Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

Hi.
I have started my own AP system diy style on the gold coast. It has been running now for nearly 8 weeks. Would like to make contact with other AP peoples from my area.

Hi and welcome to the madness [only joking ]
8 weeks you are hooked now
Normally at this time you start planning a larger system
If living on the goldcoast I would contact this bloke Murray hallam
http://www.aquaponics.net.au/forum/sear ... hid=250063

Ty for the welcome foodandfish. I have all his video's and will be making contact shortly. I have alot of question's . Ill post some pictures tonight.

One of his videos has me in it
A visit from milne

My First AP System up and running.

About 240 Lt FT
500 Gallon/Hour canister Filter
3 x 45 Lt grow beds
1 200 watt heater set at 23 C
Gravel and expanded cray media
1 3000 Lt / hour Water pump on a timer ( 15m on 45m off )

10 gold fish
20 shrimp
4 algae eaters

As I posted on another thread gold fish are not the ideal fish for aquaponics especially if you are feeding gold fish pellets from the pet shop these are designed only to keep the fish alive that's all
You need to feed your fish commercial fish food m so they crap a lot

food&fish would it be best to feed the gold fish pellets made for perch? untill i buy some perch to stock the ap system?

Any if those commercial foods is better you may need to slowly add it to there food they like now
If the fish are small you also may need to grind it up a bit
Are you adding seasol [not power feed]

Yes im using seasol, have had to replant a few plants that seems to slow down the growth for a week or so. I have harvested the mint lime 5 times and the basil twise already. The lettus is just a trial for me and the tomatoes are also a trail.

A friend of mine has a worm farm. Every week he has to remove worm juice from the bottom tray. Is this juice a good natural fertilizer i could add to my system?

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Its been a little while since iv updated this post. Here is the new system up and running for about 3 months now.

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