Aquaponic Gardening2024-03-29T11:21:51ZKeith Rowanhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/KeithRowanhttps://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2808637422?profile=original&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1https://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/group/aquaponicsforbeginners/forum/topic/listForContributor?user=0ygy1wdruuz8s&feed=yes&xn_auth=noA few fish for sale or good hometag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2019-01-31:4778851:Topic:6668542019-01-31T17:44:04.612ZKeith Rowanhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/KeithRowan
<p>I need to shut down my indoor system for a few months. I have <span>2 mature Shubunkin, 1 albino Hypostomus to clean the aquarium. There is another small fish living in the sump.</span></p>
<p><span>I live in SE Portland and need to do this ASAP. A donation for the fish would be nice but I'd settle for a good home.</span></p>
<p><span>You'll need to get them </span></p>
<p><span>Please respond if interested.…</span></p>
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<p>I need to shut down my indoor system for a few months. I have <span>2 mature Shubunkin, 1 albino Hypostomus to clean the aquarium. There is another small fish living in the sump.</span></p>
<p><span>I live in SE Portland and need to do this ASAP. A donation for the fish would be nice but I'd settle for a good home.</span></p>
<p><span>You'll need to get them </span></p>
<p><span>Please respond if interested.</span></p>
<p><span><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/932916238?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Linda<img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/932916238?profile=RESIZE_710x" class="align-full"/></a><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/932924375?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/932924375?profile=RESIZE_710x" class="align-full"/></a></span></p> Aquaponics system as filter for swimming pooltag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2018-11-26:4778851:Topic:6619052018-11-26T21:25:36.860ZKeith Rowanhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/KeithRowan
Hi all, we've just purchased a property with a large indoor swimming pool. Around 80,000L with a greenhouse roof and plenty of room around it for grow beds. However, this is far too big for us to fill with fish to proper stocking density. So I had another idea:<br />
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I'd install a separate fish tank (4000L maybe?) and grow beds and pump the swimming pool water through them as a filter. The water would pump from the swimming pool to the fish tank, to the grow beds, then back to the swimming pool. The…
Hi all, we've just purchased a property with a large indoor swimming pool. Around 80,000L with a greenhouse roof and plenty of room around it for grow beds. However, this is far too big for us to fill with fish to proper stocking density. So I had another idea:<br />
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I'd install a separate fish tank (4000L maybe?) and grow beds and pump the swimming pool water through them as a filter. The water would pump from the swimming pool to the fish tank, to the grow beds, then back to the swimming pool. The pool itself would have floating planters and wetland plants in pots around the edges, maybe even a couple of silver carp if algae became a problem.<br />
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This brings up lots of questions:<br />
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1. Will the aquaponics system filter that much water to a desired level?<br />
2. Will there be lots of nutrients left in the water when it leaves the grow beds? And will diluting this in a large pool negatively affect the grow beds?<br />
3. Will a pond pump suitable for the 5000L aquaponics system be big enough to keep the 80,000L natural swimming pool from turning stagnant? I could add a 2nd pump to simply circulate the pool water if so.<br />
4. Do the fish thrive in the cleanest possible water or do they benefit from some nutrient/waste left behind?<br />
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I'm sure there's lots more questions to come, but this is all I can think of now. Thanks in advance! Not for human consumption!?tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2015-06-29:4778851:Topic:6094862015-06-29T12:38:39.807ZKeith Rowanhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/KeithRowan
<p>Well, I think I messed up big time. </p>
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<p>I've been feeding my precious tilapia koi food (I like in a small place and it was all I could get... :( ) for about 2 months and last night I read on the back of the package that it isn't for fish for human consumption.</p>
<p><br></br>Well, now what? I have special ordered some food but....will I ever be able to eat these guys?</p>
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<p>This is the food: …</p>
<p>Well, I think I messed up big time. </p>
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<p>I've been feeding my precious tilapia koi food (I like in a small place and it was all I could get... :( ) for about 2 months and last night I read on the back of the package that it isn't for fish for human consumption.</p>
<p><br/>Well, now what? I have special ordered some food but....will I ever be able to eat these guys?</p>
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<p>This is the food: <a href="http://www.petsmart.com/fish/food/top-fin-color-enhancing-pond-fish-food-zid36-18137/cat-36-catid-300055">http://www.petsmart.com/fish/food/top-fin-color-enhancing-pond-fish-food-zid36-18137/cat-36-catid-300055</a></p>
<p><br/>Do you think it could just be the "color enhancing" thing that makes it unsafe to eat?</p>
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<p>Ugh...what a mess... </p>
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<p>What do you suggest?</p> Aquarox's grow bed mediatag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2015-05-03:4778851:Topic:6047572015-05-03T18:11:15.553ZKeith Rowanhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/KeithRowan
<p>Anyone had much experience with that product? Would you recommend it over Hydroton? I know that kellen weissenbach has experience with it but I'm not able to message him directly.</p>
<p>Anyone had much experience with that product? Would you recommend it over Hydroton? I know that kellen weissenbach has experience with it but I'm not able to message him directly.</p> New IBC Grow Out Tank Systemtag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2015-03-30:4778851:Topic:6017392015-03-30T20:26:46.310ZKeith Rowanhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/KeithRowan
<p><span class="font-size-4" style="color: #000080; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">The barrels in the back of the 6-IBC grow out tanks are 2-media filters, 1 lava rock filter and on the extreme left, the sump. Since my heart surgery this grow out system is for sale.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-4" style="color: #000080; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">The large 1,000 tanks in the back are not currently in use.…</span></p>
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<p><span style="color: #000080; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="font-size-4">The barrels in the back of the 6-IBC grow out tanks are 2-media filters, 1 lava rock filter and on the extreme left, the sump. Since my heart surgery this grow out system is for sale.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000080; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="font-size-4">The large 1,000 tanks in the back are not currently in use.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000080; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="font-size-4">I have used IBCs for sale also.</span></p>
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<p>Will perch benefit from duckweed?</p>
<p>Will perch benefit from duckweed?</p> nutrients in aquaponicstag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2014-11-09:4778851:Topic:5857412014-11-09T14:26:14.968ZKeith Rowanhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/KeithRowan
<p>Every time I have a nutrient deficiency with my plants, I have to ask the same questions and I'm sure that a lot of other aquapons feel the same way. I thought, wouldn't be nice to have an alphabetized list of minerals etc that people have used and I will do as much research on that element (with everyones help) and I will compile all that info and then eventually print it out and I will try to post what I have. I'm open to any feedback that any of you have? Let me know of any thing you've…</p>
<p>Every time I have a nutrient deficiency with my plants, I have to ask the same questions and I'm sure that a lot of other aquapons feel the same way. I thought, wouldn't be nice to have an alphabetized list of minerals etc that people have used and I will do as much research on that element (with everyones help) and I will compile all that info and then eventually print it out and I will try to post what I have. I'm open to any feedback that any of you have? Let me know of any thing you've tried and your results. I will be looking at the name of the mineral and any generic names, What it will do to your PH, How it can or will react to other ingredients in your system, Where the ingredient can be found. Some of this may require some experimentation. I've also posted this to minerals in aquaponics</p> Total Dissolved Solids or Electrical Conductivity Meterstag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2014-10-26:4778851:Topic:5839872014-10-26T01:15:58.446ZKeith Rowanhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/KeithRowan
<p>A good friend of mine is into Hydroponics and just today we got into this discussion of EC (Electrical Conductivity) and the use of various nutrients to come up with an ideal N-P-K for plants. He does Hydroponics and he has certain numbers that I guess he shoots for. He's going to test my water both prior to adding any nutrients (My tap water) and my FT water as it stands after I've added my nutrients and he will give me an EC number in ppm. My question is... Has anybody figured out what an…</p>
<p>A good friend of mine is into Hydroponics and just today we got into this discussion of EC (Electrical Conductivity) and the use of various nutrients to come up with an ideal N-P-K for plants. He does Hydroponics and he has certain numbers that I guess he shoots for. He's going to test my water both prior to adding any nutrients (My tap water) and my FT water as it stands after I've added my nutrients and he will give me an EC number in ppm. My question is... Has anybody figured out what an ideal EC is for various plants. I know that like a squash is a hog on nutrients compared to lettuce so the EC would be higher. I realize that EC for the ideal plant in Hydroponics might be to high for certain fish in an aquaponic enviroment. My guess would be that if you had an aquaponics system that your plants were growing extremely well and you checked your EC and you got a certain ppm, it would give you something to go by. </p> Magnesium Deficiency?tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2014-10-22:4778851:Topic:5837302014-10-22T21:31:25.183ZKeith Rowanhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/KeithRowan
<p>I have a cucumber plant that the leaves are turning yellow and the edges are drying out and dying. I thought at first that it was an iron deficiency but it's the whole leaf is blotchy yellow. I talked with a local garden center and she said it sounds like a magnesium deficiency and give it magnesium sulfate (Epsom salt). I also went to Youtube and it looks like it could be just that. My question is how much Epsom salt should I use? Should I make a foliar spray? How much Epsom salt per Gallon…</p>
<p>I have a cucumber plant that the leaves are turning yellow and the edges are drying out and dying. I thought at first that it was an iron deficiency but it's the whole leaf is blotchy yellow. I talked with a local garden center and she said it sounds like a magnesium deficiency and give it magnesium sulfate (Epsom salt). I also went to Youtube and it looks like it could be just that. My question is how much Epsom salt should I use? Should I make a foliar spray? How much Epsom salt per Gallon without hurting my fish? </p> Beginner water questionstag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2014-10-20:4778851:Topic:5831832014-10-20T19:46:04.406ZKeith Rowanhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/KeithRowan
<p>Hello all. Fishless cycling my IBC system. This is the beginning of the 8th week. PH has stayed at 6.0 right from the beginning and I have added crushed eggshells, intermittent small amounts of calcium and potassium(ph up kit). Ammonia is between 6 and 8(not good with color matching), Nitrites at 1.0 for the first time today and Nitrates at 0(bright gold color). Threw some seeds on the media bed(clay pellets) a few weeks ago, lots of sprouts, no growth, seem to be getting a paler color.…</p>
<p>Hello all. Fishless cycling my IBC system. This is the beginning of the 8th week. PH has stayed at 6.0 right from the beginning and I have added crushed eggshells, intermittent small amounts of calcium and potassium(ph up kit). Ammonia is between 6 and 8(not good with color matching), Nitrites at 1.0 for the first time today and Nitrates at 0(bright gold color). Threw some seeds on the media bed(clay pellets) a few weeks ago, lots of sprouts, no growth, seem to be getting a paler color. Checked the PH with my pool test chemical kit and same pale yellow color. Not sure what to do next. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.</p>