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Test Kits

Started this discussion. Last reply by John Cubit Sep 27, 2012. 4 Replies

I think I may have goofed in a test kit purchase. I recently purchased and API Pond Kit, first after I got home I realized it had no Nitrate solution, only pH/Ammonia/Nitrite and Phosphate, then I…Continue

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How did you find us?
referral from another website
If you found us through a referral or a newsletter, which was it?
http://www.hdaquaponics.com/
Are you an aquaponic gardener already?
Yes
If so, what type of system? (pick all that apply)
flood and drain media, vertical, combination
How old is your system?
Just started
What type of fish do you grow with? (select all that apply)
Goldfish
How big is your fish tank?
20 Gal
Please tell us something else about yourself.
I currently opened a hot sauce company called Zombie Jac's. Habanero products are our specialty and being in the North Eastern US, means we have 3 -4 months to grow all of our peppers. I turned to AP to try to get away from buying peppers from other sources so that we can more cost effectively manufacture from our own raw products.

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Take the good and the bad for what it is...

Posted on January 8, 2014 at 11:03am 1 Comment

Well all is not well in the Northeast here.  OF course with all bad news is good news so the good news is we have started clearing out the vacant home we purchased and glad to say most of the trash is gone.  Now on to the demo once the power company drops the power lines.

 

As for the bad news, these sub zero temps have taken their toll on the outdoor system.  Water pump is frozen and beds froze over.  The kale is on the way out the door due to the…

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Urban Farming and the rest of us....

Posted on February 9, 2013 at 7:05pm 2 Comments

One of the biggest things that irritates me is Urban farming. Not talking about the practice of urban farming but of the lean that urban farming in New York State is just in NYC.  It is bothersome that NYC is all that folks think of when they thing of NY State, personally the are biggest social economical baggage that the state has and the state would be better off without it.  That being said, just do some research on Urban Farming in NY State.  Even Cornell University focuses in on the…

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Strange but true.

Posted on January 9, 2013 at 6:42pm 0 Comments

A little sad and a little funny.  I was watching my fish a few hours ago and was watching them fight, as usual.  The chase of the food.. I ran out to the store and when I got home I went back to check on the pumps and tanks and the tank seemed unusually quiet and calm.  Looked down and, there was gold...another gold. another gold....and silver.  Silver?

I looked closely and noticed a tail sticking out of the pump.  I shut it off and out floated what was left of the bully fish.  Seem…

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What is going on..

Posted on September 23, 2012 at 9:34am 3 Comments

Not to sure about what is going on with my setup.  One fish died overnight and two more are on the way out.  pH is at 7.0 today but was at 9.0 last night.  Ammonia is still at 1.0 and still no sign of nitrites or nitrites.  Water temp hi is 74 low is 71.4.

Cuttings look great, made mini terrariums with old soda bottles to cover the plants, also added a neck to the siphon to raise water level to reach seeds and cuttings for the time being.  Smells a bit fishy in the tank, but then I…

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At 10:43pm on January 4, 2013, Edward E. Gato said…

Thanks for the feedback John. I hope you are wrong. Sure don't want any mice running around in my greenhouse. I found three green stink bugs last week. So I am placing a stink bug trap out in the greenhouse tonight.  Maybe I’ll get lucky and catch the little buggers. Tomorrow I’ll place out a few traps for mice just to cover all the bases.

At 10:10pm on September 26, 2012, Sylvia Bernstein said…

Welcome John!

 

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. 

 

Thanks again for joining us, and I look forward to getting to know you.

 

Sylvia 

 
 
 

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