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Too easy

Bet your not the only one
5 PPT is only 1 or 2 more than normal tap water.
Seed is best, then you know when they were planted
Now is a great time to plant
Diggers do some good seedlings
Check out a moon planting guide (google your region)

No i had added 5ppt to treat the fish. I think tap water is only 3ppm

So you used tap water to fill the system?

yep always. I treat for the chlorine with 6g/100l sodium ascorbate and aeration without any problems yet.

So then your water starts at 2-3PPT...
auto fungicide.
You need to bear that in mind when adding salt

now i'm confused, are you sure that the tap water is 2-3 parts per thousand not million? If it is then i have had it at 7 or even 8ppt

Not sure about anything 'cept the moon
Tap water will vary, so it would be best to test first
Tis Ok for fish and a few veg..ie trout will handle seawater ~35ppt

So how many ppl sowed their seeds today

Some yesterday. Will have to throw some seeds in on the way past.

Not today C1 but just a couple of days ago. Hope I didn't jump the gun by too much

Must do further reading on this thread. I believe that the moon has a major influence on plants, hell it affects the oceans so why not everything else.

Iv - is tomorrow (Sunday) too late? If not - will chuck some in the dirt (yep - you heard right) tomorrow.

Does the moon control the darn crickets. My silvers are eating one every 20seconds at the moment.

Never to late...
Now I wish I had said something earlier
Perhaps we should have a sticky that pops up at specific times in the month.

I was just thinking that myself. Save lazy buggers like myself learning the whole system ourselves.

The thing is though, I would have preferred that occasionally we all look up in the sky and know what the ....
is going on...
Tis not lazy but detrained from our knowlege base.
...plus it is easy to go to the shops and get twice as much as we need, throw half away,
and keep the green grocer in business.