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Dan Wulff
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- Aurora, CO
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Increasing Ammonia levels
Started this discussion. Last reply by Richard Wyman May 26, 2011. 14 Replies 0 Likes
Recently we have begun noticing rising ammonia and nitrite levels and we cannot get them to go down. We have a fair number of established plants working away at filtering and the bacteria seem to be…Continue
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- How did you find us?
- a friend
- Are you an aquaponic gardener already?
- Yes
- If so, what type of system? (pick all that apply)
- flood and drain media
- 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?
- 140 gallons
- Please tell us something else about yourself.
- My wife and I decided to take the aquaponics route to add to our food supply and reduce food costs in the long run.
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Update
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 6:12am 0 Comments 1 Like
Well folks I have given the presentation to my neighbors 6th grade class. He is a teacher in a school nearby. There were 15 kids who were amazed by the growth system. They asked a lot of good questions and during the class I noticed we have a breeding pair. Seems like more is going on in the tank than just fertilizing the water!.
All in all the kids were impressed and they took a lot of photos. They will be doing a homework assignment on their visit. I was very happy to share the idea…
ContinueI've never seen anything like this
Posted on May 10, 2012 at 6:25am 9 Comments 4 Likes
Update Aurora Colorado
May 10 2012
Recently we moved the IBC unit out into the backyard and I built a 12x20 hoop type green house around it and I am stunned and amazed at the growth of the plants. We are doing both raised dirt bed and aquaponic farming. The dirt farming is in plastic 3 gallon nursery pots and the aquaponics is in the IBC unit. We do water change outs so that we can supply the dirt side with the fish water as an additional nutrient.
I have lettuce…
ContinueIndulging the Geek in Me
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 5:51am 3 Comments 4 Likes
Hello everyone,
My name is Dan and my wife Jamie and I are new to Aquaponics. We went to a recent local "Self Reliance Expo" looking for ideas on how to do a few things to offset food and power costs. What we found was Aquaponics. While Jamie started picking the brains of the folks at the Aquaponics booth I began looking at the system and how it works. The system was made from an IBC container that had been modified to grow fish and veggies. My thought was, "Now how cool is…
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Welcome Dan,
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 get in there and start asking questions. Everyone is quite happy to help out new members – no question is too basic.
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