Elizabeth Cedeno
Female
Palm Bay, FL
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?
- aquaponics Palm Bay Fl
- Are you an aquaponic gardener already?
- Yes
- If so, what type of system? (pick all that apply)
- raft
- How old is your system?
- Just started
- What type of fish do you grow with? (select all that apply)
- Tilapia, Other
- Please tell us something else about yourself.
- We dont have the fish yeat the system is brand new... we also will like to get prongs
Teresa N Florida
Welcome to the forum Elizabeth.
Mar 7, 2012
Julie Coates
Elizabeth I am having the same problem with water temp - course it's starting to warm up now, but I tried a lot of things over the winter with minimal success. Do you have your tanks in ground or above ground?
Apr 16, 2013
Calvin Wyatt Rodriguez
In Southern Cali. I never dreamed that temp would be the problem. A year with a functioning system, cycled well, plants extreemely productive , even had 5 females spawn. In January 1800 talipia were floatuing belly-up, the temp was 48 degrees. My tank sitting directly on the ground, just got too cold. I managed to save 30 fish ranging is size from an inch to 3 lbs. No amount of heat from the conventional immersion aquarium heaters made the slightest differance. I move the fish to a protected tank indoors, placed on a 2inch thick pad of styrofoam type of insulation, this allowed the immersion heaters( 400 watts x 2) to elevate the water to 80 degees. I am now building a rocket stove next to my outdoor system expecting to produce about 400,000 btu's of heat at "full run", Outdoor temp is still ranging from 70 degrees midday to a low of 43 degrees at night. In my moderate climate inorder to raise edible fish versus ornimentals an unanticipated input into my system is HEAT.
Good luck
Apr 16, 2013