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.......

 

[TCLynx]

Bummer, Sorry about the hard lesson.

 

But keeping your stocking low with the koi for now and adding slowly over time is probably a good way to go, especially since you don't have media or plants in yet other than the worm bin and duckweed.

[Averan]

It's just too bad we don't like the taste of koi.....they'd be the perfect fish!  :D

[Rob Nash]

I have read somewhere that if you were to eat your koi, you would be surprised at how good they taste. I know, sounds like sacrilege to some… but looks like tacos to a hungry man.

[TCLynx]

Truth is koi or really just a type of carp which is one of the most farmed fish in the world.  I think most westerners are just to lazy to deal with bony fish.

 

Perhaps that explains the recipe (joke) I once heard.

Get a cedar board and cut to the length of the carp. 

Clean the carp and place on board.

Bake the carp on the board.

Discard carp, Eat board.

[Rob Nash]

lol   ,,, next time i have a koi big enough to eat, ill let you know how the board tasted.

 

[TCLynx]

[Francois Lemmer]

Hi all
Tc to tell the truth I never thought me to be very patient.....but with the cycling of my system I am
Surprising taking things slow, not rushing at all and letting the what-knots happen as they have to.
I have planted a few seeds in 4 of my baskets +- 7 days ago if my memory serves me right.
I sprinkled the seeds between the stones and this is now….cabbage/spinach/lettice

Using the media in these baskets is something I am thinking of.......
Very nice for maintenance if required.
Filling up the rest of the grow tray I will use hdpe machine cuttings....I have been collecting over the last few weeks.
The cuttings are light and very manageable.

 

yust me thinking

[Francois Lemmer]

Hi all
6 days later

[Harold Sukhbir]

Hi Francois,

Any idea how much, as a percentage, of germination you are getting by sprinkling seeds this way?

[Francois Lemmer]

Hi Harold

if by looking at these seed i would say close to 100 percent

[Francois Lemmer]

Hi all
I looked inside of the worm filter yesterday and these are a few photos

lots of eggs and worms around the outfow where the solids from dam flow into the worm filter

 

 

the filter

[Harold Sukhbir]

Hi Francois,

Now that's a great filter design!. Is that green screen(middle) surrounding the drain pipe? and could you say what type of material is it?