⚠️ This forum has been restored as a read-only archive so the knowledge shared by the community over many years remains available. New registrations and posting are disabled.

View unanswered posts | View active topics It is currently Mar 19th, '26, 16:00 


Portal » Board index » Aquaponic Discussions » General System Discussions

All times are UTC + 8 hours




Post new topic Reply to topic  Page 1 of 3
  [ 31 posts ]  Go to page 1, 2, 3  Next
  Print view Previous topic | Next topic 
Author Message
vrssbt1
 Post subject: water parameters
PostPosted: Apr 9th, '08, 15:58 
Newbie
Newbie

Joined: Mar 20th, '08, 18:05
Posts: 42
Location: Lilydale,Vic
Gender: Male
since i addad my silver perch fingerlings (40) a month ago my water parameters were all good but since i added 20 trout shit has hit the fan.... below is the last week off results

Date NH3/NH4 NO2 NO3 PH

01.04.08 0.1 0.2 0-5 7.2
04.04.08 1 0.2 5 7
05.04.08 0.5 0.2 5 to 10 7.2 added 20 trout 100mm long
06.04.08 1.5 0.3 5 to 10 7.2
07.04.08 2 0.3 10 7.2
09.04.08 4 1.2 50 7.5

would it be the trout i added that has made this happen
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
    Advertisement
 
Outbackozzie
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Apr 9th, '08, 16:15 
Seriously, this cant be healthy.
Seriously, this cant be healthy.
User avatar

Joined: Oct 11th, '07, 19:43
Posts: 6687
Gender: Male
Are you human?: Not at 3 am :(
Location: Kalgoorlie
NO more food - you are nearing killing zone...actually

according to this http://dataguru.org/misc/aquarium/Ammon ... mmonia5ppm

you already are.
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
vrssbt1
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Apr 9th, '08, 16:22 
Newbie
Newbie

Joined: Mar 20th, '08, 18:05
Posts: 42
Location: Lilydale,Vic
Gender: Male
i think i would be just under killing zone as my water temp is only 12 degrees
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
Outbackozzie
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Apr 9th, '08, 16:26 
Seriously, this cant be healthy.
Seriously, this cant be healthy.
User avatar

Joined: Oct 11th, '07, 19:43
Posts: 6687
Gender: Male
Are you human?: Not at 3 am :(
Location: Kalgoorlie
Your still pushing it though :D Trout are pretty sensitive.
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
vrssbt1
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Apr 9th, '08, 16:29 
Newbie
Newbie

Joined: Mar 20th, '08, 18:05
Posts: 42
Location: Lilydale,Vic
Gender: Male
mmm so you reckon stop feeding until levels come down to acceptable levels
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
Outbackozzie
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Apr 9th, '08, 16:30 
Seriously, this cant be healthy.
Seriously, this cant be healthy.
User avatar

Joined: Oct 11th, '07, 19:43
Posts: 6687
Gender: Male
Are you human?: Not at 3 am :(
Location: Kalgoorlie
yeah definately - some might say do a water change, but that might stress the trout too much.
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
vrssbt1
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Apr 9th, '08, 16:33 
Newbie
Newbie

Joined: Mar 20th, '08, 18:05
Posts: 42
Location: Lilydale,Vic
Gender: Male
kk will not feed lol

cant really do water change as im not on mains water and dont have enogh to change water in the pond lol
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
RupertofOZ
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Apr 9th, '08, 16:38 
How big is your pond ?

Not just the ammonia levels I'd be concerned about, but the nitrites also....

Definately no feeding for two days if you can't do a water change....

What's the capacity of your growbeds?

Have you added any supplementary air to the tank?
Top
  
Reply with quote  
vrssbt1
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Apr 9th, '08, 16:43 
Newbie
Newbie

Joined: Mar 20th, '08, 18:05
Posts: 42
Location: Lilydale,Vic
Gender: Male
pond approx 1500L

growbed cap is approx 200L more sitting there just havent got time to set them up yet

no need for extra air there's plenty have 2 air stones that are 30cm in diameter, the drain from the growbed which is decent and the whateva you call from the pump when you direct it back to pond coz too much flow into growbed lol cant think of what its called.
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
Outbackozzie
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Apr 9th, '08, 16:49 
Seriously, this cant be healthy.
Seriously, this cant be healthy.
User avatar

Joined: Oct 11th, '07, 19:43
Posts: 6687
Gender: Male
Are you human?: Not at 3 am :(
Location: Kalgoorlie
bypass
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
vrssbt1
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Apr 9th, '08, 17:09 
Newbie
Newbie

Joined: Mar 20th, '08, 18:05
Posts: 42
Location: Lilydale,Vic
Gender: Male
lol yh thats the one cheers
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
twintragics
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Apr 9th, '08, 18:11 
Almost divorced
Almost divorced
User avatar

Joined: Feb 22nd, '07, 18:27
Posts: 1280
Location: geelong
Gender: Male
get those new gbs online mate, otherwise ur just wasting ur fishfood by upping the ammo toxicity in ur water. Too many fish for too small grow beds. Effects on fish are not necessarily lethal to be bad.
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
Jaymie
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Apr 9th, '08, 18:27 
Spam Assassin (Be afraid!)
Spam Assassin (Be afraid!)
User avatar

Joined: Aug 24th, '06, 11:50
Posts: 10202
Location: Townsville
Gender: Female
Location: home
okay, really don't feed for two days. Don't forget your system has had a couple of upsets in the last week. You had the power off for nearly a day and you have had a 50% increase in fish load. Give the bacteria a chance to catch up. The fish will be fine without food for a couple of days.
Then, slowly increase the feed.
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
Hex
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Apr 9th, '08, 18:56 
Legend Member
Legend Member

Joined: Mar 20th, '07, 12:55
Posts: 761
Location: lincolnshire
Gender: Male
It might take a little longer than usual with 54F water temps.
Your last water test shows the nitrite and nitrate spiking, so thats a good sign.
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
twintragics
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Apr 9th, '08, 19:03 
Almost divorced
Almost divorced
User avatar

Joined: Feb 22nd, '07, 18:27
Posts: 1280
Location: geelong
Gender: Male
Hey Hex, howz that late spring snow treating you?
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  Page 1 of 3
  [ 31 posts ]  Go to page 1, 2, 3  Next

Portal » Board index » Aquaponic Discussions » General System Discussions

All times are UTC + 8 hours


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Search for:
Jump to:  

Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group
Portal by phpBB3 Portal © phpBB Türkiye
[ Time : 0.113s | 16 Queries | GZIP : Off ]