My pilot project Francois

[Francois Lemmer]

I started messing around with tilapia 2006-2010

2010 - the end of july i had to take  my system down

i am currently trying to get a piece of property to set up a scaled system.

basickly i dont have a system that is running

but i want to share my last 4 years with aquaponics

with members.......

 

[Francois Lemmer]

the basil tips cutting's from a few days ago

new roots

the basil i cut

celery

[Francois Lemmer]

for the snail problem i have found a sort of solution for now....

the fish eat the snails so every 2nd 3rd day i will collect most

of the snails in a small net and then feed the fish...they love it

now i feed pellets,worms,BSF larvae,snails and duckweed

the fish are happy and healthy and getting big......

Yust me thinking

[TCLynx]

Yea, I  notice I don't have much snails in my fish tanks either.

[Francois Lemmer]

 

1.2 kg this week harvest

 

 

 

 

[Francois Lemmer]

I made this worm bin with scrap wood and bits and pieces I had around...
The bin when installed will be between 2 poles planted in the ground at working height.
Bought the drum for very veryyyyyyy cheap
Made it simple and I think it will work well.
Rotating bin with hatch for feeding and casting unload.
Not much work to build and …?

[Francois Lemmer]

the rekords of what i monitor for february

 

[Francois Lemmer]

I have cut the basil back and the neighbours to whom I gave it all can’t believe the quality

cut off two plants

[Francois Lemmer]

 The celery I cut back last Saturday 7 days ago and look at the new growth …

[Francois Lemmer]

I have changed the pipes to allow more water in the fish tank….fish are getting big
Use to run with 500 litres and now I have about +-750 litres water in the tank.

more or less

Open the tap and the dam level drops to 500L water...a by pas to drop water to level so I can clean the tank...
I clean by hand every +-2 days...slowly moving the solid's in the two corners where the outlet is...some solids collect in these two corners that I help to the outlet pipe where it gets sucked to the worm filter, the rest of tank stays clean with the flow of the water coming from the pump

 

[Francois Lemmer]

Hi All
This is the 3rd harvest of celery in +-25 days. 1st 24/2 2nd …. 3rd 20/3
Every time I cut it was almost the same amount of celery +-12 day’s growth of 12 plants.
This is the 3rd times harvest photos....i did not take photo's of the second harvest
The basil the same thing…lots of basil
Celery grows very easy in a system….basil I think the same…

[Francois Lemmer]

[Francois Lemmer]

this is more or less what is left after cutting