Aquaculture Vs. Hydroponics What To Start First? - Aquaponic Gardening2024-03-29T11:17:09Zhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/forum/topics/aquaculture-vs-hydroponics-what-to-start-first?groupUrl=threadjackers&commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A342301&groupId=4778851%3AGroup%3A296788&feed=yes&xn_auth=noHi Nick and Raychel. If I hav…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-05-27:4778851:Comment:3423012012-05-27T20:43:40.324ZJon Parrhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/JonParr
Hi Nick and Raychel. If I have the foresight, I have a dozen five gallon buckets already plumbed with auto siphons, that I fill with fresh gravel and add a circulation loop from a seasoned system. After about a week, or more if I have the time, each 5 gal bucket will seed a new system, by dumping it in first when I fill a growbed. I've installed new systems; water, fish, plants, gravel, and a seasoned bucket-o-rocks and achieved an instant biofilter without a spike.
Hi Nick and Raychel. If I have the foresight, I have a dozen five gallon buckets already plumbed with auto siphons, that I fill with fresh gravel and add a circulation loop from a seasoned system. After about a week, or more if I have the time, each 5 gal bucket will seed a new system, by dumping it in first when I fill a growbed. I've installed new systems; water, fish, plants, gravel, and a seasoned bucket-o-rocks and achieved an instant biofilter without a spike. I do the same I call it old w…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-05-26:4778851:Comment:3416112012-05-26T08:46:31.298ZRaychel A Watkinshttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/RaychelAWatkins
<p><br></br>I do the same I call it old water. I just add a 5 gal bucket of water from one of the other fish tanks put the fish and the plants in. Some times I cycle it over night and add the fish the next day. I have never had a problem or had to deal with Ammonia spikes unless I had too many fish. I always give my friends a bucket of old water. I know that my fish do not have any diseases so I feel right about giving them the old water. The fish seem to do well,. <br></br><cite>Growitright…</cite></p>
<p><br/>I do the same I call it old water. I just add a 5 gal bucket of water from one of the other fish tanks put the fish and the plants in. Some times I cycle it over night and add the fish the next day. I have never had a problem or had to deal with Ammonia spikes unless I had too many fish. I always give my friends a bucket of old water. I know that my fish do not have any diseases so I feel right about giving them the old water. The fish seem to do well,. <br/><cite>Growitright Aquaponics said:</cite></p>
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<p> I have only cycled without fish once. Every tank after that has recieved "start-up water" from the big demo system or my smaller home system. I've found that if you add 1/4 or more of the initial total system water with established tank water there is no need for anything but to feed the fish until it's time to buffer or add iron. I always add fish to the completed system with no plants for a few days to a week to build nitrates, then when I plant there is fast growth immediately. </p>
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</blockquote> I have only cycled without…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-05-26:4778851:Comment:3414582012-05-26T06:56:15.477ZGrowitright Aquaponicshttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/GrowitrightAquaponics
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<p> I have only cycled without fish once. Every tank after that has recieved "start-up water" from the big demo system or my smaller home system. I've found that if you add 1/4 or more of the initial total system water with established tank water there is no need for anything but to feed the fish until it's time to buffer or add iron. I always add fish to the completed system with no plants for a few days to a week to build nitrates, then when I plant there is fast growth…</p>
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<p> I have only cycled without fish once. Every tank after that has recieved "start-up water" from the big demo system or my smaller home system. I've found that if you add 1/4 or more of the initial total system water with established tank water there is no need for anything but to feed the fish until it's time to buffer or add iron. I always add fish to the completed system with no plants for a few days to a week to build nitrates, then when I plant there is fast growth immediately. </p> Well for whatever reason you…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-02-24:4778851:Comment:2978482012-02-24T23:41:34.503ZTCLynxhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TCLynx
<p>Well for whatever reason you choose to do aquaponics, that will be the main attraction.</p>
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<p>I disagreed with the comment about setting up the fish first and doing the hydroponics later but the reason I disagreed has more to do with the need for filtration that is likely to be missing when thinking of aquaculture and hydroponics as separate yet put together.</p>
<p>Well for whatever reason you choose to do aquaponics, that will be the main attraction.</p>
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<p>I disagreed with the comment about setting up the fish first and doing the hydroponics later but the reason I disagreed has more to do with the need for filtration that is likely to be missing when thinking of aquaculture and hydroponics as separate yet put together.</p> Sorry, here's the link.http:/…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-02-24:4778851:Comment:2979692012-02-24T23:11:21.956ZEric Warwickhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/EricWarwick
<p>Sorry, here's the link.<a href="http://aquaponicscommunity.com/profiles/blogs/im-new-to-it-all-let-me-explain">http://aquaponicscommunity.com/profiles/blogs/im-new-to-it-all-let-me-explain</a> It wasn't a huge thread either.<br></br> <br></br> <cite>TCLynx said:…</cite></p>
<p>Sorry, here's the link.<a href="http://aquaponicscommunity.com/profiles/blogs/im-new-to-it-all-let-me-explain">http://aquaponicscommunity.com/profiles/blogs/im-new-to-it-all-let-me-explain</a> It wasn't a huge thread either.<br/> <br/> <cite>TCLynx said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://aquaponicscommunity.com/forum/topics/aquaculture-vs-hydroponics-what-to-start-first?groupUrl=threadjackers&commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A297799&xg_source=msg_com_gr_forum#4778851Comment297799"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Hay Eric, can you provide a link back to the original thread since I'm feeling a bit lost without context.</p>
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</blockquote> Hay Eric, can you provide a l…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-02-24:4778851:Comment:2977992012-02-24T22:42:46.693ZTCLynxhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TCLynx
<p>Hay Eric, can you provide a link back to the original thread since I'm feeling a bit lost without context.</p>
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<p>Hay Eric, can you provide a link back to the original thread since I'm feeling a bit lost without context.</p>
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