Moving Bed Filters - Aquaponic Gardening2024-03-28T12:09:41Zhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/forum/topics/moving-bed-filters?groupUrl=arizona-aquaponics&commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A390569&groupId=4778851%3AGroup%3A253996&feed=yes&xn_auth=no@Sean-Michael Gettys - With a…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-09-30:4778851:Comment:3970452012-09-30T17:34:44.741ZBob Campbellhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/BobCampbell
<p>@<a href="http://community.theaquaponicsource.com/group/arizona-aquaponics/forum/topic/listForContributor?user=15lw3dt206g25" class="fn url">Sean-Michael Gettys</a> - With a bottom pick up I have not found a need to vacuum the bottom</p>
<p>@<a href="http://community.theaquaponicsource.com/group/arizona-aquaponics/forum/topic/listForContributor?user=15lw3dt206g25" class="fn url">Sean-Michael Gettys</a> - With a bottom pick up I have not found a need to vacuum the bottom</p> reducing the cumulative utili…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-09-30:4778851:Comment:3971032012-09-30T07:10:33.481ZSean-Michael Gettyshttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/SeanMichaelGettys
<p>reducing the cumulative utility costs is why we're looking into running ours off solar power. But that will have to wait till later in the process it seems... I was discussing similar ideas with someone else recently, I think the moving bed filter is a great idea. One question, why do I not hear people talk about vacuuming their tanks like we do with our in home fish tanks? Isn't that the best way to get rid of the solids that sink to the bottom?</p>
<p>reducing the cumulative utility costs is why we're looking into running ours off solar power. But that will have to wait till later in the process it seems... I was discussing similar ideas with someone else recently, I think the moving bed filter is a great idea. One question, why do I not hear people talk about vacuuming their tanks like we do with our in home fish tanks? Isn't that the best way to get rid of the solids that sink to the bottom?</p> I'm thinking outside the box…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-09-26:4778851:Comment:3958642012-09-26T22:11:45.107ZBob Campbellhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/BobCampbell
<p>I'm thinking <strong><a href="http://chicoaquaponic.blogspot.com/2012/09/intermitent-pump-systems.html" target="_blank">outside the box again</a>! </strong></p>
<p>I'm thinking <strong><a href="http://chicoaquaponic.blogspot.com/2012/09/intermitent-pump-systems.html" target="_blank">outside the box again</a>! </strong></p> I'm like that too, a tinkerer…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-09-26:4778851:Comment:3961132012-09-26T22:07:19.658ZSean-Michael Gettyshttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/SeanMichaelGettys
<p>I'm like that too, a tinkerer. Sometimes I scare myself off a project when I research it to death, but Aquaponics hasn't been that for me. Finally got our first tank up and running minus the fish. Will be adding fish in the near future but right now we're broke. It's a bit different than some of the tanks we've seen, but like you said, that's half the fun, tinkering! </p>
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<p>I'm like that too, a tinkerer. Sometimes I scare myself off a project when I research it to death, but Aquaponics hasn't been that for me. Finally got our first tank up and running minus the fish. Will be adding fish in the near future but right now we're broke. It's a bit different than some of the tanks we've seen, but like you said, that's half the fun, tinkering! </p>
<p></p> Good video! That's right we'…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-09-10:4778851:Comment:3906732012-09-10T00:27:27.513ZBob Campbellhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/BobCampbell
<p>Good video! That's right we're here to learn from each other and explore new ideas. Isn't it amazing what the internet has done for creativity? Thanks for the support. <br></br> <br></br> <cite>Lee Scott said:</cite></p>
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<p>Good video! That's right we're here to learn from each other and explore new ideas. Isn't it amazing what the internet has done for creativity? Thanks for the support. <br/> <br/> <cite>Lee Scott said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://community.theaquaponicsource.com/forum/topics/moving-bed-filters?groupUrl=arizona-aquaponics&commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A390585&xg_source=msg_com_gr_forum#4778851Comment390585"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>I usually think I can do things 'just a little better' than it was previously done.<br/>Sometimes I'm wrong but many times I'm not. EVERY TIME I learn something new.</p>
<p>When Edison 'invented' the light bulb, Joseph Swan had a similar invention but it did not stop Edison from attempting and failing to make a light bulb with over 1400 failures.</p>
<p>Failure and experimentation result in creative thinking.</p>
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</blockquote> Thank you Dr George. I thin…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-09-10:4778851:Comment:3907262012-09-10T00:23:02.649ZBob Campbellhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/BobCampbell
<p>Thank you Dr George. I think many of us who enter into aquaponics are draw to it because we see an opportunity to invent. Awhile back I said I spend a lot of time maintaining my aquaponic systems. Reality is I spend a lot of time fussing over little improvements. </p>
<p>My friends know me as a tinkerer. My shop is a mess, filled with pieces of broken appliances, Plexiglass, threaded rod, sheet metal, pipe and fittings of every sort, old motors and pumps, magnets, wire, scrapes of…</p>
<p>Thank you Dr George. I think many of us who enter into aquaponics are draw to it because we see an opportunity to invent. Awhile back I said I spend a lot of time maintaining my aquaponic systems. Reality is I spend a lot of time fussing over little improvements. </p>
<p>My friends know me as a tinkerer. My shop is a mess, filled with pieces of broken appliances, Plexiglass, threaded rod, sheet metal, pipe and fittings of every sort, old motors and pumps, magnets, wire, scrapes of wood, and other building materials, but to me it's a gold mine of stuff I can use to build my ideas. I know how to skinny through all that mess that sprawls within my 2000 sq ft shop and I know right where I put most every bit it.</p>
<p>It's true that I build a lot of stuff that doesn't work, but it keeps me out of trouble and I love doing it. Occasionally I feel like a genius!</p>
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<p><br/> <br/> <cite>Dr. George B. Brooks, Jr. said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://community.theaquaponicsource.com/forum/topics/moving-bed-filters?groupUrl=arizona-aquaponics&commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A390664&xg_source=msg_com_gr_forum#4778851Comment390664"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Hi. From my experience the imitation is just an acknowledgment that we have not figured it all out yet by any means. The more we know, the more we don't know. Innovate, innovate, innovate!! </p>
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<p>P.S. I encourage all to attend if you can Aquaculture 2013. Its not cheap but well worth it. You will get a real boost I think. <a rel="nofollow" href="http://was.org" target="_blank">http://was.org</a>.</p>
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</blockquote> I usually think I can do thin…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-09-10:4778851:Comment:3905852012-09-10T00:15:34.198ZLee Scotthttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/LeeScott
<p>I usually think I can do things 'just a little better' than it was previously done.<br></br>Sometimes I'm wrong but many times I'm not. EVERY TIME I learn something new.</p>
<p>When Edison 'invented' the light bulb, Joseph Swan had a similar invention but it did not stop Edison from attempting and failing to make a light bulb with over 1400 failures.</p>
<p>Failure and experimentation result in creative thinking.…</p>
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<p>I usually think I can do things 'just a little better' than it was previously done.<br/>Sometimes I'm wrong but many times I'm not. EVERY TIME I learn something new.</p>
<p>When Edison 'invented' the light bulb, Joseph Swan had a similar invention but it did not stop Edison from attempting and failing to make a light bulb with over 1400 failures.</p>
<p>Failure and experimentation result in creative thinking.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45mMioJ5szc" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45mMioJ5szc</a></p>
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<p></p> Hi. From my experience the im…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-09-09:4778851:Comment:3906642012-09-09T22:49:26.828ZDr. George B. Brooks, Jr.https://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/DrGeorgeBBrooksJr
<p>Hi. From my experience the imitation is just an acknowledgment that we have not figured it all out yet by any means. The more we know, the more we don't know. Innovate, innovate, innovate!! </p>
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<p>P.S. I encourage all to attend if you can Aquaculture 2013. Its not cheap but well worth it. You will get a real boost I think. <a href="http://was.org" target="_blank">http://was.org</a>.</p>
<p>Hi. From my experience the imitation is just an acknowledgment that we have not figured it all out yet by any means. The more we know, the more we don't know. Innovate, innovate, innovate!! </p>
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<p>P.S. I encourage all to attend if you can Aquaculture 2013. Its not cheap but well worth it. You will get a real boost I think. <a href="http://was.org" target="_blank">http://was.org</a>.</p> Thanks Rob, I started to exp…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-09-09:4778851:Comment:3905692012-09-09T18:40:39.531ZBob Campbellhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/BobCampbell
<p>Thanks Rob, I started to explain to you my reasons for looking outside of conventional aquaponic methods. While writing I came full circle and saw that you are right. It comes down to adding more media beds. </p>
<p>I've been saying it's all about the Nitrates and began to see that as my primary goal. I kinda got off track from the real goal which is to provide Nitrates to as much high density growing space as possible. </p>
<p>I've got to quit thinking like an aquarium owner and more…</p>
<p>Thanks Rob, I started to explain to you my reasons for looking outside of conventional aquaponic methods. While writing I came full circle and saw that you are right. It comes down to adding more media beds. </p>
<p>I've been saying it's all about the Nitrates and began to see that as my primary goal. I kinda got off track from the real goal which is to provide Nitrates to as much high density growing space as possible. </p>
<p>I've got to quit thinking like an aquarium owner and more like a farmer. .</p>
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<p></p> Bob, what you describe sounds…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-09-09:4778851:Comment:3904872012-09-09T17:32:00.051ZRob Nashhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/RobNash
<p>Bob, what you describe sounds a lot like aquaponics. in fact the main reason aquaponics was implemented was to do what your trying to do. the only way you will achieve "no maintenance" or even come close, is with aquaponic media beds. in aquaculture there is an old saying... "its all about imitation not innovation" ...this is a 60+ year industry, they have figured out what works and what doesn't.</p>
<p>Bob, what you describe sounds a lot like aquaponics. in fact the main reason aquaponics was implemented was to do what your trying to do. the only way you will achieve "no maintenance" or even come close, is with aquaponic media beds. in aquaculture there is an old saying... "its all about imitation not innovation" ...this is a 60+ year industry, they have figured out what works and what doesn't.</p>