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A few fish for sale or good home
Started by Linda Logan. Last reply by Linda Logan Feb 2, 2019. 1 Reply 0 Likes
I need to shut down my indoor system for a few months. I have 2 mature Shubunkin, 1 albino Hypostomus to clean the aquarium. There is another small fish living in the sump.I live in SE Portland and…Continue
Aquaponics system as filter for swimming pool
Started by John Wilson. Last reply by Wade J Rochelle Jan 25, 2019. 3 Replies 0 Likes
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…Continue
Not for human consumption!?
Started by Nichelle Hubley. Last reply by Nichelle Hubley Jun 30, 2015. 7 Replies 1 Like
Well, I think I messed up big time. 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…Continue
Help!! Help !!! with new filtration and set-up.
Started by Henrique Miguel. Last reply by Wayne Mcbryde May 14, 2015. 2 Replies 0 Likes
Hi,I have a set up of 2 55 gal blue barrel with Tilapia and guppies separate. I have young ones and they are growing well. Issue of overcrowding and feeding. 1. I would like to use a water…Continue
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Comment by Leo on July 29, 2012 at 5:14pm
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Starting my first system and need advice on media and where to find it. I'm interested in expandable clay media but just read on the Internet that it's no longer available from the manufacture any suggestions??? Then I'm ready to start the system and search for tilapia in my area.
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Comment by TCLynx on July 26, 2012 at 5:47am
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IBC here is a link that might help
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Comment by Jim Hall on July 26, 2012 at 5:35am
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Wilson Lennard has a calculator and instructions to determine the right ratios in an AP system to make sure everything is utilized. Might answer some questions.
http://www.aquaponic.com.au/backyard.htm
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The biological filter is what makes AP so interesting. Just put a bunch more worms into my media beds and started another 12 gallons of worm tea brewing. Was out watching :-B the worms cruising among the roots of my cucumbers, swiss chard and basil. Checking for night roaming bugs and set up a beer trap to see if there were slugs and made a similar trap to try on the ants that want to farm aphids. Now if I could see the bacteria too. Yup the biology is a big part of it.
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Comment by Debra Colvin on July 25, 2012 at 11:25pm
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gah. Typos. Made worse by the auto correct:-P
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@jim hall.. I brought up the term "aquaponics" at the local nursery, and received blank stares. Then I described what it was, fish and pka Ts grown together, then the flights in their eyes came on. I know that they have done this method of gardening years, but they happen to call it using a "biological filter".
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Moderator Comment by Bob Terrell on July 25, 2012 at 10:26pm -
I have been looking through the photo section and I see a lot of people are using IBC containers. What does IBC stand for and where do you find them?
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The University of Hawaii Atoll online program is one spot to learn and only $100 to take the course.
In one of the videos, Wilson Lennard Phd brought up in one of his talks about how amazed he is that everyone wants to reinvent the wheel with aquaponics. Knowledge is out there, but so many of us, me included, seem to want to make it work from scratch and try new ideas that hit us in the middle of the night. Human nature?
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You can learn it all online, it just takes lots of time and sifting through tons of information and sometimes some guess work to figure out who actually knows what they are talking about and who is full of bunk.
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Comment by Ken Elrich on July 25, 2012 at 3:49pm
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@ John, thats the point of the fourms, ask and receive. the only dumb question is the one you never ask.
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