Building a system in Wilkes-Barre, PA - Aquaponic Gardening2024-03-28T20:23:57Zhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/forum/topics/building-a-system-in-wilkes-barre-pa?commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A294426&feed=yes&xn_auth=nookay, first off thanks for ev…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-03-15:4778851:Comment:3065912012-03-15T17:51:07.816ZNick wesleyhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/Nickwesley
<p>okay, first off thanks for everything so far! we are at the purchasing stage. we have decided to use a</p>
<h2>Pro Series 400 Watt Induction Grow Light from inda-gro.</h2>
<p>we also have a space constraint that will cause us to need to separate the grow bed from the fish tank, the tank will need to have pipes going 8 feet in the air to clear a door way, this means we will need 2 pumps to control the flow of water. my question is, is there such thing as too much flow? i do not know if there…</p>
<p>okay, first off thanks for everything so far! we are at the purchasing stage. we have decided to use a</p>
<h2>Pro Series 400 Watt Induction Grow Light from inda-gro.</h2>
<p>we also have a space constraint that will cause us to need to separate the grow bed from the fish tank, the tank will need to have pipes going 8 feet in the air to clear a door way, this means we will need 2 pumps to control the flow of water. my question is, is there such thing as too much flow? i do not know if there is an ideal rate of transfer for water in a raft system. i am thinking of a 250 Gallons per minute pump, the grow bed is -30 gallons, the tank is 90 gallons</p> The water alone will only hel…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-03-11:4778851:Comment:3046272012-03-11T04:22:51.493ZTCLynxhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TCLynx
<p>The water alone will only help a little bit in jump starting the cycling since most of the bio-filter bacteria are on surfaces of the filter media rather than in the water.</p>
<p>The water alone will only help a little bit in jump starting the cycling since most of the bio-filter bacteria are on surfaces of the filter media rather than in the water.</p> I have a question about cycli…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-03-06:4778851:Comment:3023792012-03-06T00:00:59.315ZNick wesleyhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/Nickwesley
<p>I have a question about cycling, i have a 90 gallon fish tank being donated to this project that was used to hold some convicts, wondering if</p>
<p>A) that water is cycled and can be used to start the plants, with any necessary adjustments</p>
<p>B) if convicts have any problem dealing with talapia.</p>
<p>I have a question about cycling, i have a 90 gallon fish tank being donated to this project that was used to hold some convicts, wondering if</p>
<p>A) that water is cycled and can be used to start the plants, with any necessary adjustments</p>
<p>B) if convicts have any problem dealing with talapia.</p> In some cases it might be mor…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-02-17:4778851:Comment:2942942012-02-17T18:11:02.332ZTCLynxhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TCLynx
<p>In some cases it might be more of what the lethal temp swing in as opposed to the absolute lethal temp. I know bluegill can survive freezing water, However they are not really too keen on the water dropping from 65 F down to 35 F in under 8 hours, my catfish were not too happy with it either though they all survived I think it may have been a near thing. So if the water volume is big enough to resist extreme temp swings and the winter low temp doesn't get below their absolute lethal low,…</p>
<p>In some cases it might be more of what the lethal temp swing in as opposed to the absolute lethal temp. I know bluegill can survive freezing water, However they are not really too keen on the water dropping from 65 F down to 35 F in under 8 hours, my catfish were not too happy with it either though they all survived I think it may have been a near thing. So if the water volume is big enough to resist extreme temp swings and the winter low temp doesn't get below their absolute lethal low, then they survive. If the water body is too small and the temp swings are too great, may be hard to keep most types of fish alive through the extreme swing season.</p> My tanks are warm, altho I ha…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-02-17:4778851:Comment:2944262012-02-17T17:31:41.528ZJon Parrhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/JonParr
My tanks are warm, altho I have seen plecos in outdoor patio ponds overwinter here in central Cali. I don't know what their lethal temp is.
My tanks are warm, altho I have seen plecos in outdoor patio ponds overwinter here in central Cali. I don't know what their lethal temp is. Plecos need warm water too do…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-02-17:4778851:Comment:2943112012-02-17T12:19:28.241ZTCLynxhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TCLynx
<p>Plecos need warm water too don't they?</p>
<p>Plecos need warm water too don't they?</p> Mine keep my glass clean, and…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-02-17:4778851:Comment:2940792012-02-17T03:44:26.492ZJon Parrhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/JonParr
Mine keep my glass clean, and grow very very fast. For a while I had only one pleco for two 55 gallon tanks. I'd catch him and move him to the other tank every week or so. He went from pinky-sized to 16" in three months, spiky like a dinosaur. Then he jumped out one day and dried up, now his dried corpse is nailed to the growroom door. Anyway, they may it detritus, but they mow algae, polishing a glass tank, PVC pipes, everything, and they grow super quick if well fed. Mine all steal pellet…
Mine keep my glass clean, and grow very very fast. For a while I had only one pleco for two 55 gallon tanks. I'd catch him and move him to the other tank every week or so. He went from pinky-sized to 16" in three months, spiky like a dinosaur. Then he jumped out one day and dried up, now his dried corpse is nailed to the growroom door. Anyway, they may it detritus, but they mow algae, polishing a glass tank, PVC pipes, everything, and they grow super quick if well fed. Mine all steal pellet food, swim right to the surface an suck floating pellets. <br/><br/><cite>Vlad Jovanovic said:</cite><blockquote><div><p>I kept having to replace them because of the Oscars...they'd eat them, I would try to buy the boniest ones, some would live for months and months before getting eaten... Bought them for the algae on the glass, but then a guy at the fish store told me that...well ...sort of how worms don't actually eat the kitchen scraps, but rather the stuff growing and dying on the surface of the rotting kitchen scraps. I don't know if this is true or not, it looked like they ate algae to me. How about roots though?</p>
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</blockquote> I kept having to replace them…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-02-17:4778851:Comment:2940752012-02-17T03:09:28.455ZVlad Jovanovichttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/VladJovanovic
<p>I kept having to replace them because of the Oscars...they'd eat them, I would try to buy the boniest ones, some would live for months and months before getting eaten... Bought them for the algae on the glass, but then a guy at the fish store told me that...well ...sort of how worms don't actually eat the kitchen scraps, but rather the stuff growing and dying on the surface of the rotting kitchen scraps. I don't know if this is true or not, it looked like they ate algae to me. How about…</p>
<p>I kept having to replace them because of the Oscars...they'd eat them, I would try to buy the boniest ones, some would live for months and months before getting eaten... Bought them for the algae on the glass, but then a guy at the fish store told me that...well ...sort of how worms don't actually eat the kitchen scraps, but rather the stuff growing and dying on the surface of the rotting kitchen scraps. I don't know if this is true or not, it looked like they ate algae to me. How about roots though?</p> they eat surface algae too.tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-02-17:4778851:Comment:2940732012-02-17T03:00:48.518ZTCLynxhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TCLynx
<p>they eat surface algae too.</p>
<p>they eat surface algae too.</p> I thought they (plecos) were…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-02-17:4778851:Comment:2941592012-02-17T02:58:10.889ZVlad Jovanovichttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/VladJovanovic
<p>I thought they (plecos) were detritvores?</p>
<p>I thought they (plecos) were detritvores?</p>