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| Author: | recycledelectrons [ May 8th, '17, 05:03 ] |
| Post subject: | Aquarist in Texas |
Hello, I used to keep fish, decades in the past. I once built furniture and aquariums. I am trained as an engineer. I just got started in Aquaponics. I set up a 75 gallon aquarium in my classroom (I am a teacher) and experimented with a 7 gallon cement mixing tray as an Aquaponics style filter. I filled it with expanded clay pebbles and spathiphyllum (peace lilies.) I used a bell siphon to make it ebb and flow. I started with 24 small goldfish and still have 23 of them. (Nibbles was adopted by one of my students. I think I will take a seafood menu to the side of the tank next school year to prevent this kind of naming.) No fish were lost cycling the tank. I learned that 1 peace lily in a quart sized pot from Lowe's can be dropped directly into the grow bed and will soften the cycling for 5 small goldfish if they are fed one small meal (about 1 flake per fish) once a day. Neither ammonia nor nitrite went over 5 PPM. My students are working on projects that include programmable lighting, power failure backups, heater failure detection, etc. My next experiement (next school year) will be the same tank but with a pair of 26 gallon trays and some expanded shale. I want to design a system that takes an aquarium on the bottom and two 26 gallon grow beds that looks like a nice piece of furniture. I see www.groveLabs.io, but their system is too fancy, too small, and costs too much. |
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| Author: | atomicpapa [ May 11th, '17, 21:50 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Aquarist in Texas |
Howdy from another Texan! Welcome to the board! |
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| Author: | Kat_Hitt [ May 13th, '17, 13:52 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Aquarist in Texas |
Texan as well here. Hello there. In the initial process of gathering items to start a system. Have been to a couple of classes now all with different setups. Can't wait to start growing food. |
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| Author: | ballardjr2001 [ May 25th, '17, 09:07 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Aquarist in Texas |
Good ol Texan here as well south texas like way south gathering supplies and planning stage here |
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| Author: | Shelgeyr [ May 27th, '17, 05:00 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Aquarist in Texas |
Hello, Texans! I've posted a lot of details and photos over on my own thread (Shelgeyr's Systems) (http://www.backyardaquaponics.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=12285&start=195#p554183) but the short & sweet of it is that Summer is here, and the guys cleaning up after the Byron Nelson golf tournament are giving away TONS of free high-quality shade cloth, just like they did last year, along with a bunch of other stuff. Again, this is FREE material. First come, first served. Grab as little or as much as you want. If you're interested, contact Manny Amador at 714-589-5526. I just met him this afternoon - very nice and helpful guy! |
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| Author: | LincTex [ May 31st, '17, 01:10 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Aquarist in Texas |
Recycledelectrons, Welcome from another Texan! I'm down in "tha' sticks" by Clifton! |
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| Author: | Mydogpockets [ Sep 22nd, '17, 21:29 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Aquarist in Texas |
what part of south texas. im on the border. looking for others in my area to share ideas with. ballardjr2001 wrote: Good ol Texan here as well south texas like way south gathering supplies and planning stage here
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