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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 TCLynx on May 26, 2013 at 4:02pm
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Dan, see my blog post about
That should hopefully help clear things up a bit about the cycling. You want both your ammonia and nitrite to be 0 when you add your fish. Since your nitrites are high, I would say let them fall a bit. Say wait till the nitrites fall to 1 ppm or below then perhaps dose your ammonia again then wait 24 hours and test the ammonia and nitrite to see if they are both low. Keep doing the dose then check in 24 hours and once you can dose and have both reach 0 in 24 hours, then you are good and fishlessly cycled. getting to the point where you can dose and have it fall to 0 in a day makes it far easier to know when you can get fish.
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Comment by Jim Fisk on May 26, 2013 at 11:44am
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@ Dan, oops! Keep adding it till you put the fish in as they are then the source of your ammonia.
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@Ron,If it is for ponds and the like they are never oil filled. The only ones that are are the basement type submersible sump pumps and septic pumps. Stay away from them and stay with the pumps designed for fish, ponds, etc.
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Comment by Dan Bartlett on May 26, 2013 at 11:16am
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I'm in the third week of cycling and getting exciting results, nitrites are 5+ and nitrates are between 100 and 140. Little confused on ammonia at this stage. Do you continue to add ammonia or stop and wait for it to go to zero and then the nitrites follow? Sylvia's book says your waiting for ammonia and nitrites to go to zero before adding in the fish, but then talks about once fish are added you can stop adding ammonia.
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Comment by Ron Schreiber on May 26, 2013 at 10:48am
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Bob, what pumps are they ? the oil filled pumps .
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Comment by Bob Campbell on May 26, 2013 at 10:38am
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Stay away from oil filled pumps. Epoxy sealed are way better
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Hey Ron, I like "pond" pumps as they are built TOUGH as there are trash and freeze issues in pumping pond water. Now put that in a clear water sump (located after your grow beds filter out the fish waste) and they should go unattended for years. You then need to size it to your finished system (for example ours still isn't finished but the pump is big enough for our goal size) and that means you want to turn over your fish tank water about once every hour. In a nut shell that is it. I went with a Little Giant 1200 gph but there are lots of good pumps out there.
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Tclynx, I was think that way . the cost to run it .I am planning on running 3 types of systems .1. grow beds 2. Dutch Buckets, 3. and a NFT system .not sure just what I would need for pump .
Jim, the pump is in great shape .works it also has a timer built in ...what type of pumps would be good to use for what I want to do here ..this is my first time doing this .I really like it so far .
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@Phil, hey if you took the time to make the trash can concept safer let us know and post a pic or 2. My comment was not to put it down but to point out apparent safety issues that could pop up.
Also keep in mind (I didn't bother mentioning this before but I will now) that wood gas is very explosive and done wrong could create a pretty spectacular explosion. Nothing purist about that. Ventilation and temperature are important for a variety of reasons. I have repaired very expensive commercial smokers at restaurants and you would not believe all the safety measures on them for just the reasons I mention. It's all fun and games until someone gets hurt. People often don't understand the dangers involved in backyard projects until it's too late. I make all sorts of dangerous stuff and have all my life (hey I love blowing stuff up) but you won't catch me putting them on UT for others to copy. Be safe. I was also a volunteer fireman for years and saw some pretty dumb mistakes that resulted in runs to the hospital and or death. They could have used a little "purist" advice.
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Hey Ron, if that pump is in good shape put it on Craigs list and you should have more than enough $ to buy a great pump more suited for your system. Check out pond or waterfall pumps. External pumps are great in a big commercial system but submersible pumps are better suited to small systems and a lot easier to set up. Like TC said that sucker will eat you out of house and home. Based upon your pics you need one about 1/10th that size.
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