All Discussions Tagged 'maxicrop' - Aquaponic Gardening2024-03-29T06:47:27Zhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=maxicrop&feed=yes&xn_auth=noMaxicrop And The Ever-Present Nitratestag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-06-02:4778851:Topic:4818862013-06-02T14:15:23.191ZAlex Veidelhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/AlexVeidel
<p>Quick question for the community: <strong><em>Are there forms of nitrates or things that a water test would register as nitrates that cannot by cleaned up by plants</em></strong>? The reason I ask is this: As soon as I completed my system (cycling and all), I had started to grow out some plants to get ready for fish. I wanted to use tilapia, because I knew that they were good for beginners. Illinois, however, requires you to have an aquaculture permit and a system inspection to raise any…</p>
<p>Quick question for the community: <strong><em>Are there forms of nitrates or things that a water test would register as nitrates that cannot by cleaned up by plants</em></strong>? The reason I ask is this: As soon as I completed my system (cycling and all), I had started to grow out some plants to get ready for fish. I wanted to use tilapia, because I knew that they were good for beginners. Illinois, however, requires you to have an aquaculture permit and a system inspection to raise any fish that is not on the approved species list of Illinois. Finding this out a little on the late side, I had my system all ready for fish and was forced to wait seven or eight weeks for the permit process to work out. During that time, I put in some maxicrop to give my plants something to work off of until I could get some fingerlings. (I added a qt. to a 300 gallon fish tank, with an equal volume of growbeds and a large sump tank) That addition of liquid seaweed product skyrocketed my nitrates off the charts (160+) Because it's grown warmer outside and we've gotten some rain, I've been able to do water changes more consistently and bring that number down. But I'm noticing something strange with my water. I've started feeding the fish again, had a brief ammonia spike, and then things went back to normal. Every water change brings my nitrate levels down (they are at about >80ppm right now), but the levels don't go down unless I do a water change, they simply remain constant. Nothing added, nothing taken away. I feel like there is a load of waste in my system that the plants are ignoring, but they are taking care of the rate of nitrates that are coming in.</p>
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<p></p> Maxicroptag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-04-12:4778851:Topic:3197062012-04-12T16:39:17.698ZDaniel Budfuloskihttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/DanielBudfuloski
<p> I just picked up some powder Maxicrop for my little 20 gallon system and was curious to how much of the powder I am suppose to use. The label says I need 1 teaspoon per gallon per week. So does this mean that i need 20 teaspoons per week? or is it different because it's in an aquaponics system. Also, is there such thing as too much of the "trace elements"? I'm guessing that this is what Maxicrop helps replace. Just curious... still learning things here.</p>
<p> I just picked up some powder Maxicrop for my little 20 gallon system and was curious to how much of the powder I am suppose to use. The label says I need 1 teaspoon per gallon per week. So does this mean that i need 20 teaspoons per week? or is it different because it's in an aquaponics system. Also, is there such thing as too much of the "trace elements"? I'm guessing that this is what Maxicrop helps replace. Just curious... still learning things here.</p> Maxicrop plus irontag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2011-07-02:4778851:Topic:1433902011-07-02T16:48:45.204ZPatrick Rochehttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/PatrickRoche
<p>Hi all,</p>
<p>I've seen a fair bit of discussion about using Maxicrop with and without iron, but I didn't see any rule of thumb for how much to add. My system is cycled and established, I just need to add it to give my plants a boost. I have 160 gallon tank with 1-3" goldfish and a 85 gallons of growbed. I'm wondering how much to put in at a time. I've got a whole gallon bottle of Maxicrop plus Iron. Is there a ratio to use based on tank or growbed volume? </p>
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<p>My plants are…</p>
<p>Hi all,</p>
<p>I've seen a fair bit of discussion about using Maxicrop with and without iron, but I didn't see any rule of thumb for how much to add. My system is cycled and established, I just need to add it to give my plants a boost. I have 160 gallon tank with 1-3" goldfish and a 85 gallons of growbed. I'm wondering how much to put in at a time. I've got a whole gallon bottle of Maxicrop plus Iron. Is there a ratio to use based on tank or growbed volume? </p>
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<p>My plants are doing relatively well, but some are starting to show some signs of yellowing due to iron deficiency (and perhaps other trace nutrients)</p>
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<p>If someone has already answered this, please point me in the right direction. Thanks!</p>
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<p>Patrick</p> Using seaweed extract in cyclingtag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2010-04-23:4778851:Topic:28082010-04-23T03:05:14.000ZSylvia Bernsteinhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/SylviaBernstein
Michael asked me to start a thread about my experience using Maxicrop during cycling, and I'm happy to oblige! Maxicrop is a liquid seaweed extract that you can also get in a soluable powder form. Using seaweed extract is talked about quite a bit on the Australian forums, but they use a different brand. the purpose for using it is to give your plants food before the nitrates kick in. Good plant food that is not harmful to the fish.<div><br></br></div>
<div>When I used it last September I actually…</div>
Michael asked me to start a thread about my experience using Maxicrop during cycling, and I'm happy to oblige! Maxicrop is a liquid seaweed extract that you can also get in a soluable powder form. Using seaweed extract is talked about quite a bit on the Australian forums, but they use a different brand. the purpose for using it is to give your plants food before the nitrates kick in. Good plant food that is not harmful to the fish.<div><br/></div>
<div>When I used it last September I actually had a one quart bottle for my 300 gallon tank (probably only filled to 200 gallons). I couldn't find any instructions for using Maxicrop for cycling, and according to the dilution instructions on the bottle I was going to create a very dilute solution using the entire bottle...so I dumped the entire thing in. Turned the water brown for a couple weeks, but my plants were perfectly happy and seemed to have no ill effect on the fish. <div><br/></div>
<div>There is also a form with iron, but I avoid that. I'm super hesitant about adding anything but fish food and the pure liquid seaweed into my system. I'm just not enough of a chemist to feel comfortable with measuring iron additions to the system, and haven't seemed to need any. This fear has served me well so far.</div>
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