Loretta Uriarte
Female
Stockton, CA
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 in stockton, ca
- Are you an aquaponic gardener already?
- No
- Name a part of a fish (spam blocking question)
- fin
- Please tell us something else about yourself.
- I want to build an aquaponic system and looking for people who would like to collaborate in exchange for me helping them as well.
Michael Hughes
Nice to meet you Loretta, yes, I'm still building my aquaponics system. I have built a system in my backyard that is aesthetically pleasing as well as functional. I have the planter dumps going into waterfalls into my pond. Unfortunately, my pond keeps on leaking and I have had a horrific time finding the issue. I am still troubleshooting it so I have not been able to properly plant and get my fish yet. Let me know if I can help. I'm learning on the fly like most after reading and getting Murray Hallam's teaching dvd's.
Aug 26, 2016
Michael Hughes
Winters are mild with a few below frost point nights. I built a three barrel filtration system included with the three planters. The first is a swirl filter while the other two contain media. I was thinking I will insulate and wrap the barrels with black material and maybe even add some heaters to the last two barrels. I know tilapia like warmer waters and this would also keep the plants warm as well. The system is not in a green house. Again, due to the leak I have not fully gone through a winter with the system completely up and running. Without the above measures in place, my pond which is quite deep (seven feet) still got to 50F which is too cold for tilapia.
Sep 1, 2016
Dan Vega
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https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1684507155/greenhouse-station-...
Oct 22, 2016