New system planning - Aquaponic Gardening2024-03-28T23:08:27Zhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/forum/topics/new-system-planning?commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A304952&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noGood to know that you would a…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-03-11:4778851:Comment:3049522012-03-11T23:58:50.652ZTCLynxhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TCLynx
<p>Good to know that you would acclimate them. But I've heard enough stories about people who really do know better about fish and will still skip the normal steps (like cycling up) when they start an aquaponics system unless reminded so I'll repeat the simple things for the benefit of all.</p>
<p>Good to know that you would acclimate them. But I've heard enough stories about people who really do know better about fish and will still skip the normal steps (like cycling up) when they start an aquaponics system unless reminded so I'll repeat the simple things for the benefit of all.</p> LOL I didn't really mean to…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-03-11:4778851:Comment:3050262012-03-11T23:48:43.739ZCindy A Dageshttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/CindyADages
<p>LOL I didn't really mean to "dump" them, sorry, I will acclimate them properly. Poor things won't know how to act with all that space in the IBC. 8)<br></br><br></br><cite>TCLynx said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://aquaponicscommunity.com/forum/topics/new-system-planning?xg_source=activity#4778851Comment304949"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Well I wouldn't simply dump them in, make sure you equalize temperatures for them before dumping them into a new bigger tank with more…</p>
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<p>LOL I didn't really mean to "dump" them, sorry, I will acclimate them properly. Poor things won't know how to act with all that space in the IBC. 8)<br/><br/><cite>TCLynx said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://aquaponicscommunity.com/forum/topics/new-system-planning?xg_source=activity#4778851Comment304949"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Well I wouldn't simply dump them in, make sure you equalize temperatures for them before dumping them into a new bigger tank with more water.</p>
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<p>And yes, swishing the aquarium filter into the new system will help seed the bigger system with bacteria (actually if you can take half of the aquarium filter and swish it into a bucket of system or aquarium water and pour that into the media of the new system as you set it up but before you actually go to move the fish over you can help get things a head start too.</p>
<p>You might even look up fishless cycling to get the system really rolling before you move the fish.</p>
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</blockquote> Well I wouldn't simply dump t…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-03-11:4778851:Comment:3049492012-03-11T23:40:20.679ZTCLynxhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TCLynx
<p>Well I wouldn't simply dump them in, make sure you equalize temperatures for them before dumping them into a new bigger tank with more water.</p>
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<p>And yes, swishing the aquarium filter into the new system will help seed the bigger system with bacteria (actually if you can take half of the aquarium filter and swish it into a bucket of system or aquarium water and pour that into the media of the new system as you set it up but before you actually go to move the fish over you can help…</p>
<p>Well I wouldn't simply dump them in, make sure you equalize temperatures for them before dumping them into a new bigger tank with more water.</p>
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<p>And yes, swishing the aquarium filter into the new system will help seed the bigger system with bacteria (actually if you can take half of the aquarium filter and swish it into a bucket of system or aquarium water and pour that into the media of the new system as you set it up but before you actually go to move the fish over you can help get things a head start too.</p>
<p>You might even look up fishless cycling to get the system really rolling before you move the fish.</p> Thank you for replying TCLynx…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-03-11:4778851:Comment:3049302012-03-11T19:01:17.498ZCindy A Dageshttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/CindyADages
<p>Thank you for replying TCLynx, When I get the FT ready in the new system I can just dump my 10 gal aquarium into it correct? That is where my goldies spent the winter when I shut down the system last fall. Rinse the filter in there also?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p><br></br><br></br><cite>TCLynx said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://aquaponicscommunity.com/forum/topics/new-system-planning?xg_source=activity#4778851Comment304918"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Nutrients are in solution and…</p>
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<p>Thank you for replying TCLynx, When I get the FT ready in the new system I can just dump my 10 gal aquarium into it correct? That is where my goldies spent the winter when I shut down the system last fall. Rinse the filter in there also?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p><br/><br/><cite>TCLynx said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://aquaponicscommunity.com/forum/topics/new-system-planning?xg_source=activity#4778851Comment304918"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Nutrients are in solution and the nitrification takes place through out the system so I wouldn't really worry about plants in one part being starved to nutrients or anything. It is more about an overall balance. It generally doesn't take a huge amount of fish to keep a large number of plants growing in a mature system.</p>
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</blockquote> Nutrients are in solution and…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-03-11:4778851:Comment:3049182012-03-11T17:21:45.593ZTCLynxhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TCLynx
<p>Nutrients are in solution and the nitrification takes place through out the system so I wouldn't really worry about plants in one part being starved to nutrients or anything. It is more about an overall balance. It generally doesn't take a huge amount of fish to keep a large number of plants growing in a mature system.</p>
<p>Nutrients are in solution and the nitrification takes place through out the system so I wouldn't really worry about plants in one part being starved to nutrients or anything. It is more about an overall balance. It generally doesn't take a huge amount of fish to keep a large number of plants growing in a mature system.</p>