Backyard Aquaponics
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so we just fired our system up for spring and added new fish, its not cycled yet, what can i add in to jump start the system or give them some food til the fish start eating and pooping well?

i was thinking seaweed extract but not sure whats fish safe

anyone?

You can add Charlie Carp along with Seasol and that should see you up and running.

im in the US

Peeponics is a tried and proven method to get started. just don't over do it and kill the fish

maxicrop with iron

I just started a new system myself, I added the fish, the plants, the air stones into the tank got everything running and then I added liquid worm castings, I added 1.5 litres to a 2,000 litre system. All levels were at a big fat zero before I added the liquid castings and over night I had 40 ppm of nitrate. 4 days later I have noticed a spike in growth. I bypassed all the ammonia and nitrite hassles and went directly into nitrate in 24 hours.

you didn't "bypass" the ammonia.. you will still get a spike if you haven't started the bacteria colony

agreed

Hey Robd

I'm pretty sure that seaweed extract on its own doesn't have the ammonia you need.