What happened to this fish? - Aquaponic Gardening2024-03-28T20:18:33Zhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/forum/topics/what-happened-to-this-fish?groupUrl=aquaponicsforbeginners&commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A473356&groupId=4778851%3AGroup%3A28135&feed=yes&xn_auth=noThanks for the clarification…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-05-13:4778851:Comment:4747482013-05-13T05:40:20.197ZLinda Loganhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/LindaLogan
<p>Thanks for the clarification<br/> <br/> <cite>TCLynx said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://community.theaquaponicsource.com/forum/topics/what-happened-to-this-fish?groupUrl=aquaponicsforbeginners&commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A475010&xg_source=msg_com_gr_forum#4778851Comment475010"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>NO, if you are cycled up and your fish are healthy, you do not need to add salt.</p>
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<p>Thanks for the clarification<br/> <br/> <cite>TCLynx said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://community.theaquaponicsource.com/forum/topics/what-happened-to-this-fish?groupUrl=aquaponicsforbeginners&commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A475010&xg_source=msg_com_gr_forum#4778851Comment475010"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>NO, if you are cycled up and your fish are healthy, you do not need to add salt.</p>
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</blockquote> NO, if you are cycled up and…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-05-13:4778851:Comment:4750102013-05-13T00:34:37.266ZTCLynxhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TCLynx
<p>NO, if you are cycled up and your fish are healthy, you do not need to add salt.</p>
<p>NO, if you are cycled up and your fish are healthy, you do not need to add salt.</p> I have added very little salt…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-05-12:4778851:Comment:4745532013-05-12T05:08:27.858ZLinda Loganhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/LindaLogan
<p>I have added very little salt to my 280 gallon fish tank. I don't have any fish disease so am wondering if I should add any salt at all. I read most of the link on salting but still am wondering about it. Does everyone here salt their tanks?</p>
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<p>I have added very little salt to my 280 gallon fish tank. I don't have any fish disease so am wondering if I should add any salt at all. I read most of the link on salting but still am wondering about it. Does everyone here salt their tanks?</p>
<p></p> Just make sure it is good hot…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-05-11:4778851:Comment:4745212013-05-11T17:43:44.051ZTCLynxhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TCLynx
<p>Just make sure it is good hot compost so as not to attract too much marauding wildlife (bears, rats).</p>
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<p>Alternative, warn that unattended children will be fed sugar, caffeine and promised a puppy! <a style="cursor: pointer;"><img src="http://www.bkserv.net/images/Smile.gif"/></a></p>
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<p>Just make sure it is good hot compost so as not to attract too much marauding wildlife (bears, rats).</p>
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<p>Alternative, warn that unattended children will be fed sugar, caffeine and promised a puppy! <a style="cursor: pointer;"><img src="http://www.bkserv.net/images/Smile.gif"/></a></p>
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<p></p> Dead fish, insects, unusable…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-05-11:4778851:Comment:4746162013-05-11T17:34:36.712ZVlad Jovanovichttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/VladJovanovic
<p>Dead fish, insects, unusable plant parts, stray cats, neighborhood kids who wander onto the property...it all makes good composting fodder... <img src="http://www.bkserv.net/images/Grin.gif"></img> <br></br> <br></br> <cite>Jim Fisk said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://community.theaquaponicsource.com/forum/topics/what-happened-to-this-fish?groupUrl=aquaponicsforbeginners&xg_source=activity#4778851Comment474412"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>BTW, mine (dead fish) get ground up along with all the other waste and get composted.…</p>
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<p>Dead fish, insects, unusable plant parts, stray cats, neighborhood kids who wander onto the property...it all makes good composting fodder... <img src="http://www.bkserv.net/images/Grin.gif"/><br/> <br/> <cite>Jim Fisk said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://community.theaquaponicsource.com/forum/topics/what-happened-to-this-fish?groupUrl=aquaponicsforbeginners&xg_source=activity#4778851Comment474412"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>BTW, mine (dead fish) get ground up along with all the other waste and get composted. Fish pieces parts are great for the compost but should be ground and mixed well with the greens etc. Waste not, want not.</p>
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</blockquote> Dukie, fish with Ick have wha…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-05-11:4778851:Comment:4743612013-05-11T16:51:47.025ZTCLynxhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TCLynx
<p>Dukie, fish with Ick have what looks like white pimples. Ick is a parasite, not a bacteria.</p>
<p>Keep in mind if you use anything in your system to kill bacteria, you will kill your system and have to start cycle up all over again.</p>
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<p>To deal with Ick, you can bring your salt level up by 3 ppt and keep it there from 1-6 weeks depending on temperature. Live cycle is shorter in warm water. This will likely kill salt sensitive plants but if the fish you have are tolerant to…</p>
<p>Dukie, fish with Ick have what looks like white pimples. Ick is a parasite, not a bacteria.</p>
<p>Keep in mind if you use anything in your system to kill bacteria, you will kill your system and have to start cycle up all over again.</p>
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<p>To deal with Ick, you can bring your salt level up by 3 ppt and keep it there from 1-6 weeks depending on temperature. Live cycle is shorter in warm water. This will likely kill salt sensitive plants but if the fish you have are tolerant to salt (which tilapia are) the salt may actually help them. Make sure it is NOT Iodized salt.</p>
<p>Here is a blog post about salting for fish health.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.aquaponiclynx.com/salt-for-fish-health" target="_blank">http://www.aquaponiclynx.com/salt-for-fish-health</a></p> BTW, mine (dead fish) get gro…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-05-11:4778851:Comment:4744122013-05-11T13:40:29.730ZJim Fiskhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/JimFisk
<p>BTW, mine (dead fish) get ground up along with all the other waste and get composted. Fish pieces parts are great for the compost but should be ground and mixed well with the greens etc. Waste not, want not.</p>
<p>BTW, mine (dead fish) get ground up along with all the other waste and get composted. Fish pieces parts are great for the compost but should be ground and mixed well with the greens etc. Waste not, want not.</p> Dukie, how long have you been…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-05-10:4778851:Comment:4741482013-05-10T15:18:24.498ZJim Fiskhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/JimFisk
<p>Dukie, how long have you been cycling? It can take easily 6 weeks to begin to be stable and up to a year. As the "good" bacteria grow and take charge these things tend to control themselves. Time is on your side. Now that my system is 9 months old I get hardly any fish deaths (maybe 1 per month and generally a very slow grower indicating some other reason). That was far from the case 6 mos. ago. You may just be pushing things a bit. I went thru 20 comets, 30 bluegills and about 40 catfish…</p>
<p>Dukie, how long have you been cycling? It can take easily 6 weeks to begin to be stable and up to a year. As the "good" bacteria grow and take charge these things tend to control themselves. Time is on your side. Now that my system is 9 months old I get hardly any fish deaths (maybe 1 per month and generally a very slow grower indicating some other reason). That was far from the case 6 mos. ago. You may just be pushing things a bit. I went thru 20 comets, 30 bluegills and about 40 catfish before things settled down. Now testing the water is boring as it always seems on the money. Hope this is relevant.</p> I lost 2 more fish this morni…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-05-10:4778851:Comment:4739992013-05-10T14:47:00.437ZDukie Dixonhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/DukeDixon
I lost 2 more fish this morning. So, I'm thinking that my fish have some sort of bacteria. The remaining 6 all look sick, they are pale in color,with curved tails, and won't eat. The gills of the two dead fish were redish pink. Ruling out brown blood. I know my goldfish had ick when I removed them. Should I put my poor little guys out of their misery or transfer them to a holding tank? Now what do I do about infected water? How do I clean hydroton? Can I test for bacteria in the…
I lost 2 more fish this morning. So, I'm thinking that my fish have some sort of bacteria. The remaining 6 all look sick, they are pale in color,with curved tails, and won't eat. The gills of the two dead fish were redish pink. Ruling out brown blood. I know my goldfish had ick when I removed them. Should I put my poor little guys out of their misery or transfer them to a holding tank? Now what do I do about infected water? How do I clean hydroton? Can I test for bacteria in the water?<br/>
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It's all about the learning :D :D As long as your source water…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-05-08:4778851:Comment:4733772013-05-08T18:06:19.135ZTCLynxhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TCLynx
<p>As long as your source water doesn't have lots of salts in it and you haven't been dosing heavily with seaweed or salted in the past. 1 ppt of salt will do no harm to anything except perhaps strawberries. Most plants tolerate a salt level up to about 2-3 ppt just fine but if you are going to use salt more than once, you will need to get some way to measure it's concentration.</p>
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<p>If your tap water is on the salty side or if you have salted or used lots of seaweed you will want…</p>
<p>As long as your source water doesn't have lots of salts in it and you haven't been dosing heavily with seaweed or salted in the past. 1 ppt of salt will do no harm to anything except perhaps strawberries. Most plants tolerate a salt level up to about 2-3 ppt just fine but if you are going to use salt more than once, you will need to get some way to measure it's concentration.</p>
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<p>If your tap water is on the salty side or if you have salted or used lots of seaweed you will want to test your water for salt levels before salting.</p>
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<p>You mention that the problem system is outdoors, Did the water get cold at any time? Tilapia don't thrive if the water is below 70 F and below 55 F you start to get into the danger zone since their immune systems can be compromised if the water dips below 53 F and I've had Blue Tilapia (supposedly the most cold tolerant ones) just die when the water got down to 48 F. If that system spent a long time at temperatures below 70, that might explain why the fingerling in the picture looks a bit malnourished, tilapia don't eat much when the water is below 70 and if they were little guys they wouldn't have had much in the way of energy reserves to keep them going if the water was cool for too long for them.</p>