Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

like a tent

I did, in my first system... for a number of weeks there used to be condensation on the inside in the mornings which seemed to indicate that the water and gb temp was higher than the air temp...

mini hot house yes, but not with AP stuff, that is next year.

I've used these plastic cones that are supposed to protect plants from burning because of direct sunlight, but instead it got so hot inside that the plants dried out. But I don't think that's what you mean with plastic over your plants, right?

My GB's are in a greenhouse... It gets too hot I think....

yep, mini green house, way back on the first couple of pages of my thread.

xzorby, those cone look like they'd be good here to protect seedlings from the frost we're getting

I think beltiebandit and cookiecow used storage bins over plants in their grow beds. They had to tie them down to keep em from blowing away though.

I expect that I will have greenhouse film over my whole system for a month or two when winter gets here for us the end of December.

I do for seedlings over the winter period, it tends to get them started a bit quicker for me and also protects from the wind a bit.
I cut the top half off a 1.25L drink bottle. Discard the top. drill 1 or 2 small holes in the bottom and place over the seedling as it sprouts. I push the plastic about 1 inch into the gravel.

sinple and cheap. try on a few and see how it goes compared to the others surrouding.

I do right now... but only to help keep my cuttings moist.