My first system - Aquaponic Gardening2024-03-28T20:37:17Zhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/forum/topics/my-first-system-1?commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A48201&feed=yes&xn_auth=noIt's been a while since I pos…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2011-05-24:4778851:Comment:1180202011-05-24T23:21:13.024ZMoses Gonzaleshttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/MosesGonzales
<p>It's been a while since I posted. I've added two of Nate's Grow towers, and after a short while, the rest of my plants went on a growth spurt and my nitrates dropped to zero (Matching my ammonia and nitrite readings of the last couple of months). Good thing my tilapia fry arrived on Friday! (Thanks Sylvia!) I've been testing daily since then and have yet to see a spike in ammonia, Nitrite, or Nitrate levels.</p>
<p>I'll post some photos this weekend.</p>
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<p>Moses</p>
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<p>It's been a while since I posted. I've added two of Nate's Grow towers, and after a short while, the rest of my plants went on a growth spurt and my nitrates dropped to zero (Matching my ammonia and nitrite readings of the last couple of months). Good thing my tilapia fry arrived on Friday! (Thanks Sylvia!) I've been testing daily since then and have yet to see a spike in ammonia, Nitrite, or Nitrate levels.</p>
<p>I'll post some photos this weekend.</p>
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<p>Moses</p>
<p> </p> It is a filter media in a han…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2011-02-21:4778851:Comment:480792011-02-21T18:09:56.507ZTCLynxhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TCLynx
<p>It is a filter media in a hanging tower.</p>
<p>Here look through Nate Storey's page and see if there are some links that explain it or you could ask him for the really specific details.</p>
<p><a href="http://aquaponicscommunity.com/profile/NateStorey?xg_source=profiles_memberList" target="_self">NateStorey</a></p>
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<p>There are some videos at the bottom of his page that might be more enlightening than me just saying it is filter material hanging in a vertical growing tower.</p>
<p>It is a filter media in a hanging tower.</p>
<p>Here look through Nate Storey's page and see if there are some links that explain it or you could ask him for the really specific details.</p>
<p><a href="http://aquaponicscommunity.com/profile/NateStorey?xg_source=profiles_memberList" target="_self">NateStorey</a></p>
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<p>There are some videos at the bottom of his page that might be more enlightening than me just saying it is filter material hanging in a vertical growing tower.</p> this says so much.
what is th…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2011-02-21:4778851:Comment:481202011-02-21T16:02:07.087ZAdam Shivershttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/AdamShivers
<p>this says so much.</p>
<p>what is the material? is it grow medis and filtration?<br/><br/><cite>TCLynx said:</cite></p>
<blockquote><div><p>I bought them. Nate Storey developed them.</p>
<p>Sylvia can sell them.</p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.theaquaponicstore.com/category-s/77.htm">http://www.theaquaponicstore.com/category-s/77.htm</a></p>
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<p>this says so much.</p>
<p>what is the material? is it grow medis and filtration?<br/><br/><cite>TCLynx said:</cite></p>
<blockquote><div><p>I bought them. Nate Storey developed them.</p>
<p>Sylvia can sell them.</p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.theaquaponicstore.com/category-s/77.htm">http://www.theaquaponicstore.com/category-s/77.htm</a></p>
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</blockquote> I bought them. Nate Storey d…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2011-02-21:4778851:Comment:481162011-02-21T15:29:59.372ZTCLynxhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TCLynx
<p>I bought them. Nate Storey developed them.</p>
<p>Sylvia can sell them.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.theaquaponicstore.com/category-s/77.htm" target="_blank">http://www.theaquaponicstore.com/category-s/77.htm</a></p>
<p>I bought them. Nate Storey developed them.</p>
<p>Sylvia can sell them.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.theaquaponicstore.com/category-s/77.htm" target="_blank">http://www.theaquaponicstore.com/category-s/77.htm</a></p> TCLync,
I like the way plants…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2011-02-21:4778851:Comment:481152011-02-21T15:21:03.536ZMoses Gonzaleshttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/MosesGonzales
<p>TCLync,</p>
<p>I like the way plants grow in those towers. Did you buy them or build them? Where did you by them or get the parts?</p>
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<p>Thanks,</p>
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<p>Moses</p>
<p>TCLync,</p>
<p>I like the way plants grow in those towers. Did you buy them or build them? Where did you by them or get the parts?</p>
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<p>Thanks,</p>
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<p>Moses</p> yea. However, provided you c…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2011-02-21:4778851:Comment:482012011-02-21T15:03:36.531ZTCLynxhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TCLynx
<p>yea. However, provided you can keep the feeds to Nate's towers from clogging on you all the time, you don't have to filter before his towers. They are filter material. But really big gross solids that would settle out easily in a settling tank are what is likely to clog the small feeds to such towers so it might be easier to feed them from a separate pump that draws from a sump tank after some grow beds. In Short, it isn't the towers that require filtration before them. It is just the…</p>
<p>yea. However, provided you can keep the feeds to Nate's towers from clogging on you all the time, you don't have to filter before his towers. They are filter material. But really big gross solids that would settle out easily in a settling tank are what is likely to clog the small feeds to such towers so it might be easier to feed them from a separate pump that draws from a sump tank after some grow beds. In Short, it isn't the towers that require filtration before them. It is just the small plumbing feeding them so if you are around daily to check that plumbing then you could feed from the main pump if it is strong enough.</p>
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<p>Or here is a blog post to the way I'm feeding some of my towers now.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.aquaponiclynx.com/tower-flow" target="_blank">http://www.aquaponiclynx.com/tower-flow</a></p> Right now I have lettuce, kal…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2011-02-21:4778851:Comment:481142011-02-21T14:54:00.522ZMoses Gonzaleshttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/MosesGonzales
<p>Right now I have lettuce, kale, mint, and a pepper plant. I'm going to stick with mostly greens for now as that appears to be the easiest thing to grow and we eat them. </p>
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<p>Thanks for the tips. I'm going to look into Nate's Zipgrow towers. If added after the beds, I'd have to add a second pump, right?</p>
<p>Right now I have lettuce, kale, mint, and a pepper plant. I'm going to stick with mostly greens for now as that appears to be the easiest thing to grow and we eat them. </p>
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<p>Thanks for the tips. I'm going to look into Nate's Zipgrow towers. If added after the beds, I'd have to add a second pump, right?</p> I might actually say that the…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2011-02-21:4778851:Comment:481042011-02-21T14:05:58.775ZTCLynxhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TCLynx
I might actually say that the vertical stuff (if it requires the solids filtration before it) that it will add nutrient removal or plant space but might not add much filtration. Now Nate's Zipgrow towers are filtration and would be a way to add filtration in vertical space.
I might actually say that the vertical stuff (if it requires the solids filtration before it) that it will add nutrient removal or plant space but might not add much filtration. Now Nate's Zipgrow towers are filtration and would be a way to add filtration in vertical space. Actually, Moses you can add v…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2011-02-21:4778851:Comment:477862011-02-21T06:08:44.445ZEric Warwickhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/EricWarwick
Actually, Moses you can add vertical gardening with piping, to greatly add filtration and more with less space. Remember to add the piping after your grow-beds for the solids filtration.
Actually, Moses you can add vertical gardening with piping, to greatly add filtration and more with less space. Remember to add the piping after your grow-beds for the solids filtration. awesome! I have one of these…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2011-02-21:4778851:Comment:477812011-02-21T04:13:50.506ZAdam Shivershttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/AdamShivers
<p>awesome! I have one of these barrels. I believe it wil be a rain barrel though because it is the only one I've found so far!</p>
<p>this looks good. what plants do you have?</p>
<p>awesome! I have one of these barrels. I believe it wil be a rain barrel though because it is the only one I've found so far!</p>
<p>this looks good. what plants do you have?</p>