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Started by Kimberly Irene Lewis. Last reply by Jim Edmunds Feb 20, 2017. 7 Replies 0 Likes
Hi I am new and just researching my systems before I put them in. I plan on eventually having at least one large greenhouse full of aquaponics. I Live in Virginia and where as it doesn’t get too cold…Continue
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Has anyone built a Windmill for aeration ? I am looking for plans to build a windmill and an aerator that runs off it.Continue
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So I bought a 45W photovoltaic kit from Harbor Freight which comes with its own charge controller ($139 on sale), a used deep cycle battery with 135 amp-hours, and a 1.6 amp DC pump that moves over…Continue
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Pump power load on my SAP (Solar Aquaponics) system - rough calcs: I just put the system up last week, and just put in a kill-a-watt meter on Sunday.The meter is showing 200 watt hours in 24 hours…Continue
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I don't know to be honest. I doubt it has to be green but you will probably find different tannin levels in green versus dry. In either case you will have to take your specific wood and through it in a bucket overnight to get an idea of how to dose your particular system with your wood. I'm sure either case will work. Let us know what you find out if you try it. The ph drop that I saw was pretty substantial for a small amount of wood.
Best of luck.
I am going to give it a try, does it have to be green?
A sustainable way of lowering ph. I did another experiment and took a green 3 inch oak branch and cut it into 1" slices on the chop saw. I put 6 of those into a 5 gallon bucket. After 4 hours it reduced the ph from 8.2 to 7.6. So this is definitely a way you could go, just need to get the dosage right. The tannin in the oak adds the acid very slowly leaching from the wood. I added 4 of these disks to my 400g system.
You will want to go slowly. Best of luck.
I need to expierimenmt and find a way to lower my ph
I tried an expieriment today. I put 1 dry quart of oak ash from the fire place into 5 gallons of water. After it settled ( 15 min ) the ph was over 8.8. If you need a buffer to keep ph up they oak ash works great. And if you burn wood all winter you will more then likely have plenty of it!
Has anyone incorporated a Ram Pump (Rife pump) system or perhaps microhydro system into their designs... Gravity fed system supplemented with solar/wind power if needed? FYI, I have not designed one (yet) but wanted some Engineers advice if possible... tks
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