Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

my system 21 days old

fish


plants






experiment i live in tropical weather about 80.6 f to 95f im trying to grow strawberry in aquaponics

Welcome, nice system you have got there!

what is the balanced system in

ph

ammonia

nitrite

nitrate

?

mine is

ph 7.3

ammonia 0.25

nitrite 0

nitrate 1.0

for 4 days already

does the nitrate level sopose to be higher ???

early morning tests btw

At twenty one days, no nitrites is good. I still end up with ammo about .25 after many months of running. It is ok to not have a lot of nitrates, it just means that you have an appropriate plant load.

what do you think about this chelate iron
i try it 1 time is foliar spray and it burn all my pepper plants leave and drop them


this much i use in my aquaponic im scared to use more i dont want my fishy's to die

Are you seeing any signs of iron deficiency? I have never used cheated iron. There are a lot of folks that have, but I try to add as few things to my system as I can.

yes the radish and cucumber

i am just starting the whole ap adventure, in all the videos and info i have read. if people start to see iron deficient plants they put a spoonful into there bell syphon every 6 or so months.

yes but thats yates chelated iron but yates chelated iron is hard to find cant fine a company that ship it international thats why i buy grow more because its sopose to be organic but it did burn my pepper plant leaves as a foliar spray so im scared it will kill my fish but i use 1/2 of the tsps and my fish is still alive 4 days ago i think i need to get my ph to 6.8 to 7 for plants to use iron

Don't worry too much about getting the pH down as it will come down all by itself in time through the nitrification process.

before feeding test
ph 7.3
ammonia 0.25
nitrite 0
nitrate 1.0

1 hour after feeding test

repairing the grow box it had a leak



i use foam board melt it with lacquer thinner good quality the cheap one dont work
and window screen so the foam dont crack it work prety well for me



now im building new system ibc

















i cut them wash them with clorox now im going to let it stand 1 day in the sun with water mix with clorox i dont realy know what product had in that ibc i just got it free from my cousin

Long time i didnt post an update here it is








Jalapeño

purple bell pepper




Large pimento pepper


orange bell pepper plant


curl up leaves i think its calcium deficiency not sure




i dont know what fish they are but they got big some of them is like 10 inch already


i need help with this 1 i have curl up leaves and i search on google they say its calcium deficiency
im not sure about this product
my ph is at 6.6 i want to make it 7.0 should i use this hydrated lime ?

Growth isw fantastic

Im confused how you were able to post that many images but Im glad you could!