Backyard Aquaponics
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HI I have seen square pipes be a project for next year- might install on balcony .Getting to grips with aphids ,mites etc. Have installed incubator in the A.Q system removing hydroton stones to allow the base to penetrate the water- then replaced hydroton stones etc.- lettuce seeds covered with a plastic dome ,when plants are large enough to plant out .'Asking a question: how do you load up pictures from google plus?Cheers

Hi John

Up the top of the reply window in this forum there is a button 'Img' which does this when pressed

You put your image url into the middle
i.e.


so an image url that you copy from google images looks like this

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-OK41 ... /photo.jpg

Right click on the image and in chrome its 'copy image url' and internet explorer its 'copy image'

then paste into the image code into the middle of the img brackets

like this



The cool thing about google images is you can easily change the size with the numbers at the end of the url

.......SHRhq7DKxms/w743-h557-no/2014-03-30%2B08.32.23.jpg......

that bold bit is width and height
so you can make this smaller by just changing the w743 to w300

example

w743


w300

That was a beautiful explanation Jayendra!

Thanks ! It took me ages before I realised how to do this so I thought I'd share

Reference .Blocked holes in greenhouse to stop mice infestations -.The basil has taken quite a lot from insects -rather depleted .I shall try 2 tsp. Of baking powder to one cup of water see whether that does the trick. As for photographs I am having difficulty finding them on the computer.to download .Thanks Jayendra for download resizing pictures .

Ahh you mean on your actual Hard drive or have you uploaded them to google +?
Do you have a PC or Mac? If PC then your most probably location is my pictures or the desktop.

Hi just not able to get photographs to put on web site. I have a PC Pictures uploaded to google plus . I can see pictures ,but don' t know how to load to this web site .

So go to the picture on google + in your browser - I can see your pictures here https://plus.google.com/111674496729712 ... vQodC4IArA
then rightclick on the picture and choose 'copy picture' or 'copy image url' (depending which browser you have)

Then paste the link here with [img]at%20the%20start%20and[/img] at the end

i.e.



becomes this picture

Reference Started work on potting shed digging out foundations .Thinking about fitting I B C tank on garage roof to supply water to aquaponics system will put up trellis from garage to A.P system to hide pipes- going to make life easer .Going to reseal bottom of greenhouse to stop bugs entering .I bought a growT5 grow light makes quite a difference to the heat in G.H. small heater in sub tank -water temperature 19C .put a plastic dome over the lettuces to keep off bugs .

Not url
the one on the left of that

sorry about url try to erase but didn't work .Asking a question"do you put this website up first then go to Google to download photos "?

You don't 'download' them as such but rather point this site to the photo on google +

You can have both BYAP site and Google + site open at the same time and switch between the pages.

Press 'ctrl T' to create a new tab and you'll see two windows up the top

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Not sure that there is all that much credit due... depending on timing, people have been using that sought of design for many years without using a handle to describe it... perhaps it is a simple case of AFFNAN thinking of the same concept ..

As for people building systems, with all that plumbing and thinking, it is hard to understand why anyone would not build their own.. I think that the biggest difficulty is finding suitable reducer to act to speed up the syphon start...

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/The-elves-parrot-tropical-blood-parrot-hyperchromic-reddening-fish-food/1773720751.html

Bulkheads are now readily available, or use a UniSeal and direct feed-thru...
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Thanks Janendra for information .Going out to order slabs for workshop extension hopefully be able to get seedlings going in a controlled environment when built , away from pests -then transfer to A.P system treat with sprays to protect..Thinking of making a Perspex surround for the grow beds to ward off insects also to retain heat

Reference Insulating door to fish surround-resealing greenhouse .The autumn has arrived- so far we have had good weather -will bubble wrap the glass greenhouse to protect against frost .