Backyard Aquaponics
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My cuces have gone shit in 1-2ppt, not fruit at all

Damn... wish I read this thread before salting to between 1 and 2 ppt 2 days ago! Oh well, cukes WERE going well... sounds like I might have a chance of losing them in the next week or so

What do you want to save your fish [they take 12 months to grow ]
or plants [ they are easy to grow ] also if you havent salted for a while the plants will have used all the salt do a test i wouldent be suprised if it isent 0000

That's a good point about the salt Milne - last time I put any in was at the start of summer, so around November.

Of course, the fish win, particularly as I will start harvesting next month - the first after running the system for 13 months !

Have made the decision - we're going to eat the redfin, when I get the system ready for the trout that TM is bringing soon.

I moved 'em a few weeks back and though I've had 'em for about a year, they're only about 150g. Wasn't sure at the time whether we had young ones or stunted ones - guess I know the answer now

Red fin?? What are they?

Redfin Perch, FB

http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/fisheries/pests-diseases/freshwater-pests/species/redfin-perch

and, they tasted really very nice. Nothing done to them but floured and pan fried !

But small, around 150g - no photos as I'm just not putting photos of those up here in my thread.

Also, tested my water quality, on the weekend, for the first time in about 8+ months;

Amm: 0
NO2: 0
NO3: 0
pH: 6
Temp: 24°C

Good to see the system maintains itself once it's established

How nice were the redfin ....barra nice, trout nice or pink snapper nice

Mate, I'd probably rank 'em at a bit better than snapper - say, flathead !

Didn't do anything too 'em other than a little salt.

There is an increasing interest in them here because they are such good eating - and a damn tough/hardy fish as well. Even more so than silver perch.

They're farming them at Collie and there's a guy up at Gingin starting with them as well. I'm looking at doing my MSc research project on them as well.

Get in contact with the guys in NZ if you do Chillie... they've done a heap of research...

Thanks Rupe - yep, have got some of their stuff already.

Probably gunna look into producing triploids, growth enhancement, and increasing growth homogeneity through non-GE manipulation techniques.

Redfin are the best eating freshwater fish I have had and dead easy to filet if big enough. If I get a third system...........................................

i'd be happy to help out the tasting, or take a few samples home to ensure increased growth rates are also observed in other environments

Thanks FB - I'll keep it in mind