Automatic Fish Feeder Went Online Today - Aquaponic Gardening2024-03-28T10:20:57Zhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/forum/topics/automatic-fish-feeder-went-online-today?groupUrl=automation&commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A596041&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noWell done. Thanks. Jim Fisk…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2015-02-04:4778851:Comment:5960412015-02-04T06:24:54.482ZAlanhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/Alan
<p>Well done. Thanks.<br></br> <br></br> <cite>Jim Fisk said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://community.theaquaponicsource.com/forum/topics/automatic-fish-feeder-went-online-today?groupUrl=automation&commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A595348&xg_source=msg_com_gr_forum#4778851Comment595348"><div><div class="xg_user_generated">Sorry Alan, I never saw your Q till now. The only upgrades are a paint job as seen at my photos page and I have moved the feeders up more so they aren't as close to the IBC…</div>
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<p>Well done. Thanks.<br/> <br/> <cite>Jim Fisk said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://community.theaquaponicsource.com/forum/topics/automatic-fish-feeder-went-online-today?groupUrl=automation&commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A595348&xg_source=msg_com_gr_forum#4778851Comment595348"><div><div class="xg_user_generated">Sorry Alan, I never saw your Q till now. The only upgrades are a paint job as seen at my photos page and I have moved the feeders up more so they aren't as close to the IBC opening and that helps prevent the food from getting moist in the Summer and clogging. I have taken to always use the feeder even for the manual once a day feed (by manually tripping the timer) as it is in a great spot for the fish (center of the IBC lid) and they get used to that being their feed spot and I don't startle them by opening the lid and I get to see if all is ok. They are still well and working. Total maintenance time for the GH is about 5 minutes a day and that's the way we like it. Now Sun bathing on a cold Winter day in the buff in the GH, well we might go over the 5 mins by quite a bit on such occasions:-)</div>
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</blockquote> Sorry Alan, I never saw your…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2015-02-02:4778851:Comment:5953482015-02-02T17:45:42.656ZJim Fiskhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/JimFisk
Sorry Alan, I never saw your Q till now. The only upgrades are a paint job as seen at my photos page and I have moved the feeders up more so they aren't as close to the IBC opening and that helps prevent the food from getting moist in the Summer and clogging. I have taken to always use the feeder even for the manual once a day feed (by manually tripping the timer) as it is in a great spot for the fish (center of the IBC lid) and they get used to that being their feed spot and I don't startle…
Sorry Alan, I never saw your Q till now. The only upgrades are a paint job as seen at my photos page and I have moved the feeders up more so they aren't as close to the IBC opening and that helps prevent the food from getting moist in the Summer and clogging. I have taken to always use the feeder even for the manual once a day feed (by manually tripping the timer) as it is in a great spot for the fish (center of the IBC lid) and they get used to that being their feed spot and I don't startle them by opening the lid and I get to see if all is ok. They are still well and working. Total maintenance time for the GH is about 5 minutes a day and that's the way we like it. Now Sun bathing on a cold Winter day in the buff in the GH, well we might go over the 5 mins by quite a bit on such occasions:-) Is this automatic feeding sti…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2014-11-21:4778851:Comment:5872952014-11-21T05:55:11.138ZAlanhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/Alan
<p>Is this automatic feeding still all going well? You mentioned an upgrade. Any developments?</p>
<p>Is this automatic feeding still all going well? You mentioned an upgrade. Any developments?</p> This is awesome! I'm tempted…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2014-04-23:4778851:Comment:5591712014-04-23T16:34:40.853ZJeremiah Robinsonhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/JeremiahRobinson
<p>This is awesome! I'm tempted to make one. Thanks for sharing!</p>
<p>This is awesome! I'm tempted to make one. Thanks for sharing!</p> Speaking of automation, here…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2014-02-20:4778851:Comment:5490712014-02-20T16:01:28.021ZJim Fiskhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/JimFisk
<p>Speaking of automation, here is the remote thermometer I use to watch my GH temps from 250 feet away. They are now claiming 330 feet which is pretty awesome. I simply placed the outdoor remote in the GH and voila I can see the most important of GH data from the living room. Available at Amazon at a pretty good price rollback.…<a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2772252823?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2772252823?profile=original" width="380"></img></a></p>
<p>Speaking of automation, here is the remote thermometer I use to watch my GH temps from 250 feet away. They are now claiming 330 feet which is pretty awesome. I simply placed the outdoor remote in the GH and voila I can see the most important of GH data from the living room. Available at Amazon at a pretty good price rollback.<a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2772252823?profile=original"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2772252823?profile=original" width="380"/></a></p>
<p> </p> Hey Jeff, I generally go with…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2014-02-20:4778851:Comment:5491432014-02-20T15:55:27.729ZJim Fiskhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/JimFisk
<p>Hey Jeff, I generally go with simple draw programs that come on the Mac. In this case "Pages" which is the latest version of Apple's old standard "Appleworks". It will do pretty much anything I need it to and there is next to no learning curve. I think the new suite is called "iWorks" and I believe it is available for the PC world as well. At least Appleworks was and I use that on the PC still but I haven't tried it in Win. 7 yet. I keep 2000 on one hard disk in case I still need it. Not…</p>
<p>Hey Jeff, I generally go with simple draw programs that come on the Mac. In this case "Pages" which is the latest version of Apple's old standard "Appleworks". It will do pretty much anything I need it to and there is next to no learning curve. I think the new suite is called "iWorks" and I believe it is available for the PC world as well. At least Appleworks was and I use that on the PC still but I haven't tried it in Win. 7 yet. I keep 2000 on one hard disk in case I still need it. Not nearly as pretty as 7 but the most stable op ever. Updates can be a real bummer when your favorite apps are no longer supported. PCs are so finicky compared to the Mac but I use both for different reasons. I lost internet on 7 for about a week and replaced drivers yesterday to no avail. Today it went right back on line like there was never a problem. Direct ethernet tho. Still no luck with 7 handling wifi on my Asus MB. Now if I could just find my original MB disks. Here with my other most important discs somewhere.</p> Jim I was looking at your pho…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2014-02-19:4778851:Comment:5489722014-02-19T22:22:24.821ZJeff Shttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/JeffSullivan
<p>Jim I was looking at your photos and noticed the drawings of your setup and the Bio filter. I've seen drawings made like this before and was wondering what program you used to create them.<br></br> <br></br> <cite>Jim Fisk said:…</cite></p>
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<p>Jim I was looking at your photos and noticed the drawings of your setup and the Bio filter. I've seen drawings made like this before and was wondering what program you used to create them.<br/> <br/> <cite>Jim Fisk said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://community.theaquaponicsource.com/forum/topics/automatic-fish-feeder-went-online-today?groupUrl=automation&commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A549114&xg_source=msg_com_gr_forum#4778851Comment548481"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Personally we never go away long enough to worry. I built the fish feeders so I don't have to always be there at feeding time or times depending on species and age. (young trout like 4 feedings a day) I have enough items on my schedule without adding one more thing I have to tend to. I still ck on them every day and take temperature readings, ck for any uneaten food (which tells you if you are over feeding or not) and give a hand feeding accordingly or not. That is a part of my daily AP schedule along with checking sump water level (you know right away if there is even a slow leak somewhere as even a small leak can really add up over 24-48hrs even in a 2000+ gal system), a look at all the plants and conditions on the hot house side of the system as well. In the hot house I look for insect damage and over all color and growth progress. Takes from 5 to 10 mins a day. Of course when it's 25F outside and 80F in the GH I just might strip off the heavy cloths and enjoy it a tad bit longer<a rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer;"><img src="http://www.bkserv.net/images/Grin.gif"/></a></p>
<p>So having a little automatic control can also make a big difference in time spent. Even my temperature monitor 250 feet from the GH with the read out in our kitchen/2nd living room can save a great deal of angst (not to mention walks) just knowing that all is well in the GH on those 20 below zero nights. Anything to make our AP experience less work and more enjoyment is all worth the effort. Even my GH woodstove is digitally controlled. As soon as I can find my old iButtons I will be able to monitor the cabin, GH and system water temp right on the computer and over plain old phone lines. Before next Winter for sure.</p>
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</blockquote> Thanks TC I'll give it a shot.tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2014-02-19:4778851:Comment:5490382014-02-19T21:49:53.891ZJeff Shttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/JeffSullivan
<p>Thanks TC I'll give it a shot.</p>
<p>Thanks TC I'll give it a shot.</p> Well Jeff,
You could go ba…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2014-02-19:4778851:Comment:5491142014-02-19T21:33:12.156ZTCLynxhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TCLynx
<p>Well Jeff,</p>
<p> You could go back to the home page of the site <a href="http://community.theaquaponicsource.com/" target="_self">home</a> and scroll down to the bottom of the Forum Box and click Add a discussion or you could go to the Group page for whatever Group you find most appropriate and go to the bottom of the Forum Box on that group and click "Add a Discussion" there to start your own Discussion thread for whatever you like.…</p>
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<p>Well Jeff,</p>
<p> You could go back to the home page of the site <a href="http://community.theaquaponicsource.com/" target="_self">home</a> and scroll down to the bottom of the Forum Box and click Add a discussion or you could go to the Group page for whatever Group you find most appropriate and go to the bottom of the Forum Box on that group and click "Add a Discussion" there to start your own Discussion thread for whatever you like.</p>
<p><a style="cursor: pointer;"><img src="http://www.bkserv.net/images/Grin.gif"/></a></p> I'm thinking of starting a se…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2014-02-19:4778851:Comment:5488752014-02-19T21:27:14.102ZJeff Shttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/JeffSullivan
<p>I'm thinking of starting a second system in my basement for the harsh winters here in Michigan. Where is the best place to post a discussion so as not to restrict responses? Don't get me wrong Jim and TC, I really like the input you have on all subjects.LOL</p>
<p>I'm thinking of starting a second system in my basement for the harsh winters here in Michigan. Where is the best place to post a discussion so as not to restrict responses? Don't get me wrong Jim and TC, I really like the input you have on all subjects.LOL</p>