Backyard Aquaponics
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Just a silly Idea for the little one's, the two legged type not the fish.
Make up a size chart.
When they get this big we start looking over the recipe's. (sp?)
this big we get the ingredients set aside.
this big we check over the bq make sure its ready.
this big we set the table and Eat.
Or something like that?

watch the fish start starving themselves

LOL

I like it John, I think it would take more than a chart for these fish to go on a hunger strike. I reckon there will be huge size differences within a couple of weeks. Some seem to eat heaps, others seem to get none. I saw one fish gulp 8 pellets in about 2 seconds today

LOL, another reason to live life slow and steady and not over indulge, you'll be the last to end up on the dinner plate!

Water tests this morning:

Ph dropped to 7

Ammonia <.25

Nitrites .25

Nitrates 10

Temp 24.5

I am thinking it may be time to buffer the water a bit more for Ph, seems to have started heading south (been 7.2 every day since I started)

Should I add another 600 gr of the salt or a bit of shell grit?

I'm not sure how long it takes before the shell grit starts taking any affect Stu. WHne my PH unusually swung upward, I removed the shell grit thinking that this may have been the cause. I put it in a small container (couple of litres) of water where it has been sitting for 2 or 3 weeks. Yesteday I ph tested that water and it was only about 7.4-7.6

Stu, i'd try another 600 grams of salts, being marine salt it will buffer ph up, but you're also adding the Cl- ions which will help incase you have a nitrite spike in your cycling.

Steve

Ta, will do that this arvo.

So the barra are still surviving okay. They were a bit slow on the feeding thismorning, temp was down to 22.5, the coldest it has been. It was pretty cold here last night. I have a quick video at this link of brekkie this morning.
http://s94.photobucket.com/albums/l90/m ... tos019.flv

when the temps go up again, I will do another one, hopefully more interesting

Nice vids, they look so tiny. How big are they?

by the look of it, too small to even be fish fingers

YOU GUYS ARE GIVING THE FISH A COMPLEX. tHEY CAN HEAR EVERYTHING YOU KNOW, THOSE KIND OF "S" WORDS HURT THEIR LITTLE FEELINGS.

LOl you guys, am gonna do some measurements later on, let ya all know exactly how big they are

When I got mine they were bigger than that - the aquaranch did warn that it you get them smaller they sometimes attack and feed on one-another

Interesting, I have seen acouple of the bigger ones have a go at the littlies.