Duck-A-Ponic Update

Originally posted by TCLynx on AGC, Oct 22, 2010

Sorry no pictures today but I just want to share a little update about my duck system.

First a refresher.The duck system is based on a 7 foot dia, 2 foot deep galvanized stock tank that a neighbor got for free and dropped off to us. . . . → Read More: Duck-A-Ponic Update

Ducks on a roof top, bloop bloop bloop, what shale I do with all this poop.

Originally posted by TCLynx on AGC, Oct 10, 2010

So, the young muscovy ducklings have learned to fly, well at least the females have.

I came out of the house last night and found the three females of the latest clutch up on the roof snacking on the banana leaves.

They are . . . → Read More: Ducks on a roof top, bloop bloop bloop, what shale I do with all this poop.

TCLynx 300 gallon systemBuilding a completely new system with experience

Originally posted by TCLynx on AGC, June 18, 2010

Now I feel a little out of order here since I realize that I probably haven’t done a very good job of describing my main system or any of my other systems on this site. (The main system’s story is a bit long and I don’t . . . → Read More: TCLynx 300 gallon systemBuilding a completely new system with experience

Fishless cycling

Originally posted by TCLynx on AGC, June 4, 2010

Here is the basic of fishless cycling in a nutshell so to speak.

Dose system to an ammonia level between 1 and 2 ppm then wait and test till ammonia levels start dropping. If the ammonia levels drop below 1 ppm and the nitrite level is . . . → Read More: Fishless cycling

How it all Started 7, Fish feeders 1

In Search of an Aquaponics fish feeder

Demand Feeders

Game feeder

This starts my saga in search of an Aquaponics fish feeder solution. Having looked in catalogs for feeders that are used at fish farms, I decided most of them were way to $$ so I thought to search for cheaper solutions. . . . → Read More: How it all Started 7, Fish feeders 1

How it all Started 6, The Importance of Tank Covers

They say a picture is worth 1000 words, so how bout 2000?

mulch coated Fish

spray and measure dead fish

This is my second fish death. First fishaside or jumper. Now who says catfish don’t jump?

Likely exit point

landing location

And the space the fish managed . . . → Read More: How it all Started 6, The Importance of Tank Covers

How it all Started, 5 Pump choices

Another Aquaponics disaster strikes when on April 19, 2008 the pump quit working. Now this was an old above ground pool pump that the Cook’s (The cook is my other half and we call him the cook because he is a great one) parents gave us when they quit bothering to fix their above ground . . . → Read More: How it all Started, 5 Pump choices

How it all Started 4, expansion, Waterfall

Well the Big Aquaponics System design could not stay the same for long. Time for an expansion with a waterfall tank. The other half picked up this rectangular Galvanized tank at the flea market. I’ll have to line it since galvanized metal is not safe for fish but I can manage that.

Galvanized-Tank

. . . → Read More: How it all Started 4, expansion, Waterfall

How it all started 3 First fatality

When doing Aquaponics, everyone must occasionally kill a fish.

My first fish Fatality. The smallest little catfish got sucked up against the pump intake.

First fish Fatality due to pump

I had a mesh bag around the suction bottom drain but it was tipped slightly up at and angle enough that the small . . . → Read More: How it all started 3 First fatality

Workshop Dec 11/12, 2010

A workshop to get some hands on AP experience expanding my 300 gallon Aquaponics system. It currently has 3, 100 gallon grow beds and I’m going to add 3 more. This system uses an Aquaponics Indexing Valve, this will allow me to have 600 gallons of grow bed without running my fish in a 300 . . . → Read More: Workshop Dec 11/12, 2010