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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 In some places I’m known for my patience in re-explaining many of the basic info needed for stable home aquaponics system design. Things like the three major functions of media filled flood and drain grow beds (actually there are more than three functions.) 1-Media filled flood and drain grow beds provide Bio-filtration 2-Media filled flood . . . → Read More: Basic Media Bed Aquaponic Design |
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