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Were you expecting that they should have grown a foot or 2 in the day?

no i mean they don't look like droopy or suffering from overwatering

I have found that plants transition into AP quite easily, no matter how much disturbance of the root ball there is.

well my concern was that before i was using clay balls and now i just put them in the system with the potting soil. its not soaked but is damp and im just wondering if this will be any different from using anyother medium.

I wouldn't put potting soil in the system, expecting that it would remain too wet and drown the plants. I am unsure why yours is not soaked.

well only the bottom 1/4" is in the water the rest is above the water line

has anyone ever grown orchids in an ntf system? right now i have mine in seperate pots filled with hydroton that i hand water but i was wondering about placing them directly in the system

What's the general rule with orchids in relation to water(ing)?

Not nft but Google auto pot sysetm by jim far then go to orchids

Most orchids need to dry out between waterings; natural habitat is clinging to tree branches in the rainforest. I used to keep phalianopsis (sp?) and oncidiums, and watered them once per week.

That's what I thought Janet (and that would make the auto pot eminently suitable for orchids) so I'd expect nft wouldn't work for them....

Now a tower with perlite or hydroton on a timer .... fast flood and drain (due to nature of media)... might work

I was thinking some orchids might work in a flood and drain, but they'd probably appreciate it if the solids went elsewhere. There are some terrestrial orchids...hmmm.

so im planning on moving to virgnia in january and my concern is how do i transport my fish? its about an 8 or 10 hr journy anyone do this before? let me know

Eat the fish. Move them in your belly. Mmmmm mmmm goood.

Fish are routinely bagged and shipped, but the smaller they are, the better they will handle things.

How many fish, and of what size? You could use coolers with battery-operated air pumps, or get bags and Bag Buddies. I've shipped fingerlings overnight with 2/3 air, 1/3 water and Bag Buddies (tranquilizer + oxygen in tablet form.) I've also driven 8 hours with small fish in a couple inches of water at the bottom of the aquarium. (Don't slam the brakes.)

Somewhere around here, there was a thread on moving fish....maybe I'll go looking.

Here we go....Transporting Fish
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