Ernest Fields
Judsonia, AR
United States
Profile Information:
- How did you find us?
- Search engine (Google)
- If you found us through a search engine, what search words were you using?
- Aqquaponics
- Are you an aquaponic gardener already?
- No
- If so, what type of system? (pick all that apply)
- NFT
- How old is your system?
- Just started
- What type of fish do you grow with? (select all that apply)
- Tilapia, Other
- How big is your fish tank?
- 300 gallon
- Please tell us something else about yourself.
- Just getting started
Nate Storey
Thanks Ernest. Yeah, I've been having some deaths the last few months- I have around 200 lbs in each of my 485 gal. tanks which is WAY overstocked, but I'm waiting to move to my new system and I don't want to cull to many! I'll just let the weak ones die off until I can move them into a larger, more spacious system where they'll be happier.
Apr 16, 2012
Nate Storey
Thanks Ernest, my BSA is extremely high and my ammonia conversion rates are 100%. It's mostly just stress right now, and the fact that most of my fish are in the 3-5 lb range.
Apr 17, 2012
Nate Storey
Hi Ernest,
Yes, I have some common carp. I'm groing mostly tilapia. I would never recommend anyone run more than 0.25 lbs per gallon in an aquaponic system. I don't have gill parasites that I've noticed.
the towers I use are my design (zipgrow.com). they work really well for what I do.
Thanks for the comments!
Apr 17, 2012