New System

300 gallon tower system. I started working on the prototype less than a week ago.

So I planned this system around 10 Zipgrow towers and a 410 gallon fish tank with about 300 gallons of water in it. This is something of a “CHOP 2” type system where the fish tank overflows directly to a . . . → Read More: New System

New Products

Announcing access to an array of new products. I was after one particular product but I figured I could allow people to look for others they might want as well. There is but one note I will make, I have only personally tested one of these products and it will be posted in the products . . . → Read More: New Products

Salt for fish Health

So, I realized I need to get some numbers on here to help those who don’t think in metric to figure out how much salt to use per gallon and so on. Salt can help protect fish a little from nitrite so having 1 ppt of salt in a system during initial cycle up is . . . → Read More: Salt for fish Health

Cycling up a new system

So you have built an Aquaponics system and water is circulating through it. So now what should you do?

This starts the period of what we call cycling up an Aquaponics system. It can be done with fish or fishlessly. I am a big fan of fishless cycling since it removes most of the stress . . . → Read More: Cycling up a new system

Pump Sizing

So you are designing an aquaponics system but how do you figure out what pump size to use? There are some simple minimum rules of thumb that can help. For media bed aquaponics design it is generally recommended to pump at least the volume of your fish tank each hour (and I usually pump more . . . → Read More: Pump Sizing

Chard Chips

Ok I’ve heard of Kale chips before but I don’t have that much kale growing. We do have a huge crop of chard though.

Today I picked several big leaves and washed them, removed the big main rib. Then spun them. Finally cut them into chip size pieces and threw into a bag. To the . . . → Read More: Chard Chips

Florida Homestead Laws

Ok this isn’t about Homestead tax exemption. It’s about something in the Florida constitution. Florida laws do much to protect an owner occupied homestead from force-able sale. There are only three types of liens that can attach to a owner occupied homesteaded property (again this requires filling out a form separate from the homestead tax . . . → Read More: Florida Homestead Laws