Weather tracking

Ok, just letting everyone know that I have now added another page into the live garden cameras section. It is a weather page. I’ve managed to get a weather station talking to my old computer and now I’m working on getting that to upload information to the web site. It is a work in progress . . . → Read More: Weather tracking

Redundancy vs Complexity

Is adding another pump to a system to supplement aeration adding to the complexity and failure points in a system or is it adding redundancy to protect your system in case of some other failure?

Some where not too long ago I saw some one stating that they wouldn’t want to add another pump to . . . → Read More: Redundancy vs Complexity

More Tech Frustration

So I got some CCTV stuff so that I might be able to add more cameras. However, so far as I can tell, all the CCTV set ups seem to only let you access the images by logging into a secure site through internet explorer with Active X enabled and all that junk.

I want . . . → Read More: More Tech Frustration

Tilapia Domestic Violence, breeding

This is a follow up to my article about keeping tilapia from breeding.

So now that we have talked about how to stop the fish from breeding, how do you get them to breed when you want them to. I’ve read where people will put two females into a 50 gallon aquarium with one male . . . → Read More: Tilapia Domestic Violence, breeding

Keeping Tilapia from Breeding

Some one asked about breeding fish not too long ago and I realized I haven’t yet talked much about breeding tilapia. Breeding tilapia is easy and the normal question that follows is how do I keep them from breeding? This can be a blessing or a curse in aquaponics so it is best to do . . . → Read More: Keeping Tilapia from Breeding

Indexing Valves for Constant Height in Fish tank

I’ve had a few people ask about doing constant height in Fish tank systems with Aquaponics indexing/sequencing valves lately.

Doing constant height in fish tank (CHIFT) with an indexing valve does require a slight modification of thinking. There are ways to do it but I don’t think I would recommend doing it with only one . . . → Read More: Indexing Valves for Constant Height in Fish tank

2011 catfish group order

This is posted on Aquaponic Gardening

I’m getting ready to get an order of catfish to quarantine. Since my systems can handle the minimum order and the 300 gallon system will be able to handle quarantine of a fairly large number of small fish I am offering to get a larger order than I need . . . → Read More: 2011 catfish group order

Sump Tank

What is a Sump tank and why do people use them?

This is a common question I’ve seen in aquaponics forums. There are a few possible reasons for using a sump tank but they are primarily a plumbing device and water level fluctuation control device.

For instance, in an aquaponics system design, if your grow . . . → Read More: Sump Tank

New additions to site

Announcing some new additions to the web site.

I’ve added the Live Web Cam pages and Duck TV has been live for a few days. I will be adding more pages as I get more cameras up online.

I am also adding more information pages to Aquaponics In Detail as a sub page of Aquaponics . . . → Read More: New additions to site

Solenoid Valves

Originally posted by TCLynx on AGC, Sept 25, 2010

I want to make everyone aware that those inexpensive solenoid valves like used for irrigation are not necessarily the simple way to control water flow to grow beds.

See those solenoid valve require a certain amount of water pressure to operate properly. If there isn’t enough . . . → Read More: Solenoid Valves