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Arizona Aquaponics

Helping each other to learn and grow big nutritious plants and fish to help feed the world.

Location: Phoenix
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Latest Activity: Aug 7, 2024

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Comment by Kim Romen on July 31, 2014 at 11:45am

Matt, did u add ice from your freezer or buy a big bag from the store?  now the fans and shade are what's keeping it cool?  i need to shade the front of the system better which means going to Home Depot.  i like seeing the greenery from my kitchen window and figured i wouldn't need lots of shade if i was planting summer veggies.  even thought my tomatoes didn't make it, i didn't figure they would, my squashes rn't doing the best-not sure if due to chickens eating the ends, sun, or heat, the okra is as green as can be.  the chives are fine, too.  corn never did the greatest but got some kernals.  i need a bigger system to experiment more.  shade is gonna be more for the fish at this point, to keep the sun off the lava rock, i think.

Comment by Matt Miskinnis on July 31, 2014 at 10:12am

I got as high as 93 but I have it down to 80-82 right now and that's without having to add ice any more. 

Comment by Kim Romen on July 31, 2014 at 9:37am

first thing in the morn and my water's up to 90 degrees already.  what's the hottest folks have kept their water with the fish fairing ok?

Comment by Kim Romen on July 31, 2014 at 9:36am

that's great cuz it might take different avenues to scare birds.  the fans might even work on insect control to some point!

Comment by Matt Miskinnis on July 31, 2014 at 12:23am

that's cool.  You can do all kinds of things with these sensors - alarms, noises etc.. that's why I like to play around with them.  Even get into basic robotics.  It all comes down to what you want to do.

Comment by Kim Romen on July 31, 2014 at 12:16am
Comment by Kim Romen on July 31, 2014 at 12:11am

Matt, if that is a hobby of yours, sure i'd love to have more direction.  a pond guy told me to get a sensor and hook it up to a radio.  i guess it depends on the bird or animal cuz the pigeons in my backyard don't seem to be scared of much.  seems that we'd need more than one sensor for even a small system, one for each side. 

Comment by Matt Miskinnis on July 30, 2014 at 6:46pm

here is a link to what I was thinking.  Imagine the motor having ribbons on it when a bird or something triggers the motion sensor.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJfnMMq0Q38

Comment by Matt Miskinnis on July 30, 2014 at 6:35pm

Hey Kim, I'd probably do the wind sock out of all of them, I wouldn't mess with any type of chemical just to be on the safe side.  Since I'm blowing a 12 volt fan on my plants right now putting up the wind sock (or simply just making you're own) would work fine.  The thing I was mentioning was more about my second hobby - using microprocessors and sensors to do automation things, and applying it to my first hobby aquaponics (nice to be able to mingle both hobbies) like adding the water temp sensor to check the water temp over the net, and to also email me when the water gets to warm or cold.

Comment by Kim Romen on July 30, 2014 at 6:03pm

matt, i figured someone who does ponds must have built a motion sensor unit to scare away birds so i looked on amazon.  check this out:

http://www.amazon.com/Contech-CRO101-Scarecrow-Activated-Sprinkler/...

or how about a windsock to blow in the wind made by your fan;

http://www.amazon.com/Spiral-Rainbow-Column-Windsock-40/dp/B000LZDA...

not too much wind in AZ but for $10 a couple reviews said it worked for them. 

this stuff got great ratings.  anyone guess how it'd do in AP?  would any chemicals get into the system if it rained?

http://www.amazon.com/Tanglefoot-300000703-Bird-Repellent-Caulking/...

 

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