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| Author: | dlpwedwards [ May 19th, '15, 20:31 ] |
| Post subject: | Tadpoles in raft bed |
Everyone, I am still fairly new to aquaponics. Two or three months ago I moved my system outside. This morning I noticed that I have a couple hundred tadpoles swimming around in my raft bed. Is this a problem or is it natural and ok? My fear is that their waste will cause a problem with the roots of the watermelons and cantaloupes I am trying to grow in the raft system. I could probably try to move them into the fish tank, but I am sure they would quickly become a snack for the fish. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks, |
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| Author: | Gabe [ May 19th, '15, 20:33 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tadpoles in raft bed |
The local tadpoles in Perth will eat all your plant roots in a raft system. |
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| Author: | dlpwedwards [ May 20th, '15, 01:59 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tadpoles in raft bed |
Thanks, Gabe. I had not thought about that being an issue. |
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| Author: | dbird [ May 20th, '15, 11:24 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tadpoles in raft bed |
Let some grow into frogs,they are the best pest exterminators you can get. |
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| Author: | Colum Black-Byron [ May 20th, '15, 11:27 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tadpoles in raft bed |
I had crappy growth in my DWC bed, and I couldn't figure out why. I was doing something in there, and I spotted a flash of movement, I ended up pulling 10 or so small goldfish from my DWC system, they'd hatched, and made their way through 2.4m of media bed, and into the DWC system. I still think there are some loose in there. I doubt I caught them all. (I made a video on it if you wanted to watch). Up to you if you want to pull them, or you could just drop a few bigger fish in there, and let them get fatter. |
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