Backyard Aquaponics
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24 when i checked, but it was in half shade by then. was a DO problem i think as there are four still happy, their brothers sacrifices allowed them to live

Bugger Steve... always seems to get people just when they're so close to eating them or moving them or....

And yep ditto... to temp swings in above ground tanks...

oh *frack* ing hell thats *frack* ed!

Did you eat any?
Bugger this sunny spring weather, my water hit 18-19C today and its still September, trout didn't like it (3 died)

Very sorry to see Steve, my condolences.

o2 is king.

KE - if your trout are dyeing at 18 deg c, you have other issues afaik. Nothing dead here yet apart from Black Bream

Bummer now back on your bike, Still say for melb weather silvers are hard to beat

bugger Steve, poop

Sorry about your losses Steve

thanks all.

OBO, i agree, last year i had trout at a consistant 22C but with megga air.

dad lost one yesterday and one today and they were WHOPPERS, didn't weigh, but had to be 500g minimum.

F&F, only problem with silvers is overwintering them in the melbourne winter. not a huge fan personally.

End of the day my system could have had a few tweaks like a cover for the tank and airstones.......was operating on the parameters of the old in ground system and got caught out early.

now. has ANYONE got somewhere i can fish/steal/buy/borrow redfin?

its either that or i'm gonna buy a hundred goldfish

PS, i was fracked if i was going to bin all those fish, i figured they'd been dead an hour or two max, and whats the difference between fishing them out of a lake and leaving them in a bucket for two hours?

i spent an hour cleaning and gutting them and they are in a pot in the fridge. will distribute them to family today

when you put a cover on the tank are you going to deepen the water? it seems very shallow.

Bugger..... Thats a horrible sight when you see them all upside down. Yeah, bit more water in the tank may have made it more temperature stable , not that this helps now...

it needed a top up yes, was going to get to it as i walked out side..................

i'm finding that my tank level drops quite a bit when the three GB's flood as the sump needs to fill to return 500L. i set the float for full swing, ie couple of inches from the top and it starts, couple of inches from the bottom it stops. i did this for motor life, but may have to compromise.

yet another difference between the contflow with siphon and my new system

Feel for ya Steve, not a pleasant sight seeing those fish belly up

What a bugger Steve - I feel for you. I have become very used to seeing dead fish (and good sized ones) while trying to bring my barra through winter.

On the upside - the system is in place and rearing for some new fish - good one.