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| Author: | blargo [ Jul 11th, '13, 00:02 ] |
| Post subject: | My Tilapia are dying |
I have and IBC Tote CHOP2 system. My fish tank is 250 gallons and my sump tank is a little over 100 gallons. I have 2 grow beds with non rolling rocks as growing media. I started to cycle the system on Apr 1 and it finished on May 23rd, that is when I added my 50 Tilapia. The readings at that point were: pH: 6.4 Nitrite: 0 Nitrate: 20 Ammonia: 1 Water Temp 73 Everything was going great until 2 weeks ago. That is when the first fish died. I did not think anything of that but a couple days later a second fish died. So I took another set of readings: pH: 6.4 Nitrite: 0 Nitrate: 0 Ammonia: 0.25 Water Temp 80 I did rise the water temp slowly. This week I have had 1 fish die on Sunday, 1 on Tuesday and 2 today (Wednesday). I have a HUGE tomato plant that is consuming a great deal of water. I fill 4- 5 gallon buckets and store them for 24 hours then add the water I need to the sump tank usually between 10 and 20 gallons per day. I have been doing that since June 1st. Nothing looks weird with the dead fish except they tend to be on the smaller side. Not sure what to do now... |
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| Author: | RupertofOZ [ Jul 11th, '13, 22:58 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My Tilapia are dying |
How big are the grow beds Blargo? Can you post some pics? |
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| Author: | blargo [ Jul 11th, '13, 23:04 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My Tilapia are dying |
RupertofOZ wrote: How big are the grow beds Blargo? Can you post some pics? I have pics in the members system section that I posted yesterday. http://www.backyardaquaponics.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=17269&p=401871#p401871 I have 2 grow beds that are the bottoms of a IBC tote and about 1 foot deep. Using bell siphon. I also noticed that the fish are swimming close to the surface, have not seen any gulping. I added a air stone in the sump tank yesterday in case it was lack of Oxygen. |
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| Author: | Zubin [ Jul 12th, '13, 01:45 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My Tilapia are dying |
Have you salted your water yet? |
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| Author: | blargo [ Jul 12th, '13, 03:07 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My Tilapia are dying |
Zubin wrote: Have you salted your water yet? No I have not. What is the purpose of salting? |
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| Author: | blargo [ Jul 12th, '13, 07:21 ] | ||
| Post subject: | Re: My Tilapia are dying | ||
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| Author: | Lysfjord [ Jul 12th, '13, 07:34 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My Tilapia are dying |
What are you feeding them? |
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| Author: | blargo [ Jul 12th, '13, 08:14 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My Tilapia are dying |
Lysfjord wrote: What are you feeding them? 1/12 of a cup of AquaNourish Stage 1 - Fingerling food twice a day. http://www.theaquaponicstore.com/AquaNourish-Stage-1-Fingerling-s/191.htm |
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