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| Author: | alexuk [ Mar 9th, '10, 22:26 ] |
| Post subject: | Hello from the UK |
Hi everyone!!!! Well i have been lurking about on the forum for a few days and thought i best say Hello.  I am really, really glad i found you all as my friends think I am a little bit bonkers when I start talking about aquaponics!  There is soooooooooooo much info on here it is unreal!!! well hope to chat to everyone alot more very soon!  Alex |
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| Author: | RupertofOZ [ Mar 9th, '10, 22:46 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hello from the UK |
Welcome Alex... your "bonkishness" will be accepted... and understood around here mate... |
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| Author: | DéjàVoodoo [ Mar 10th, '10, 06:01 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hello from the UK |
Yes - you are bonkers....but so are all of us... 
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| Author: | Lord Viykor [ Mar 10th, '10, 06:09 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hello from the UK |
Welcome Alex, you're not bonkers, everyone who doesn't get it is 
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| Author: | mikeym [ Mar 10th, '10, 07:05 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hello from the UK |
alexuk wrote: Hi everyone!!!! Well i have been lurking about on the forum for a few days and thought i best say Hello. I am really, really glad i found you all as my friends think I am a little bit bonkers when I start talking about aquaponics! There is soooooooooooo much info on here it is unreal!!! well hope to chat to everyone alot more very soon! Alex Welcome! I can empathize with you. My buddy from college once gave me the weirdest look when I told him I could grow plants in his dorm closet without sunlight or soil... Boy did I prove him wrong! Ahh I could only imagine the reaction if I knew back then what I know now and added a fish tank to the setup! |
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| Author: | Rawprawn [ Mar 10th, '10, 12:07 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hello from the UK |
Greetings, if they think your bonkers now wait till you tell them how you plan to cycle your system with humonia 
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| Author: | DéjàVoodoo [ Mar 10th, '10, 12:10 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hello from the UK |
Rawprawn wrote: Greetings, if they think your bonkers now wait till you tell them how you plan to cycle your system with humonia and don't forget the rabbits and chooks suspended above the fish....ya you're really off the wall then! |
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| Author: | alexuk [ Mar 10th, '10, 17:03 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hello from the UK |
Thank you all for your warm welcomes!!!  I think I am gonna fit in well around here! And no i havent told anyone about using humonia yet  My mum is now coming to understand the idea of aqauponics and she wants one!!!  and my brother thinks its a fab idea!  So not EVERYONE thinks i am bonkers but most do!! and i must admit i am keeping very quiet about aquaponics at least until i have a system set up and working then i will be having everyone round to have a look!!!Alex |
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| Author: | welshdragon [ Mar 11th, '10, 19:35 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hello from the UK |
Hi Alex, Welcome ! Nice to see another UK AP enthusiast. WD |
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| Author: | DragonC [ Mar 11th, '10, 21:09 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hello from the UK |
Yeah, I also am from the UK. Currently living in London. Trying to buy a small holding in the Somerset/Dorset/Wiltshire area to setup an Aquaponics based business. So you're not alone. |
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| Author: | alexuk [ Mar 11th, '10, 22:37 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hello from the UK |
hello to uk peeps!!! it is nice to know i am not the only one in the Uk !!! speak soon!
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| Author: | bigwill [ Mar 11th, '10, 22:42 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hello from the UK |
welcome to the maddness!!!! |
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| Author: | alexuk [ Apr 2nd, '10, 20:55 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hello from the UK |
Hi again everyone!! I have been lurking and not posting! bad bad very bad! i know but dont feel like i know enough yet to post. Anyhow, things here are ok........ I have now got my wormery up and running. I am trying to sort out starting a small backyard aquaponics system up but (and i knew you were waiting for the but!) funds are low! very low as in not even there kinda low!!!! Ok so in a perfected world I would have £200,000 to play with and get a large system up and running and paying for its self by xmas! oh and i would be able to pay someone else to do all the hard work!!! oh how i wish!!  in the mean time until I win the lotto I am just gonna go play with my worms some more.hope you r all ok byeeeeee Alex |
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| Author: | RupertofOZ [ Apr 3rd, '10, 03:34 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hello from the UK |
Welcome Alex... no need to feel bad about lack of funding mate... most of us are in the same boat... But the beauty of aquaponics is that you can start small... and grow.... Have a look around for something like the 1000L IBC containers for a fish tank... and bins/drums for growbeds... and contact some of the other UK members... You might be surprised just what sort of results you can get from a small systems... and it's a great way to start and learn...  Jump in and get your feet wet mate.... |
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| Author: | DéjàVoodoo [ Apr 3rd, '10, 03:44 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hello from the UK |
Hey alex...you could likely get a system up and going for next to nothing...look in the skips around town, someone somewhere is tossing out some containers. Even an old drawer from a chest could be lined and used as a growbed. Craigslist (over here at least) is a good place to score cheap stuff...sometimes even free. http://london.craigslist.co.uk/ Friends and family will often offer to give you things you need also. Just ask mum if she has some old plastic containers she whould not mind parting with. I have a borrowed pond pump on mine and the timer my neighbor gave to me for free. Still trying to figure it out though. Good luck and don't be dishearted that the funds are not there....just get creative with what you have available. Mark |
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