3 tote set up - Aquaponic Gardening2024-03-29T13:19:38Zhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/forum/topics/3-tote-set-up?commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A532613&feed=yes&xn_auth=noThank you very much for your…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-12-02:4778851:Comment:5330172013-12-02T14:43:55.427ZDJ Wambachhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/DJWambach
<p><br></br> Thank you very much for your info. Right now I am setting up for a 1/2 tote size sump 3 4X4X12 grow beds and one full tote fish tank that should hold about 250 gal at all times. l am in UT and not sure if state will let me have tilapia and was thinking about catfish because they can withstand greater temp movement from winter to summer. How do your bluegill fish handle temp change? Here in winter over night lows can get below freezing and summer temps are 110* or more.…</p>
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<p><br/> Thank you very much for your info. Right now I am setting up for a 1/2 tote size sump 3 4X4X12 grow beds and one full tote fish tank that should hold about 250 gal at all times. l am in UT and not sure if state will let me have tilapia and was thinking about catfish because they can withstand greater temp movement from winter to summer. How do your bluegill fish handle temp change? Here in winter over night lows can get below freezing and summer temps are 110* or more.</p>
<p><br/> <cite>Keith Rowan said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://community.theaquaponicsource.com/forum/topics/3-tote-set-up?commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A532653#4778851Comment532755"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>base your fishload on the amount of filtration, not the size of the fish tank... so for every 100 gallons of growbed, you can grow out 20 to 25lbs of fish (grow 20 fish from juvenille/fry to 1lb or so) this is a really good "starting" point and will help you avoid the "help, my fish are dying" questions</p>
<p>my ft is around 30" deep, it fluctuates a little though, somewhere around 800 to 900 gallons counting the sump</p>
<p>i have yellow perch, bluegill and tilapia.. the yellow perch and bluegill have kept the tilapia fry in check, but depending on species you can have some canabilism..i harvest by hand and take larger fish</p>
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</blockquote> base your fishload on the amo…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-12-02:4778851:Comment:5327552013-12-02T13:32:01.673ZKeith Rowanhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/KeithRowan
<p>base your fishload on the amount of filtration, not the size of the fish tank... so for every 100 gallons of growbed, you can grow out 20 to 25lbs of fish (grow 20 fish from juvenille/fry to 1lb or so) this is a really good "starting" point and will help you avoid the "help, my fish are dying" questions</p>
<p>my ft is around 30" deep, it fluctuates a little though, somewhere around 800 to 900 gallons counting the sump</p>
<p>i have yellow perch, bluegill and tilapia.. the yellow perch and…</p>
<p>base your fishload on the amount of filtration, not the size of the fish tank... so for every 100 gallons of growbed, you can grow out 20 to 25lbs of fish (grow 20 fish from juvenille/fry to 1lb or so) this is a really good "starting" point and will help you avoid the "help, my fish are dying" questions</p>
<p>my ft is around 30" deep, it fluctuates a little though, somewhere around 800 to 900 gallons counting the sump</p>
<p>i have yellow perch, bluegill and tilapia.. the yellow perch and bluegill have kept the tilapia fry in check, but depending on species you can have some canabilism..i harvest by hand and take larger fish</p> Keith how deep is your tank?…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-12-01:4778851:Comment:5326532013-12-01T21:06:05.724ZDJ Wambachhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/DJWambach
<p>Keith how deep is your tank? I am wondering how many gallons do you have per pound of fish and if you need to separate the larger fish from small fish? </p>
<p>Thanks for the info.</p>
<p>Keith how deep is your tank? I am wondering how many gallons do you have per pound of fish and if you need to separate the larger fish from small fish? </p>
<p>Thanks for the info.</p> ft is 8' diameter, i've harve…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-12-01:4778851:Comment:5326422013-12-01T15:14:38.715ZKeith Rowanhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/KeithRowan
<p>ft is 8' diameter, i've harvested 45 fish and have close to 100 left</p>
<p>ft is 8' diameter, i've harvested 45 fish and have close to 100 left</p> Thanks for the input from you…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-12-01:4778851:Comment:5326292013-12-01T01:50:35.925ZDJ Wambachhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/DJWambach
<p>Thanks for the input from you both. Keith how big is you fish tank and how many fish do you stock? how many grow beds do you have?</p>
<p>Thanks for the input from you both. Keith how big is you fish tank and how many fish do you stock? how many grow beds do you have?</p> i use half totes for growbeds…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-11-30:4778851:Comment:5326132013-11-30T17:46:23.785ZKeith Rowanhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/KeithRowan
<p>i use half totes for growbeds, and an 8' pool for a ft.. lots of filtration potential you have there..</p>
<p>i use half totes for growbeds, and an 8' pool for a ft.. lots of filtration potential you have there..</p> just plumb the tanks together…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-11-29:4778851:Comment:5325362013-11-29T19:15:43.521ZChris MIllerhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/ChrisMIller
<p>just plumb the tanks together, I use 2" pipe for cross connects to overflow just make sure to suck off the bottom...</p>
<p>just plumb the tanks together, I use 2" pipe for cross connects to overflow just make sure to suck off the bottom...</p> Hi DJ,
Or you can pipe all th…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-09-19:4778851:Comment:5189052013-09-19T16:18:30.761ZHarold Sukhbirhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/HaroldSukhbir
<p>Hi DJ,</p>
<p>Or you can pipe all the tanks together/singly and draining into a sump using a single pump. Three systems means 3 times the work.</p>
<p>Hi DJ,</p>
<p>Or you can pipe all the tanks together/singly and draining into a sump using a single pump. Three systems means 3 times the work.</p>