Backyard Aquaponics
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Is it just the glass surfaces or is the water itself distinctly green?

You're going to get the surface growth Em, its nothing to stress about, just keep cleaning the "front" tank. Shading The tank will reduce the growth somewhat, especially with bright days approaching.

Done any more tests yet?
Taken any more pics yet?

I had the same prob with my small system. Place some shade cloth around and on top of the glass tank..should stop it growing back

Hi guys,

I had a bit of a drama last week. The water hose got a kink in it and the pipes went without any water for over a day and were dry when I realised what had happened. All of the nice healthy roots that were growing dried up. I was really surprised at how quickly this happened. I have since blocked up the small drill holes in the wiers at the end of each pipe, so that in the event of pump failure of hose kinkage, the water will not completely drain out of the pipes.

I have also covered the fish tank and made it as dark as possible to eliminate the algae that is really giving me the sh...s. If this fails, I have been informed that barley straw is very effective. Does anyone know where to source barley straw from?

thanks

Any stock feeds place should have it emir....

How many?
How much?
Do they frieght them?

dunno, was in such a rush that i forgot to ask!

We want an update!

All right, here's the update. Amonia 0.5, Nitrite 1.0, Nitrate 10, and PH 7.2. Happy now????

Just with Steve at the moment. He has noticed that my water is a bit smelly and that I should probably stop feeding the fish three fistfulls at a time. I'm not convinced. Missus thinks the goldies are obese, (I think they're just happy).

Pretty stoked I've got Nitrates. I've still gotta go get some of that barley straw. Steve reckons the Barley Straw wont kill the algae (just stop it reproducing), but I think it will. He can't know everything now can he?

Plants are coming right along. Especially now the weathers getting better. Tomies are growing at about 1cm per day at the moment. It happened all of a sudden after a stall period.

Like any good brainwashed cult member, I have been doing my best to infect other peoples imaginations. I think I have four prospects at work. They will serve the cause well.

Damned three pic limits!!!!

You and steve must have had a few too many beers - of 6 photos only 1 is in focus

Thanks for that i thought maybee it was me

Which ones were out of focus

help if you didn't duplicate pics

I love this....someone else is getting picked on other than

so its not me and i dont need to bother lookin for me glasses? rofl

hehehee, they were already taken when i arrived, and yes, i did see him post the same pic twice then complain about the picture limit.............lol, was hoping for comments