All Discussions Tagged 'problems' - Aquaponic Gardening2024-03-29T08:04:01Zhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=problems&feed=yes&xn_auth=noNothing's growing!tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2015-02-10:4778851:Topic:5964902015-02-10T14:38:02.642ZBrendan Van Eppshttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/BrendanVanEpps
Help anyone please! : )<br />
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Back in Sept I rebuilt my entire setup. I went from one IBC tank to 2 55 gallon barrel's cut in half. I designed it to be more accessible and to fix some design flaws.<br />
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I transferred the media out of the old system to the new in one day...so no loss of bacteria. The new system seems to be lacking big time. The old one grew plants really well...big and healthy. This system is barely producing. One bed grows really nice kale and that's about it. The bed I was growing…
Help anyone please! : )<br />
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Back in Sept I rebuilt my entire setup. I went from one IBC tank to 2 55 gallon barrel's cut in half. I designed it to be more accessible and to fix some design flaws.<br />
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I transferred the media out of the old system to the new in one day...so no loss of bacteria. The new system seems to be lacking big time. The old one grew plants really well...big and healthy. This system is barely producing. One bed grows really nice kale and that's about it. The bed I was growing lettuce in, which was once overgrown, is doing nada. My pepper plants have remained about an inch or two for months. The plants that have made it further are still small and withered.<br />
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As far as my system goes...I have 110 gallon tank. Nitrates are plenty, pH is down to 7.0 (I have limestone in the system which has never been a problem but I will soon be replacing.)<br />
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Why is nothing happening anymore?<br />
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Very frustrating. Is it possible that it could be the seeds? Bell Siphons, U Siphons, or Bucket siphonstag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2014-05-06:4778851:Topic:5615392014-05-06T07:34:03.082ZAlan Barnetthttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/AlanBarnett899
<blockquote><p>I set up 6 grow beds, half barrels side by side. They fit perfectly into a 12x3 space. I tried to use a bell siphon to drain the water from each bed. 4 grow beds are not draining, I adjusted each a couple of times. I am thinking that the media is getting through the media screen. I am entertaining the idea of using a U siphon to make to drain all the tanks. </p>
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<blockquote><p>I set up 6 grow beds, half barrels side by side. They fit perfectly into a 12x3 space. I tried to use a bell siphon to drain the water from each bed. 4 grow beds are not draining, I adjusted each a couple of times. I am thinking that the media is getting through the media screen. I am entertaining the idea of using a U siphon to make to drain all the tanks. </p>
</blockquote> stability of the grow bed with an ebb and flow systemtag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-10-02:4778851:Topic:3977112012-10-02T03:21:54.833ZDavid Greensteinhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/DavidGreenstein
<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I'm just setting up a system with a bell siphon and it works as expected but during the grow bed fill cycle, the light weight media rises and even overflows the sides of the grow tray and during the drain cycle, the height of the media collapses to about one half the maximum height. This variation of media depth causes the plants or seed starter cubes to drastically change position and even disappear under the surface of the media. It seems that the light weight of the media is…</p>
<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I'm just setting up a system with a bell siphon and it works as expected but during the grow bed fill cycle, the light weight media rises and even overflows the sides of the grow tray and during the drain cycle, the height of the media collapses to about one half the maximum height. This variation of media depth causes the plants or seed starter cubes to drastically change position and even disappear under the surface of the media. It seems that the light weight of the media is the problem. I was expecting the media to become water logged but that does not seem to have happened. Does anyone have a solution to this problem?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Dave G</p> How do you deal with possible Vertcillium?tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-08-27:4778851:Topic:3869962012-08-27T17:00:24.882ZMarkhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/Mark759
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I just lost 3 tilapia yesterday, and one a couple days before that, out of about 25 in this tank. For the life of my I can't figure out why they died. They were all about 3 - 4" long and I've had them since mid-December. pH = 7, Ammonia, Nitrite and Nitrate levels all close to zero, temp - 72 F. and plenty of oxygen. A clue to the mystery, though, is that I've lost fish inexplicably in this tank before, and it is the only system we used PVC glue in. Could that be it? I've included a couple…
I just lost 3 tilapia yesterday, and one a couple days before that, out of about 25 in this tank. For the life of my I can't figure out why they died. They were all about 3 - 4" long and I've had them since mid-December. pH = 7, Ammonia, Nitrite and Nitrate levels all close to zero, temp - 72 F. and plenty of oxygen. A clue to the mystery, though, is that I've lost fish inexplicably in this tank before, and it is the only system we used PVC glue in. Could that be it? I've included a couple photos from my iPhone...hopefully they aren't as crazy big as they look now!<div><p style="text-align:left"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2656354708?profile=original"/></p>
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