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Hi Titus,

Like Brian said these just have a different fitting (1/2" male threads)
Don't mind the algae, this was a green water fry tank and there is plenty of green


And here are a few videos of the koi:
http://vid229.photobucket.com/albums/ee245/Stoneymahony/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_7914_zpsbbbcaaa5.mp4

http://vid229.photobucket.com/albums/ee245/Stoneymahony/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_7871_zps07f579a8.mp4

And thanks Joblow!

Hi Ryan
Thank you very much for taking the time to reply to me.

No problem Titus!

Just back from Italy and got to attend the MilanExpo2015. It's basically the worlds fair and the theme was green technology, sustainable food production and feeding the planet. Saw the worlds largest vertical forest (Bosco Verticale) and many other unique hydro vertical food walls and a few aquaponic ideas. Very inspiring to see ideas from around the world to combat hunger and increase food production in urban areas. Made some great connections and hope to get more involved in the European urban AG movement over the next year!

As you can imagine there was unbelievable food served everywhere from the tiniest shop to the nicest restaurant. Everything was delicious and you could tell the vegetables were picked freshly out of gardens, not shipped 2000 miles. The food on the plane sucked on the way there, was the best plane food EVER on the way back... It's called no processed crap or GMO ingredients. Eye opening to say the least!


I came back to an overgrown greenhouse and a bunch of tomato plants ready to explode so will put up more pictures of that soon.

Hope everyone is doing good!!!

PS: I don't think I posted this up before but here is a short YouTube clip one of my students shot last may... 1/2 is in French but it's got some good shots of my greenhouse and is worth taking a look:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=u3_rTb4RY3I

Ryan, this is such an inspiring initial report, I've just got to share it on my Facebonk page if you don't mind that is

Just read the 85 pages. Brain fried. Awesome work Ryan.

My system is showing progress, & I feel like I'm getting the hang of it. I have the goal of having my family eat completely clean by the end of next year (or hopefully sooner, especially now that my kid has some strange allergy).

Questions, if I may:

1. Are your raft trough depths identical to UVI?

2. Do you find there is much (if any) difference between using 1.5" rafts or 2" rafts?

3. Are they plumbed just like the ones at UVI (same fittings & method)?

4. Do you have any additional filtration such as filter socks before the NFT system?

5. What is the name of that purple passionfruit and how does it compare in flavor to the yellow ones? (I've never seen a purple one here in Puerto Rico, just the yellow ones).

6. I have a 600g fiberglass tank I want to turn into a filter. What is the minimum angle you would recommend for a cone on a filter?

7. When is your next (2016) engineering & design course?

Thanks,
Felix

Ryan, mate, holy shit, I am up to page 29 of this thread and it's like a novel I can't put down. So cool!
I don't know where your life and projects are up to because I'm not going to rip myself off by reading the more current posts (I want to enjoy the journey), but thanks so much for all the sharing, and I wish you the very best.
I'm sitting in an airline lounge reading your thread and feeling pissed off that I won't have Internet access during the long flight (Aust - France). Keep it up mate, you rock!

Just read this whole thread, wow! Good info.

Ryan, will you ever post specs on your system On here? Also, I'm looking at possibly attending one of your commercial seminars in 2016. Do you give out specs on your system to students?

Would like to start a commercial system just before I retire and prefer to use a well establish and successful layout. No need to fix what ain't broken.

Been thinking to purchase friendly aquaponics commercial how to guide but if yours has a how to section may reconsider

Hi Ryan,

I started reading the whole thread last week. It's been in my favourites for ages but have been putting it off as I knew it would be a long haul. Great thread and loved it. I made some notes along the way, they are below. See if there is anything on the list that you forgot about?

Hope you keep posting. I learned a lot, thanks.

Martin.

Ryan buys the property and starts building a greenhouse
Iron Man 70.3 is looming
Broken ankle, ow!
Earless Goats?
Goat butt
Two people said fractal brassica with a straight face
6 week old lettuce hiding in the fridge
Delivered a baby goat, Cindy
Allegedly wrote an article in Korean
Encouraged people to search for "water flow through orifice" on google with no thoughts as to the consequences
New business cards
Doormat tilapia
Snazzypants article on friction loss
Dude backed into your car and wanted to fight. Charlie reckons you should have hit him with your cast
4 newspaper and magazine interviews in a week
I'll be 100% operational in 4 weeks
"Due to several factors I have decided to leave my job at AES where I have been for nearly 9 years to pursue my own dream of Chatterson Farms!" - May 4th 2013
On May the Fourth be with you day!
Koi spawning
Dragon fruit flowering
First apples
Also training for Ironman Florida
Hundreds of miracle fruit right now, patience baby!
A funky looking tilapia
Hatched a lizard egg, wtf?
Fighting off raccoons
Random Caddy Shack video clip
Charlie admits his ignorance about Caddy Shack
TC is mildly allergic to tomatoes...
And Ron is allergic to pineapples?!?! (There's always one)
Short article in local paper
Plastic fork looks like an important farming implement
coachchris doesn't understand the meaning of the word "paragraph"
Ryan gets anointed as APG, short for Aquaponics God
kimocal is allegedly selling t-shirts and cookies dedicated to APG
Rupe claims he only ever says nice things. Snow storm hits hell, no one knows why.
Rupe follows up the body blow by actually saying nice things about Ryan. Scientists start questioning reality.
Ryan calls people that say he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth an "ass". The internet reels.
Ryan posts pics of Utopia, claims it's his farm
Ryan celebrates as all his freaky looking goats are pregnant. No info as to paternity.
Ryan poses in a photo with Dr. Wilson Lennard and Dr Rakocy, they are clearly photoshopped in
TC cannot get Ryan to answer if he washes his DWC rafts or not, her frustration is not helped by being 5 months pregnant
Ryan claims his goats are "Lamancha" which is a weird way to spell "Aliens"
I am finding that the forum has a major flaw - no "Like" button
Rupe misidentifies an AP legend, the shame on his family is terrible
coachcris cannot contain his mancrush and starts calling Ryan "Rhino"
TC makes salacious suggestions on how to make everything perk up while producing veggie porn, she has been farming too long...
Ron references the Monty Python Frenchman on the battlements. Totally unacceptable.
Ryan posts picture of Maui that he downloaded from the internet
Ryan getting ready to build a new greenhouse
Dasboot (Andy) discovers the thread, better late than never
coachcris: thanks rhino...stay warm over there. (Can you feel the love?)
2 weeks until goat babies arrive
Pictures of alien earless goat kids
Farm breaks even, after 9 months!
Ryan approaching the expiration of his non-compete agreement
Ryan casually mentions he also hunts for fossils
For someone with so much AP street cred he sure has a bizarre profile photo - two nostrils of some unrecognisable animal
A megolodon tooth is displayed, what is strange is his long nails in the photo
Abstract for upcoming conference: Heirloom Tomato Production Trial in a Zero Discharge Recirculating Aquaponics System, sounds gripping
Two lightning strikes, first one power out for 7 hrs, second one 1.5 hrs
Harvested 520lbs of tilapia
Off to speak at International Recirculating Aquaculture conference
Charlie decides he needs some goats
A restaurant wants all his tilapia and lots of produce
Double his profits from last year but apparently commercial AP is not possible
Ron never runs out of seagulls
Announces his first AP workshop
Stu discovers Ryan's website has been hacked
Ryan shows off an arrowhead knapped out of a beer bottle. He has too much free time but always claims to be busy
Charlie loses control and hashtags
Dasboot's wife claim he grows good looking cucumbers
Someone called Tori posted and had an actual profile photo of themselves! It was awesome to see a human being on this forum!
coachchris attended Ryan's AP seminar/workshop(?), the lovefest continues
Lots of photos of Ryan's workshop, looked great
On page 80, only 5 to go, my eyes are bleeding
Ron and coach start talking about surfing?!
Ryan discusses his raft cleaning process
Announces another workshop in November '15
Dasboot announces his trickle tower plan to the world
Dasboot and Ryan both can't remember the colour pill Neo took. Should be enough to get them kicked off the forum
Charlie offers to share a bed with Ryan, brings a whole new meaning to hands on training
Some Koi culling, in Africa culling is killing animals due to overpopulation. Not sure what Ryan does to his Koi
Ryan launches a Youtube channel
Brain Upload Complete

Martin- That was EPIC. Well done...very well done. I was rolling.

+100 from me Martin...

Thanks for the short (and humorous) version Martin. Saved me some time.

I think maybe we can have one of the moderators replace the previous 85 pages with my summary, it will save everyone a lot of time.

I think Ryan should pull the manatees out of the water and take a new profile photo!