All Discussions Tagged 'slow' - Aquaponic Gardening2024-03-28T16:38:46Zhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=slow&feed=yes&xn_auth=noRemind me again "Why Fish"????tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2016-06-06:4778851:Topic:6310552016-06-06T11:47:28.049ZStevedNETNhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/StevedNETN
<p>Hello Aquaponic World,</p>
<p>I hope someone might take a moment and remind me why I'm doing this....</p>
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<p>I have now had plants growing since last October in the the AP system and the volunteers growing in the yard are doing better than my AP plants. I am about 25 fish away from going Hydroponic... Here's why.</p>
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<p>Last October I built the system. Since then I have had 35-40 large (4-8") goldfish in the system. Not a single dead fish. Not much growth. …<br></br></p>
<p>Hello Aquaponic World,</p>
<p>I hope someone might take a moment and remind me why I'm doing this....</p>
<p></p>
<p>I have now had plants growing since last October in the the AP system and the volunteers growing in the yard are doing better than my AP plants. I am about 25 fish away from going Hydroponic... Here's why.</p>
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<p>Last October I built the system. Since then I have had 35-40 large (4-8") goldfish in the system. Not a single dead fish. Not much growth. <br/> System:</p>
<p>250 Gal IBC (Fish tank)</p>
<p>4'x16'x10" gravel grow bed</p>
<p>4'x8'x8" DWC</p>
<p>60 +/- sump</p>
<p>32- 4 gal Dutch buckets</p>
<p>Water from well <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">ph 6 </span> correction PH is 7</p>
<p>System water ammonia, nitrates, nitrites, 0.0 & PH sits around 8.0</p>
<p>Lots of aquatic snails</p>
<p>8-10 baby goldfish now 2" :)</p>
<p>Growth has always been super slow. </p>
<p>Kale and mint doing great.</p>
<p>Lettuce/spinach/ bitter and slow growing.</p>
<p>health lettuce started in grow cubes declines in DWC</p>
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<p>Conclusion was not enough waste (nutrition) in system. <br/> Bought 100 Channel Cat and replaced goldfish with cats. </p>
<p>Day one hour one 15 dead</p>
<p>Day 2 15 more dead</p>
<p>on day 7 now. Down to less than 35 fish. </p>
<p>Next purchase at this point is going to be a sack of fertilizer and some beer batter to cook the last fish and give up on the AQUAPONICs.</p>
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<p>I had no idea there would be so much information out there yet no one able to help. Been to every greenhouse "Garden" Supplier around. Even went to the local bait and tackle shop to talk fish yesterday. </p>
<p>I would love some assistance.</p>
<p>Thanks guys</p>
<p>I have pictures of my system and plants on my page.</p>
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<p> </p> My grow bed is clogging up!tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2014-06-29:4778851:Topic:5690822014-06-29T19:20:44.562ZAnnalise Ozolshttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/AnnaliseOzols
<p>Our system is healthy and the pH, ammonia etc. are all good, but between the roots and solids in it, our grow bed is very slow to drain and is at the point that the surface is 50% flooded (unless we turn off the pump to stop cycling) and starting to leak over the top of one corner...We have a 200 gallon IBC setup w/ ~100 tilapia with 1 IBC grow bed (I'm sure we need more beds but don't have the space at the moment.) We also have worms and the plants love them but they're pooping up a storm.…</p>
<p>Our system is healthy and the pH, ammonia etc. are all good, but between the roots and solids in it, our grow bed is very slow to drain and is at the point that the surface is 50% flooded (unless we turn off the pump to stop cycling) and starting to leak over the top of one corner...We have a 200 gallon IBC setup w/ ~100 tilapia with 1 IBC grow bed (I'm sure we need more beds but don't have the space at the moment.) We also have worms and the plants love them but they're pooping up a storm. We're trying to get a solids filter installed but as I'm sure you all know, there's a lot of tweaking that happens with these things :) The obvious solution seems to be cleaning out the bed-which I have pulled out a lot of hydroton, roots and plants already with little effect. So, short of pulling everything out and essentially starting over, is there a better way of flushing the system? And/or something else that we're missing that's causing the backup? </p>