Paul Ellinghuysen

Male

Hudson, FL

United States

Profile Information:

How did you find us?
a friend
Are you an aquaponic gardener already?
Yes
If so, what type of system? (pick all that apply)
raft, I have a1300 gal water garden with 50 or so fish.Iam now in the construction phase of building 4 troughs that will be floatingplants a raft.The food for the plants will be coming from the water garden. ILL also be running afeed line to my hydro stacker system
How old is your system?
Just started
What type of fish do you grow with? (select all that apply)
Tilapia
How big is your fish tank?
water garden 1300 gallons

Comment Wall:

  • Sylvia Bernstein

    Hi Paul

    Thanks for joining the Aquaponic Gardening community! I hope you find it a fun place to explore aquaponics. There is a real blend of experienced and new aquapons in this community, so please don’t hesitate to join in. Always thrilled to have experienced growers join us – please post some photos of your system!

    A great place to start is to read the How to Use This Site link on the upper right corner, “Start Here” section of the Main page.

    Thanks again for joining us, and I look forward to getting to know you.

    Sylvia

    Oct 16, 2010

  • David Hart

    Hi Paul, Sorry I took so long to get back to you. If I don't do something right away, I tend to forget. Being sick has helped either....yuck.

       I have a bucket heater in my main tank. It's a 1000 watts....sold at Tractor supply. I'm using a timer on it....saving up for a tempt controller.

       I also have 2 - 300 watt heaters...one in the sump...one in a nursery tank tied into the main tank.

       I cover the fish tank and nursery tanks with blankets. I place styrofoam over the sumps too.

       On really cold nights, I stop the flow into the growbeds. I do have water pumping into the main tank, it goes out the overflows, back to the sump(s).

        I haven't done any tours (yet)...I really wanted to get more done first. You might ask TC Lynx...she has a very nice set up and I know she enjoys showing it to people.

    Merry Christmas and have a Happy New Years !

    David

     

    When it's really cold

    Dec 20, 2010

  • David Hart

    Hi Paul, I was on facebook earlier. The ladies at Green AcresOrganicshas their AP set up finished and was offering tours. They are a heck of alot closer then TCLynx or myself .

    Their system is a commercial raft set up,  based on Friendly's in HI.

     

    Have a great day.

    Dec 20, 2010

  • David Hart

    This is the heater I got. I had Tractor supply bring one in, to my local store from up north...

    http://www.tractorsupply.com/livestock/livestock-equipment/stock-ta...

    I use this timer....the colder it is, the more I have it on (mostly at night)....

    http://www.homedepot.com/Outdoors-Outdoor-Lighting-Timers/h_d1/N-5y...

     

    This is what I'd really like to have to controll the tempts.....maybe Santa will bring me one  :-)....

    http://www.homebrewers.com/c=Gpm99VQQJzvmRNjSVVbRAqJMZ/product/FE61...

     

     

    Dec 21, 2010

  • Michelle Silva

    Hi Paul,

    Oh no, I'm sorry, I never saw this post! I used coco coir and perlite but think it gets too saturated..I'm now trying pea gravel and others with some expanded slate that I used in some of the bottom pots in the vertical towers.

    What did you decide to go with? Do you recirculate the verticals back? I would love to see pics of your set up. I'm going to see if you have any up..

    Feb 20, 2011

  • B. Pearcy

    Thanks for the recipe.

    Feb 27, 2011

  • TCLynx

    You are welcome.

    I'm glad they made it home safe.

    May 18, 2011