Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

Steve and Ange you ever tought about putting the pump in a plant potfilled with gravel ta strain the solids out be for the pump?

you dont have any problems with roots breaking off and clogging the end cap?

CG, the system has only been running for about a month

That's plenty of time - where are the pictures of tomatoes and peppers?

bit cool fror those in melbourne now

Caribean-grower You sound like my brother inlaw ...Full on soon i will put Ange in a tank ...No roots blocking but worth looking out for..nice one...

Thanks for your ideas..

pissed myself! pictured ange squatting in a tank and tapping on the glass

it been [glow=red]running[/glow] so thats good enough for me.

chilli huh... my wife cut a chilli in half and put both halfs into the ground. We got 80 chilli plants... hehehe

Any ideas..
We have had two fish die in around 2 weeks, both have had a white mark on them, just one spot. First on his belly and second ( see picture ) on the tail. (its very faint )..This one also has a very red fin compared to others.?
Plants and other fish very happy...PH a bit high but we have just dosed up on egg shells..

Regards
SnA

That tank is looking wonderfully..... green. How much full sun does it get?

One of mine looked like that was told it was stress treated with salt looked crook for 2 weeks then got better now all are a nice silver all over i am going to start eating soon so will take photos then

S&A....possibly *ICH*...best thing to do is dose the tank with salt (3ppt).....and send an SOS (text)...HSM to BIL

What size is your tank...don't use ordinary table salt...anything else you're not sure on?

The tank normally has foam lids, and foam over each side. We only clean the front of the tank, we like the natural look, bet the fish do to.!.The water is crystal clear..

shanks.

Tanks only a 4 footer....BIL told me the same thing i havent been though..

Cheers