PH is a crazy thing - Aquaponic Gardening2024-03-29T07:19:20Zhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/forum/topics/ph-is-a-crazy-thing?groupUrl=arizona-aquaponics&commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A353566&groupId=4778851%3AGroup%3A253996&feed=yes&xn_auth=noCatfish will eat the prawns.tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-09-30:4778851:Comment:3970442012-09-30T16:53:47.111ZDr. George B. Brooks, Jr.https://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/DrGeorgeBBrooksJr
<p>Catfish will eat the prawns.</p>
<p>Catfish will eat the prawns.</p> interesting. I'd originally p…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-09-30:4778851:Comment:3970202012-09-30T11:09:20.858ZSean-Michael Gettyshttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/SeanMichaelGettys
<p>interesting. I'd originally planned to have prawn and tilapia but now I'm going to be using catfish and possibly some tilapia added in later. I'm wondering if I should also have prawn still</p>
<p>interesting. I'd originally planned to have prawn and tilapia but now I'm going to be using catfish and possibly some tilapia added in later. I'm wondering if I should also have prawn still</p> @Jim: Hahahahaha!! You know,…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-07-01:4778851:Comment:3576202012-07-01T22:24:09.637ZSheri Schmeckpeperhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/SheriSchmeckpeper
<p>@Jim: Hahahahaha!! <br/>You know, it's pretty easy to count to 57!</p>
<p>@Jim: Hahahahaha!! <br/>You know, it's pretty easy to count to 57!</p> Hey Sheri,
Thanks for the und…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-06-30:4778851:Comment:3571832012-06-30T21:16:00.946ZJim Troyerhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/JimTroyer
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<p>Thanks for the undeserved compliment regarding records, <a style="cursor: pointer;"><img src="http://i925.photobucket.com/albums/ad93/ucsycybersmiley/78.gif"></img></a> I only keep them until things even out then I'm not as vigilant. </p>
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<p>I am however very impressed with your OCD record keeping! <a style="cursor: pointer;"><img src="http://i925.photobucket.com/albums/ad93/ucsycybersmiley/77.gif"></img> <br></br></a></p>
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<p>You even count the snow flakes! Now that's Impressive! …<a rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer;"><img src="http://www.bkserv.net/images/Grin.gif"></img></a></p>
<p>Hey Sheri,</p>
<p>Thanks for the undeserved compliment regarding records, <a style="cursor: pointer;"><img src="http://i925.photobucket.com/albums/ad93/ucsycybersmiley/78.gif"/></a> I only keep them until things even out then I'm not as vigilant. </p>
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<p>I am however very impressed with your OCD record keeping! <a style="cursor: pointer;"><img src="http://i925.photobucket.com/albums/ad93/ucsycybersmiley/77.gif"/> <br/></a></p>
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<p>You even count the snow flakes! Now that's Impressive! <a rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer;"><img src="http://www.bkserv.net/images/Grin.gif"/></a></p>
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<p></p> I've never had problems with…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-06-30:4778851:Comment:3570932012-06-30T17:46:59.136ZSheri Schmeckpeperhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/SheriSchmeckpeper
<p>I've never had problems with plecos being together. I suppose if the food supply were short, they might get funny with each other. They're pretty smart. When algae is low, they will lay on their backs to skim the top of the tank & get flake fish food & duckweed. They also can munch on the pellets.</p>
<p>They really like tilapia eggs, so they annoy the tilapia when breeding is taking place. Sometimes they get really involved in eating algae and get in the tilapia's way, too. The…</p>
<p>I've never had problems with plecos being together. I suppose if the food supply were short, they might get funny with each other. They're pretty smart. When algae is low, they will lay on their backs to skim the top of the tank & get flake fish food & duckweed. They also can munch on the pellets.</p>
<p>They really like tilapia eggs, so they annoy the tilapia when breeding is taking place. Sometimes they get really involved in eating algae and get in the tilapia's way, too. The tilapia will peck at them and they scurry away.</p> They are not even 2 inches ye…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-06-30:4778851:Comment:3571622012-06-30T17:36:24.108ZJ Shockliehttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/JenniferChatmon
<p>They are not even 2 inches yet. They were on sale. Last night when I saw your message I immediately looked them up and couldn't believe that Petsmart had them on sale and they only had 3 left so I immediately ran out to get them cause this algea thing is bothering me. I'm not too worried about it, I know that algae isn't going to hinder much and that once this season is over it'll be more controlled. But the plectos will come in handy as I already have another grow tank coming together…</p>
<p>They are not even 2 inches yet. They were on sale. Last night when I saw your message I immediately looked them up and couldn't believe that Petsmart had them on sale and they only had 3 left so I immediately ran out to get them cause this algea thing is bothering me. I'm not too worried about it, I know that algae isn't going to hinder much and that once this season is over it'll be more controlled. But the plectos will come in handy as I already have another grow tank coming together this weekend and my other breeding aquarium inside so I'll split them up once they clean up this mess in my tote.</p>
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<p>Sheri--how do your plectos do together or do you keep them separate. I guess they're territorial...</p>
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<p>Well it's on to HD. My cucumbers are DYING!! Gotta get them some shade! </p> $1 ea?? Great price! How big…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-06-30:4778851:Comment:3569442012-06-30T04:40:32.130ZSheri Schmeckpeperhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/SheriSchmeckpeper
<p>$1 ea?? Great price! How big are they? I haven't found any for under $3. for ones that are about 2 inches.</p>
<p>Jim, that was the year we got about 57 snowflakes while we were covering our garden. We had some cold times that year! I'm impressed you keep a log. I just rely on my vast memory...um...never mind.</p>
<p>Yeah, duckweed doesn't like it too hot, and it definitely can't handle the sun right now, that's for sure! I had our greenhouse door open for a while the other day, and when I…</p>
<p>$1 ea?? Great price! How big are they? I haven't found any for under $3. for ones that are about 2 inches.</p>
<p>Jim, that was the year we got about 57 snowflakes while we were covering our garden. We had some cold times that year! I'm impressed you keep a log. I just rely on my vast memory...um...never mind.</p>
<p>Yeah, duckweed doesn't like it too hot, and it definitely can't handle the sun right now, that's for sure! I had our greenhouse door open for a while the other day, and when I closed it, the duckweed had turned lighter where it had been hit directly. Like a reverse sunburn. Our greenhouse is staying a tad below 100 right now, and it's doing fine. Not growing as much as it was, but still growing. I'm happy about that.</p>
<p>You could bring what's left inside in a tub of pond water & wait for a cool down. Just change the water now & then.</p> I found some plectos for a do…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-06-30:4778851:Comment:3569412012-06-30T03:57:46.390ZJ Shockliehttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/JenniferChatmon
<p>I found some plectos for a dollar each at petsmart. They are little...hope they make it!</p>
<p>I found some plectos for a dollar each at petsmart. They are little...hope they make it!</p> Thanks for the advice Sheri,…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-06-30:4778851:Comment:3568582012-06-30T01:19:53.219ZJ Shockliehttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/JenniferChatmon
<p>Thanks for the advice Sheri, I think I will definitely invest in a pleco if I can find one. I guess I'll go the muriatic acid way, too. This heat just destroys everything....</p>
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<p>Thanks for the advice Sheri, I think I will definitely invest in a pleco if I can find one. I guess I'll go the muriatic acid way, too. This heat just destroys everything....</p>
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<p></p> I'm sorry Sheri, I don't rem…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-06-30:4778851:Comment:3567922012-06-30T00:13:47.867ZJim Troyerhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/JimTroyer
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<p>I'm sorry Sheri, I don't remember the winter temps back then and I lost those records when the pipe broke flooding the entire house when I was away on vacation... Since then I have been using 500 feet of 1/2" drip line to heat the water in the winter. I don't see any need for special fish to clean up cause the pond is very clean (good fishies!) </p>
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<p>here is a picture of the weather we had then... …</p>
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<p>I'm sorry Sheri, I don't remember the winter temps back then and I lost those records when the pipe broke flooding the entire house when I was away on vacation... Since then I have been using 500 feet of 1/2" drip line to heat the water in the winter. I don't see any need for special fish to clean up cause the pond is very clean (good fishies!) </p>
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<p>here is a picture of the weather we had then... </p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2772217763?profile=original"><img class="align-left" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2772217763?profile=original" width="344"/></a>My system lines froze for several days that winter 2009/10. I turned the pump off because I was afraid the fish would get too cold if the water cycled that first night. I also covered the grow bed. I took this photo in the late afternoon of the frozen return lines from the raft bed, I had expected them to melt during the day, but they clearly did not. They did not melt for several days, snow was down to 2000 feet on the McDowell Mts. Brr! The raft bed made it, as did the covered plants. It is colder here next to the desert than in a central neighborhood.<a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2772217763?profile=original"></a> I'm fairly certain a media bed would have frozen that first night with a drain and fill cycle going or at least overflowed with the constant inflow from the pump and a cycling drain as the drain line would have froze up smaller and smaller with each cycle... something to think about guys and gals...</p>
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<p>Last night I put some mosquito fish in the raft bed to mow the summer bloom in there, had a couple of mosquitoes hanging around out there too. </p>
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<p>Duckweed alert: looks like110F is about the upper range for duckweed. Most of mine turned white over the last few days... bummer. </p>