i am concerned at the amount of solid waste that will settle on the bottom of the fish tank wont this cause the water to go bad and kill the fish
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| Author: | autonomous [ Dec 20th, '07, 16:00 ] |
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i am concerned at the amount of solid waste that will settle on the bottom of the fish tank wont this cause the water to go bad and kill the fish
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| Author: | gnash06 [ Dec 20th, '07, 16:08 ] |
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If you have a pump that can handle the solids they would most likely get pulverized when they pass through to the growbeds |
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| Author: | EllKayBee [ Dec 20th, '07, 16:46 ] |
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Auto, welcome to the forum, not sure on how you intend setting up your system but some of us have gone with venturi drains located centrally in a round tank...this removes all fish and food waste to the grow beds. These pics may give you a bit of an idea of what I mean Venturi drain parts - central down pipe and outer covering pipe Water pumped into tank to provide a swirling motion Look at 2nd picture for more clarity, bottom of tank clear of any crap Solids get sucked up and out of fish tank |
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| Author: | steve [ Dec 20th, '07, 16:56 ] |
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the fish themselves will kick up the solids and allow the pump to remove them, trust me! When i had the trout in the spa there were NO solids in there, now that the tank is fallow there is a deep layer of solids that i kick up with a net every few days. (the solids come from the main tank and settle out. |
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| Author: | KudaPucat [ Dec 21st, '07, 09:26 ] |
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'Fallow' - not a word I have heard in many a year. Do farmers even continue the practise of fallow paddocks anymore or is it all just fixed with more chemicals? |
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| Author: | Tree Beard [ Dec 21st, '07, 09:31 ] |
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yep still used and still done, chemicals are expensive and it seems can not fix everything:) Still us crop rotation, resting and all sorts of pre personal computer terms You know from like the dark ages...just before Edison lol  )
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| Author: | creative1 [ Dec 21st, '07, 09:39 ] |
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some do kp. |
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| Author: | KudaPucat [ Dec 21st, '07, 09:40 ] |
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Don't forget just preEdison and post Darkages was the candle era :-) That sort of murky half light time, when stuff got done, and bad stuff at night :-) Just enough light to make the darkness all that blacker. |
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| Author: | creative1 [ Dec 21st, '07, 09:46 ] |
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and the reason stuff was done on a moon lite night... something we forget when living in the city, the stars and moon have a greater effect when away from the lights because we can still see things at night in the bush. |
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| Author: | Tree Beard [ Dec 21st, '07, 09:47 ] |
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Ah yes in the time of Candel-arbra the high preist of the Candle era who would reccomend snuff at night so as not to sleep with a light on, thus to snuff some one out was a post natal term lol
Ok gone a bit silly no time for sleepies |
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| Author: | creative1 [ Dec 21st, '07, 09:52 ] |
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not for you guys, anyway you have an alarm for that eh! well sort of ....except they go off when they want to. hehehe 
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| Author: | Tree Beard [ Dec 21st, '07, 09:53 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Were to place the pump |
:angel13: 
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