Michael Quinones
Male
Newberry, FL
United States
Profile Information:
- How did you find us?
- other
- If you found us through a referral or a newsletter, which was it?
- A customer
- Are you an aquaponic gardener already?
- Yes
- If so, what type of system? (pick all that apply)
- flood and drain media, raft
- 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?
- 275 & 2 - 700 gallon stock tanks
- Please tell us something else about yourself.
- We have a Real Estate Office, Classic Properties Realty Services, and an Insurance Office, Spring Hill Insurance Group, both in Gainesville, Florida, that's our day job's. We are Hobby farmers we keep about 100 goats, 6 Herd Guard Dogs, also Bee Keepers, 7 Bee Hives, 4 Horses. We make our own wine, about 30 gallons a year with our own Grown Muskedine Grapes and Mead using our own harvested Honey. We have a Hoop house / Green House for our grow out tanks one 275 and two 700 gallon stock tanks to grow out Tilapia. We have 25 half totes and 11 half barrel's as grow beds. I'm using expanded shale in the grow beds fortunately I located some here in Gainesville.
Teresa N Florida
Hey Michal. Saw you're looking to use 1/2 barrels for grow beds. I travel US Hwy 19 alot. Several odd places have them, (Feed stores, hunting, and archery shops). Average price from Tallahassee to Inglis is about $18 a barrel.
Cheapest place I've found is in Perry, found him on Craigslist.
Dec 1, 2011
M D Fowler
i live in gainesville also. i would like to see more of you system, do you have pix?
Mar 6, 2012
Teresa N Florida
Hi Michael. Glad to see you're doing good with moving your system along.
Need to get some pictures up!
Sep 27, 2012