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Comment by Miriam Badou on October 12, 2013 at 7:57pm

I was wondering if anyone out there is starting there plantings from seed. I have tried to grow many different plants from seed to save money but I am ahving no luck. Any suggestions?

Comment by Dr. George B. Brooks, Jr. on October 12, 2013 at 1:25pm

Just wondering but what are you using the glue for? Different glues for different purposes.

Comment by John Malone on October 12, 2013 at 12:05pm

My vote is with GE Type I 100% silicone.

In the extensive research I did I found that it's almost the 'standard' for the aquarium crowd.  Ignore the warning on the back stating "Not suitable for aquariums".  That's there to avoid lawsuits...

Dirt cheap too, and readily available at the big box hardware stores.

Comment by Marcus Asevedo on October 12, 2013 at 10:49am

@Jim

Thanks for doing the leg work. I was talking to some other people and they told me i could use GE %100 Silicon waterproof without mold killer and it will be safe. I do a lot of home repairs on rentals and happen to have a fresh tube in the garage so i used it. If anyone else has had a bad experience with it plz let me know.

Comment by Jim Troyer on October 12, 2013 at 9:26am

@ Marcus:

You'll want to use aquarium silicon around the fish.  I just researched this for myself last night as I'm restoring an aquarium.  On the WEB - PetSmart shows a 10 oz caulk gun size for ~$10;  Home Despot has DAP 2.8 oz for $4.97 and bLowes has the same product for $3.98

thanks Sunset

Comment by sunset on October 12, 2013 at 12:27am

@Jim   In case you missed your little guys, here they are...4 months old    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NueTPjO6L4

Comment by sunset on October 12, 2013 at 12:08am

@Randy:  pretty cool.  Knowing the surface area of exposed water easily can be translated into daily volume losses.   

Comment by Randy Mann on October 11, 2013 at 6:29pm

Ok Sunset I am going to give your evaporation question a shot.  I am taking a turf class at MCC and our instructor showed us a pretty cool site. You know what they say about having a little knowledge so if I get this wrong someone chime in. Your looking for evapotranspiration rate...that is

evaporation + transpiration = evapotranspiration

If you live in AZ you can find the daily rate of evapotranspiration by googling:

AZMET-

http://ag.arizona.edu/azmet/

click on Data Access-

click on Phoenix Greenway (or pick a station close to your location)-

click on Daily 2013 in the Standard Reports Chart-

scroll to the bottom it will be yesterdays date (because today is not done yet)

look for AZMET REF. Evapotranspiration   .23inches 

As I understand it,  that number means to replace the amount of water lost due to evapotranspiration you would have to water .23 of an inch

Comment by Marcus Asevedo on October 11, 2013 at 11:14am

Can someone give me a recommendation on what a good marine glue is locally?

Comment by David Schwinghamer on October 10, 2013 at 9:34pm

Ok guys and gals, visit my new page "Arizona Aquaponics Store and list all your stuff, products, services, classes, electronics, free stuff, whatever.

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