Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

So..... Anyway....... Fresh page, fresh leaf overturned...



I'm off to 'B' tonight to grab one of those bags, I think it's a great idea.

3kg/1000L = 3ppt pr parts per thousand right... so in 6kl I need 18kgs of salt...

Hey, where does one get a refractometer or whatever they're called to measure salt concentration?
I'd be very interested to know when my salt is low, and how quickly it's dropping.

we got ours off ebay, wasn't very expensive and seems pretty accurate

Ditto... use it weekly... so that I know when to add more salt ...

Side topic: There are plants that put nitrogen back into the soil, like Clover and others.
There are plants that put all sorts of stuff into the soil, and plants that take all that stuff out...

Is there a plant anybody know of that can put salt back into the soil?
That'd be kinda sweet... or salty as may be the case.

http://www.aquariumproducts.com.au/cata ... 79&catID=2

If you don't want to use ebay. I got mine here.

Um ...an Over engineered salt delivery PLANT

Salt bush takes it from the soil. If you wanted to remineralize your soil just use your FT water. They are putting sea salt into dirt gardens now in small amounts to add trace's that have been lost to the sea over the years.

I was thinking of getting one of those cafeteria coffee/sugar/chocolate dispensers...then filling it with salt, and other goodies the system needs so I can just drop a shot in at a time :-)
but then I thought that might be crazy.

Hehehe what and we aren't????

Kuda if you are thinking of useing one of those peeing in the system would probley show better results

Don't tell him that. I want to know what the caffeine will do to the fish.

lol... of course milne, I was planning on upsizing it appropriately from 1 teaspoon dispensed to something more like a bucket
Fish on caffeine... hhmmm interesting idea duff.
Some ppl were trialling putting fish in clean salted water to purge them, others were adding spices to see how they effected the taste.
I wonder now about coffee flavoured fish...

How did that flavoured purging go? does anybody know? I forget who was doing it, perhaps TwinTragics...