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Comment by Maynhia Stott on February 22, 2012 at 8:11am

Someone asked abt IBC water tank in the Wed. class. I found this on craigslist, that's the cheapest price I've ever found.

http://phoenix.craigslist.org/wvl/grd/2864512336.html

Comment by Maynhia Stott on February 22, 2012 at 7:52am

There's someone on craigslist selling tilapia frys in big quantity I think around 500 a batch. Just wanted to let you know in case some of you need some and might want to get in together to buy them cause... that's a lot for one person! here's the link

http://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/grd/2854140549.html

Comment by Maynhia Stott on February 22, 2012 at 7:47am

Dave Story, I've had problem with leaks in the grow beds but it's all fixed... I hope today will be my last testing day. Plumbing seems to be working well except for one section where the water flow gets slower from one grow bed to another. I believe it's because of gravity since it flows from underneath one table to the top of the other. I might have an idea of how to fix it so i'll try today. If anyone have any suggestions, all are welcome. 

Dave Sch, I have been putting off my microgreens but seems that the weather is getting nicer so I think I'll start this week or next. I'll use the technique that local root is using.

Dave this is what I'm thinking for your birthday. we all meet at your place to have some yummy food then we carpool for the tour and meet at your place again for some yummy dessert. what do you think?

Comment by Sheri Schmeckpeper on February 22, 2012 at 7:14am

Jon Parr posted this about tilapia food in another group:
"I feed my tilapia rabbit pellets; very cheap, sustainable, locally available everywhere at every feed store, and seems to be a whole food for tilapia. Once they get used to it, they prefer it over aquamax 4000. I recently graduated a batch of fry and fed them a mix of rabbit feed and AM4000. At first, they went for the AM4000, maybe because of the protein, or maybe because it floats and fry prefer to hang out up top. Within a few days, 1" fry actually began to go for the sinking rabbit feed first. Now at 4" long, they are my fastest growing batch I've ever raised, and the ratio is 90/10 rabbit pellets to AM4000. Be warned, rabbit feed produces a lot of mulm, and a good pump is needed to keep it cleaned. Worms in the growbed go ape over the mulm and any uneaten food, so all good. It's very rich in nitrogen, so make sure your biofilter can handle it, and you have plenty of heavy drinking plants to pull nitrates."

I thought it was an interesting idea, given the conversations we've had about food. I haven't done any research yet, but I thought I'd share & get others' thoughts.

Comment by Sheri Schmeckpeper on February 21, 2012 at 8:54pm

No, I haven't. Maybe someone else might have ideas. They don't need the nutrients and I don't know how you'd separate them from the media. That said, remember that "Portaponics" system I brought to class with Virgil the fish in it? If it had clean water and a lid, no media in the top and no Virgil in the bottom, it could be set to automatically rinse 2-3 times/day.  :)

Comment by David Schwinghamer on February 21, 2012 at 7:00pm

Anyone out there grow any type of sprouts aquaponically, Im on a real juicing kick these days and want to know how to grow sprouts better.

Comment by Holly Curtis on February 21, 2012 at 3:12pm

Vials.  I will test the Mesa water.   

Comment by Dave & Yvonne Story on February 21, 2012 at 1:31pm

cool

Comment by Sheri Schmeckpeper on February 21, 2012 at 1:03pm

Dave, you're on for the poultry class. Given the weekend, we're thinking about painting the letters, "IRS" on each bird. It might be therapeutic.

Comment by Sheri Schmeckpeper on February 21, 2012 at 1:01pm

Holly, are you using test strips or the vials? Test strips are not so hot. If numbers were higher after changing, you might want to test your source water. You don't want to add problems. :)

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