Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

Do you think I have enough heaters?!

Have to watch the barra from what I've seen there favorite food seems to be.. well barra. Like the system so far. +1 for too much air.

Thanks Can you have too much air? Should I reduce it?

How about just make sure they are well fed, and have enough space to move???? going to be a mega issue in my tank soon just curious.

If you are using only normal air - there is no way to have too much. More bubbles the better.

Cool, thanks I have the temp set at 28, and it got to 26 overnight. All good. Dreading any HSM's now!!!

I fed them this morning - they're good fun to feed

I'm so excited

Oh, I forgot to say I got them at 100mm, and they cost me $80 for 70 (and you get 10% more)

It's all go snakes! Well done.
I'm also for "as much air as you can afford"
Good luck with the new guys. Keep an eye on you ammonia / nitrite levels.
Lots of heaters!, good thing the company pays for the electricity.

Cheers Scott The ammonia / nitrite was perfect when they went in. How often should I test the water?

With a new system and a bunch of new fish. I'd be tempted to test every day or two.
When you are comfortable the system is fully "cycled". I'm guessing most people only test "when they feel the need"?

As Scott says Snake, keep up the tests until you are comfortable with ammo and nitrites staying at zero...then gradually increase the test period out to weekly then monthly.

Generally I test on a weekly basis after a major change in the system like adding/harvesting a large qty of fish or doing a GB re-forestation

Just did a water test: Ammonia 0, Nitrate .5, nitrite 5 What do I do? I added about 200L, but can't do a water change till tomorrow because of temps

Oops, I meant Nitrite .5, Nitrate 5

dont worry too much, make sure O2 is going good and ammonia isnt over 2ppm

STOP WATER CHANGES, system balancing out