Help! My new adventure in gardening. - Aquaponic Gardening2024-03-28T19:55:10Zhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/forum/topics/help-my-new-adventure-in-gardening?id=4778851%3ATopic%3A294735&feed=yes&xn_auth=noThank youtag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-03-03:4778851:Comment:3014162012-03-03T00:56:11.821ZTom Parsonshttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TomParsons
<p>Thank you</p>
<p>Thank you</p> Now keep in mind that the wor…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-03-02:4778851:Comment:3011322012-03-02T14:46:59.399ZVlad Jovanovichttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/VladJovanovic
<p>Now keep in mind that the worms may not have enough to eat quite yet. (That's why we said "in the coming months <img src="http://www.bkserv.net/images/Grin.gif"></img> , at any rate they should regulate their population according to the available food source so I wouldn't really worry about it a whole lot. Another thing you might not need to be overtly concerned with is lowering you pH so much. Both the fish as well as the bacteria dig the slightly higher pH (8-8.5 even). Really low pH might even inhibit them at this point as they are…</p>
<p>Now keep in mind that the worms may not have enough to eat quite yet. (That's why we said "in the coming months <img src="http://www.bkserv.net/images/Grin.gif"/>, at any rate they should regulate their population according to the available food source so I wouldn't really worry about it a whole lot. Another thing you might not need to be overtly concerned with is lowering you pH so much. Both the fish as well as the bacteria dig the slightly higher pH (8-8.5 even). Really low pH might even inhibit them at this point as they are trying to get established and colonize.</p>
<p>It's only the plants that might not do so hot, but the plants probably should not be your main concern right now, establishing a good strong bacterial colony probably should be. Besides, the pH will come down on it's own with time due to the way in which the nitrification works. Now that you've taken out the concrete blocks out of the water, and gotten rid of your limestone media...</p>
<p>(Roughly, for 1mg of ammonia (NH4) that gets converted to nitrite/nitraets (NO2/NO3) it takes about 4mg of oxygen and 8.5mg of carbonate alkalinity (which is what usually makes source water have a high pH). So as that carbonate buffer in the water gets used up your pH tends to go down perpetually, until you have to intervene and add some sort of buffer to bring it back up (like hard pH high top-up water, or some sort of base like Potassium BiCarbonate [ KHCO3 ], or builders/slaked/hydrated/pickling lime (Calcium Hydroxide [Ca(OH)2 )...</p>
<p></p> I got rid of all of the brick…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-03-02:4778851:Comment:3008332012-03-02T01:45:39.835ZTom Parsonshttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TomParsons
<p>I got rid of all of the bricks in the system. I don't know why but my ammonia levels dropped two points when i did. We also are draining the fish tanks from the bottom instead of the top. In additon got in the worms and added extra air to the fish tanks.<br></br> <br></br> <cite>Vlad Jovanovic said:…</cite></p>
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<p>I got rid of all of the bricks in the system. I don't know why but my ammonia levels dropped two points when i did. We also are draining the fish tanks from the bottom instead of the top. In additon got in the worms and added extra air to the fish tanks.<br/> <br/> <cite>Vlad Jovanovic said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://aquaponicscommunity.com/forum/topics/help-my-new-adventure-in-gardening?id=4778851%3ATopic%3A294735&page=3#4778851Comment300907"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Yipee! Free ammonia<img src="http://www.bkserv.net/images/Grin.gif"/> and you didn't even have to feed the dog to get it!<br/> <br/> <cite>TCLynx said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://aquaponicscommunity.com/forum/topics/help-my-new-adventure-in-gardening?xg_source=activity&id=4778851%3ATopic%3A294735&page=3#4778851Comment300676"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Just beware the yellow snow.<a style="cursor: pointer;" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://www.bkserv.net/images/Grin.gif"/></a></p>
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</blockquote> I got three 950 gal tanks of…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-03-02:4778851:Comment:3010192012-03-02T01:36:06.488ZTom Parsonshttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TomParsons
<p>I got three 950 gal tanks of snow. I thought it would help get the ph down. Or start my next system with a lower ph.</p>
<p>I got three 950 gal tanks of snow. I thought it would help get the ph down. Or start my next system with a lower ph.</p> Yipee! Free ammonia and you d…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-03-01:4778851:Comment:3009072012-03-01T18:08:04.159ZVlad Jovanovichttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/VladJovanovic
<p>Yipee! Free ammonia<img src="http://www.bkserv.net/images/Grin.gif"></img> and you didn't even have to feed the dog to get it!<br></br> <br></br> <cite>TCLynx said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://aquaponicscommunity.com/forum/topics/help-my-new-adventure-in-gardening?xg_source=activity&id=4778851%3ATopic%3A294735&page=3#4778851Comment300676"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Just beware the yellow snow.…<a rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer;"><img src="http://www.bkserv.net/images/Grin.gif"></img></a></p>
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<p>Yipee! Free ammonia<img src="http://www.bkserv.net/images/Grin.gif"/> and you didn't even have to feed the dog to get it!<br/> <br/> <cite>TCLynx said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://aquaponicscommunity.com/forum/topics/help-my-new-adventure-in-gardening?xg_source=activity&id=4778851%3ATopic%3A294735&page=3#4778851Comment300676"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Just beware the yellow snow.<a rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer;"><img src="http://www.bkserv.net/images/Grin.gif"/></a></p>
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</blockquote> Just beware the yellow snow.tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-03-01:4778851:Comment:3006762012-03-01T17:49:39.306ZTCLynxhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TCLynx
<p>Just beware the yellow snow.<a style="cursor: pointer;"><img src="http://www.bkserv.net/images/Grin.gif"/></a></p>
<p>Just beware the yellow snow.<a style="cursor: pointer;"><img src="http://www.bkserv.net/images/Grin.gif"/></a></p> Todays update. Check out the…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-03-01:4778851:Comment:3004512012-03-01T02:54:06.567ZTom Parsonshttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TomParsons
<p>Todays update. Check out the PH down idea.</p>
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<p>Todays update. Check out the PH down idea.</p>
<p> </p> What you have a spare back ov…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-02-28:4778851:Comment:2996232012-02-28T12:57:15.471ZTCLynxhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TCLynx
<p>What you have a spare back over in the corner, (that was what I thought when I read this) Moved 6 ton today, you may need a spare back. I'm impressed.<br></br> <br></br> <cite>Tom Parsons said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://aquaponicscommunity.com/forum/topics/help-my-new-adventure-in-gardening?commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A299548&xg_source=msg_com_forum#4778851Comment299548"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>I purchased granite today. It costs three times as much but no fiz. I…</p>
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<p>What you have a spare back over in the corner, (that was what I thought when I read this) Moved 6 ton today, you may need a spare back. I'm impressed.<br/> <br/> <cite>Tom Parsons said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://aquaponicscommunity.com/forum/topics/help-my-new-adventure-in-gardening?commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A299548&xg_source=msg_com_forum#4778851Comment299548"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>I purchased granite today. It costs three times as much but no fiz. I replaced 600 gal of rock or about 6 ton today. I have the one back in the corner to get now. That will take a day to carry out by hand and back in.</p>
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</blockquote> I purchased granite today. I…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-02-28:4778851:Comment:2995482012-02-28T02:12:34.802ZTom Parsonshttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TomParsons
<p>I purchased granite today. It costs three times as much but no fiz. I replaced 600 gal of rock or about 6 ton today. I have the one back in the corner to get now. That will take a day to carry out by hand and back in.<br></br> <br></br> <cite>TCLynx said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://aquaponicscommunity.com/forum/topics/help-my-new-adventure-in-gardening?commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A298869&xg_source=msg_com_forum#4778851Comment298869"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Bad…</p>
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<p>I purchased granite today. It costs three times as much but no fiz. I replaced 600 gal of rock or about 6 ton today. I have the one back in the corner to get now. That will take a day to carry out by hand and back in.<br/> <br/> <cite>TCLynx said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://aquaponicscommunity.com/forum/topics/help-my-new-adventure-in-gardening?commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A298869&xg_source=msg_com_forum#4778851Comment298869"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Bad sign. Most likely it means you need different rocks.</p>
<p>Sometimes you might get lucky and the fizzing is just from dust on the rocks so you might leave the sample soak a while and then rinse them and put em in a fresh cup of vinegar to see if they don't fizz the second time but getting lucky that way is kinda rare. But if it works, it means that perhaps you would be able to acid wash all the rocks and then still use them but good chance you will need to find a different kind of rock for the media bed.</p>
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</blockquote> Bad sign. Most likely it mea…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-02-27:4778851:Comment:2988692012-02-27T03:10:51.981ZTCLynxhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TCLynx
<p>Bad sign. Most likely it means you need different rocks.</p>
<p>Sometimes you might get lucky and the fizzing is just from dust on the rocks so you might leave the sample soak a while and then rinse them and put em in a fresh cup of vinegar to see if they don't fizz the second time but getting lucky that way is kinda rare. But if it works, it means that perhaps you would be able to acid wash all the rocks and then still use them but good chance you will need to find a different kind of…</p>
<p>Bad sign. Most likely it means you need different rocks.</p>
<p>Sometimes you might get lucky and the fizzing is just from dust on the rocks so you might leave the sample soak a while and then rinse them and put em in a fresh cup of vinegar to see if they don't fizz the second time but getting lucky that way is kinda rare. But if it works, it means that perhaps you would be able to acid wash all the rocks and then still use them but good chance you will need to find a different kind of rock for the media bed.</p>