Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

Matt, even with quality seedling plugs from Australias leading hydroponic supplier... I could barely, even with optimum conditions... get a lettuce to harvest in 4 weeks....

Yeah,
it is a bold statement to be able to harvest a lettuce in 3-4 weeks. I've just planted some seedlings lettuce and I'll keep and eye on them as to there growth.

Regards
Matt

i think the quickest ive had is abotu 6, but i was eating leaves (not many) from about 3-4 onwards

We managed to get lettuce to harvest at 4 weeks, but they were large seedlings when they went in and perhaps they weren't full commercial size, if there is such a thing...

so i got sick of seeing empty GBs, and went out and bought some rainbow chard, eggplants and coricnader, mint etc to fill them in

dicovered a red jealepeno this am, didnt even know they went red??? also my tobasco schillis have been going red as i havent been picking them much, too scared to try one but i rekon the red's will be bloody hot

im graduating tonight but will post pics ASAP

Do you get to wear the funny hat?

I'll have a coldy for ya, well done

YAY freoboy, congrats on your graduation have an awesome night!
Yeah - did the same thing ourselves the other day... when you have 21 beds and only 4 have anything in them... you get sick of seeing gravel

Bought a Thai chilli when we went shopping... not game to try them yet either until we find someone whose tried them before us gorgeous colours though... red, pink, purple, orange...

I think our chilli aversion is from residual sibling scarring tho... have a sister who reckons its hillarious to put those little habanero (sp) chillis in peoples salads and see the reaction... cruel

Sounds like its going great... and cant wait to see the pics!!!

Thanks guys:) just graduating from my bsc today, still got a year of honours to go

Here's some pics, firstly of a abf I just whacked together to help the fish out now they're getting big (700gm )


It'd filled with these little suckers

Plants

Crappy light I know, sorry
small barra

nah not smart enough . . .yet

i used some seasol as a dye to see the flow in my ABF . . here a vid

Yo Freo! Many congratulations on graduating, even though you still ahve to go to school for another year Wear the hat, for me the moment of realization came when they asked us to move our tassels to the left, heady stuff when four years of hard work culminates in a simple shiting of one's headgear.

The ABF, air bio filter? looks great, I made one myself too last night but nowhere near as neatly as you've done, would love to see a close up of what you did in the bottom of it.

And more importantly, the media you're using in there looks like standard aquarium ceramic rings, the kind they use in canister filters, is that what they are? I've been considering using them in AP but I though as they were ceramic, therefore marble/limestone based they would throw my pH off, do you know something I don't know?

Thanks Abdul, didn't get to wear a hat but it's good to have the but if paper:)

Dishy even think about the ceramic and ph... My ph Sita on about 6.4 sonill let you know if it changes

I'll put some pics of the bottom grill up tomorrow /)