillus Thuringiensis that needed to be diluted. Once diluted it says to use the mixture in 24 hours but it made waaaay more than I needed. I can’t dump it down the drain and I can’t use it up so what do I do with it now? Any idea how I am supposed to safely dispose?</div> Nitratestag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2022-09-19:4778851:Topic:7176392022-09-19T01:05:22.039ZLinda Jauron-Millshttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/LindaJauronMills
<div class="_3xX726aBn29LDbsDtzr_6E _1Ap4F5maDtT1E1YuCiaO0r D3IL3FD0RFy_mkKLPwL4"><div class="_292iotee39Lmt0MkQZ2hPV RichTextJSON-root"><p class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM">Hello everyone, today I measured my nitrate levels and they should be between 5-10 mg/lt, what should be the correct parameters?…</p>
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<div class="_3xX726aBn29LDbsDtzr_6E _1Ap4F5maDtT1E1YuCiaO0r D3IL3FD0RFy_mkKLPwL4"><div class="_292iotee39Lmt0MkQZ2hPV RichTextJSON-root"><p class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM">One of the fishes thatve been in the tank since the other has arrived sadly passed a few hours ago, and since then hes been swimming back and forth non stop. Is this a sign of stress or sadness towards the death of this fish ?…</p>
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