Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

that was me too...
A well you survived the gravel washing, I guess hijacking was next on the agenda
Welcome to the madness
C1

Geez, you go to sleep for a few hours and the threadjackers move in, someone call the postguard

Off to the local hardware shop, hoping they'll have most of what's on my shopping list

More photo's later, it's starting to look like a garden out there this morning, sprouts everywhere!

Steely

*phew* not a job for me then I'm just the spam assassin

Just a quick iPhone snap this morning, we have sprouts coming up all over the place, and I added 4 goldfish that'd been donated to the cause yesterday, they seem happy this morning, and it feels like the system is really coming together

Steely

Little update, and I hope the first photo will do for a full membership , cannot find bikini model willing to work free

I still seem to have 0 nitrates/trites, but I have a feeling i'm doing the test wrongly, as surely the plants would be looking undernourished by now?

Steely

Nice Steely, you have got the hang of the finer details of aquaponics very quickly... Toes n all.

hey steely

that looks great and the plants look really healthy ( dont think they are lacking in nutes at all )

and your system could be running close to 0 everything ( rupertofOZ tells me that you can do it that way )

if your worried about your nirate nirite then you you could feed your fish some extra but make sure you keep an eye on your ammonia levels if you do, as an ammonia spike then followed by a nitrite spike will kill your fish

otherwise you could just add a few more fish for the extra nutes too

im still feeding more and adding more fish too

good luck with your system

Time for some fish I think.... I'll ring you tomorrow .... will be delivering some to Hornsby on the weekend... could swing back past your place before I head home...

the toes look a little forced to me, perhaps if you were to relax, and look a little more natural

Looks good! Your plant growth is faster than mine. I have a bunch of sprouts but they haven't extended past 2 inches(50mm) in a week or so... Mine are are indoors in front of a window with miniblinds closed (still lets in enough light for the whole room) with a water temp of 75-80F(26C).

Woohoo!!, fish!!, great stuff Rupe, looking forward to hearing from you

Steely

We have silvers, repeat, silvers, updates to come

Steely

Well, 25 went in last night, and this morning, 25 hungry silvers!!

They're looking great, happy in the tank and chasing the goldfish, huge thanks to Rupe for delivering them, and also for the

basil plants!!

Steely

What do you mean ... "this morning, 25 hungry silvers"..... thought I told you not to feed them Neil ... until this afternoon....

Well, they looked hungry anyway, and the mayfly-looking insect that "fell" into the tank this morning didn't last long

Steely