⚠️ This forum has been restored as a read-only archive so the knowledge shared by the community over many years remains available. New registrations and posting are disabled.

View unanswered posts | View active topics It is currently Mar 19th, '26, 17:25 


Portal » Board index » Aquaponic Discussions » Members Systems

All times are UTC + 8 hours




Post new topic Reply to topic  Page 21 of 31
  [ 457 posts ]  Go to page Previous  1 ... 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 ... 31  Next
  Previous topic | Next topic 
Author Message
DanDMan
 Post subject: Re: Scottie's system
PostPosted: Feb 26th, '08, 21:56 
A posting God
A posting God
User avatar

Joined: Sep 4th, '07, 04:16
Posts: 2475
Location: Texas
Gender: Male
Are you human?: YES
Location: Texas 75703
I get poetic revenge on worm and locust in my system. I go through the grow bed and pick all the worms off from under the leaves that I can find and feed them to my chickens. Then I eat them in the form of eggs :twisted:
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
    Advertisement
 
Outbackozzie
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Feb 27th, '08, 05:42 
Seriously, this cant be healthy.
Seriously, this cant be healthy.
User avatar

Joined: Oct 11th, '07, 19:43
Posts: 6687
Gender: Male
Are you human?: Not at 3 am :(
Location: Kalgoorlie
Give them one spray with dipel, and then cover them with a net.
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
scottie
 Post subject: Re: Scottie's system
PostPosted: Mar 1st, '08, 14:12 
Bordering on Legend
Bordering on Legend
User avatar

Joined: May 26th, '07, 17:54
Posts: 406
Gender: Male
Location: Sydney
Hmmmmm, my fishies are behaving strangely.

They're not coming to the surface to feed very much. But when the feed starts sinking they attack it when it sinks ~20cm or so. Usually they attack the feed as soon as it hits the water.

Water temperature has dropped to ~16 deg C (in the middle of frickin' Summer!), maybe that has something to do with it?

edit: aahhh ... just realised it is the last day of Summer! :)
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
steve
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Mar 1st, '08, 15:27 
Site Admin
Site Admin
User avatar

Joined: Mar 22nd, '06, 00:28
Posts: 12757
Location: Melbourne, Victoria
Gender: Male
Are you human?: YES- kinda
Location: Melb Vic OZ
silvers?

sounds about right
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
scottie
 Post subject: Re: Scottie's system
PostPosted: Mar 3rd, '08, 15:41 
Bordering on Legend
Bordering on Legend
User avatar

Joined: May 26th, '07, 17:54
Posts: 406
Gender: Male
Location: Sydney
Thanks Steve, good to know.

Today my new digital camera arrived (for winning the AP photocomp)! :)


Attachments:
mysystem.jpg [170.48 KiB]
Downloaded 584 times
tankview.jpg [174.69 KiB]
Downloaded 583 times
File comment: A happy little cricket in the AP jungle.
cricket.jpg [132.69 KiB]
Downloaded 584 times
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
scottie
 Post subject: Re: Scottie's system
PostPosted: Mar 3rd, '08, 15:49 
Bordering on Legend
Bordering on Legend
User avatar

Joined: May 26th, '07, 17:54
Posts: 406
Gender: Male
Location: Sydney
More pics from my new camera.


Attachments:
File comment: Caterpillar heaven!
gb4.jpg [166.14 KiB]
Downloaded 580 times
cycling.jpg [173.66 KiB]
Downloaded 578 times
File comment: Happy little fishies! (SP and a few comets.) PVC pipe is 90mm diameter.
fishies.jpg [113.28 KiB]
Downloaded 584 times
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
scottie
 Post subject: Re: Scottie's system
PostPosted: Mar 3rd, '08, 15:53 
Bordering on Legend
Bordering on Legend
User avatar

Joined: May 26th, '07, 17:54
Posts: 406
Gender: Male
Location: Sydney
Non AP piccies.


Attachments:
File comment: Chookies.
chookies.jpg [189.99 KiB]
Downloaded 574 times
File comment: Lizzy
lizzy.jpg [145.37 KiB]
Downloaded 581 times
File comment: Seedlings in the greenhouse - not sure if they'll end up in AP or soil yet.
seedlings.jpg [167.86 KiB]
Downloaded 583 times
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
scottie
 Post subject: Re: Scottie's system
PostPosted: Mar 3rd, '08, 15:55 
Bordering on Legend
Bordering on Legend
User avatar

Joined: May 26th, '07, 17:54
Posts: 406
Gender: Male
Location: Sydney
I transplanted some strawberry runners into the AP system several weeks ago, but they are not looking good - anyone know what's wrong?


Attachments:
sickstrawberries.jpg [191.32 KiB]
Downloaded 578 times
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
EllKayBee
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Mar 3rd, '08, 16:06 
Seriously, this cant be healthy.
Seriously, this cant be healthy.
User avatar

Joined: Aug 21st, '06, 16:07
Posts: 5323
Location: Brisbane
Gender: Male
Think there might be a minor problem with that camera mate, send it up to me and I'll get it fixed for ya (no charge) :D
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
Food&Fish
 Post subject: Re: Scottie's system
PostPosted: Mar 3rd, '08, 16:16 
Seriously, this cant be healthy.
Seriously, this cant be healthy.
User avatar

Joined: Aug 24th, '06, 19:46
Posts: 6604
Location: sunbury
Gender: Male
Are you human?: no
Location: sunbury
Looks like you have planted the strawberrys to deep [the crowns need to be above the gravel
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
slane
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Mar 3rd, '08, 19:25 
Newbie
Newbie

Joined: Dec 14th, '07, 08:11
Posts: 38
Location: SA
Gender: Male
janetpelletier wrote:
Could you put a fine netting over the pak choi to keep the butterflies from laying their eggs?


Net curtains from the op shop works for me!
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
faye
 Post subject: Re: Scottie's system
PostPosted: Mar 3rd, '08, 20:51 
Moderator
Moderator
User avatar

Joined: Jan 11th, '07, 14:20
Posts: 6449
Location: Perth
Gender: Female
Location: Jandakot
Nice pics Scottie, looks like the camera went to a good home.
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
Live Beyond
 Post subject: Re: Scottie's system
PostPosted: Mar 4th, '08, 05:04 
Legend Member
Legend Member
User avatar

Joined: Apr 27th, '06, 11:44
Posts: 514
Location: Melbourne
Gender: Male
Location: Melbourne
Scottie

My silvers go off food when the temp drops too. i stop feeding them for a day or two and the hunger comes back real hard :evil:
Great photos of the system. It has come along nice.
LB
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
scottie
 Post subject: Re: Scottie's system
PostPosted: Mar 16th, '08, 09:27 
Bordering on Legend
Bordering on Legend
User avatar

Joined: May 26th, '07, 17:54
Posts: 406
Gender: Male
Location: Sydney
An update.

Generally, the system is going very well. The water in the tank is not as clear as it used to be - it's a little bit murky but I don't know why. What should I look for?

I cut back on feed quantity for a couple of days (thinking that the murkyness might clear up) but that didn't help. All it did was make the fish hungrier, so now they are back to full rations. :)

I discovered that there are quite a lot of roots at the bottom of each standpipe. I don't know what from. When I pulled out a whole Pak Choy, the roots are only ~10cm long. The gravel is ~40cm deep! :shrug:

Been harvesting LOTS of Pak Choy.The caterpillars eat about as much as we do, & the aphids are now joining in. The Pak Choy is starting to bolt (go to seed) with the recent hot weather.

LKB - ha ha very funny! :)
F&F - I think you might be right about having planted the strawberries too deep.


Attachments:
fishies1.jpg
fishies1.jpg [ 100.78 KiB | Viewed 1460 times ]
File comment: Water clarity not as good as previously. It's a little murky and I don't know why.
fishies2.jpg
fishies2.jpg [ 103.44 KiB | Viewed 1462 times ]
File comment: Root balls at the bottom of the standpipe ... but the gravel is 40cm deep!
drainage.jpg
drainage.jpg [ 89.17 KiB | Viewed 1462 times ]
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
scottie
 Post subject: Re: Scottie's system
PostPosted: Mar 16th, '08, 09:32 
Bordering on Legend
Bordering on Legend
User avatar

Joined: May 26th, '07, 17:54
Posts: 406
Gender: Male
Location: Sydney
More pics.


Attachments:
File comment: Beans and snow peas climbing up the trellis.
gb1.jpg
gb1.jpg [ 139.47 KiB | Viewed 1460 times ]
gb1-4.jpg
gb1-4.jpg [ 140.64 KiB | Viewed 1464 times ]
File comment: 'Dwarf' snow peas must be of the 'gigantus' species ... might have to add extra trellis.
gb2.jpg
gb2.jpg [ 156.05 KiB | Viewed 1459 times ]
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  Page 21 of 31
  [ 457 posts ]  Go to page Previous  1 ... 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 ... 31  Next

Portal » Board index » Aquaponic Discussions » Members Systems

All times are UTC + 8 hours


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Search for:
Jump to:  

Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group
Portal by phpBB3 Portal © phpBB Türkiye
[ Time : 0.207s | 15 Queries | GZIP : Off ]