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I started messing around with tilapia 2006-2010

2010 - the end of july i had to take  my system down

i am currently trying to get a piece of property to set up a scaled system.

basickly i dont have a system that is running

but i want to share my last 4 years with aquaponics

with members.......

 

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I have a 2 inch brown praying mantis show up on my indoor system 4 days ago. good job they are great benificial insects!
 
Francois Lemmer said:

I found this pray mantes on my window sill and put him into my plant area...
He has stayed around for +-8 days now and he has been doing an excellent job of the aphids....him all on his own
I was using a very weak soup solution for the aphids before...slightly burning the plant leaves but....had/have to get rid of them...
I found the perfect solution....and it works/////

Really an eye opener

Hi all
update on plants and fish
very cold now…water temps +-12-16 deg Celsius
Morning temps inside the tunnel are +-10 deg
The fish are still eating but halve of what they did a month ago….
I find they are more eager for worms in the cold temps…
I have been feeding them a good helping of worms almost
Every day since the low temps.
As far as the plants ……
All I have been doing is spraying the plants with brewed worm tea….
What left of the 5 litres I add into the system?
I use +- 8 full hands of castings in 5 l water and brew for +-12-20 hrs.
And then feeding the fish pellets and the worms
?

update on plants

the lettices grow over the sides so i have been feeding the bottom leaves to the worms

my spacing far to small for lettice

the same old basil...some still look ok

the swiss chard...looks ok

 

the same old......

i find these two camping out inside the tunnel almost every day..even cloudy days...max +- 20-24 deg/cel inside tunnel

nice and warm.

 

Hi All
Over this last month I have stopped adding anything to this system
No iron Epson salt calcium bananas…nothing,
the only thing I have been using is worm tea. (Brewed)
The plants look ok?????
The PH stays around 6.8…I have oyster shells in the system pump sump
Alkalinity 100
Total Hardness 250
Temps are cold and only +-5 hours sun a day...
Fish are happy
Hoping that I can grow the/some plants and keep fish happy by adding nothing
And only using the tea
Let’s see where this takes me.

I cut the celery today and added 10 new lettuce seedlings to the system...
This is 2 3rds I gave other away before the photo

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