Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

grrrrrrr.
Hard not to be when you're short of cash

AP qualified expert ,, almost a DOCTORATE ,, got to be worth $200 per hour ..... family discount 50% ..... Son-in-law tax 150% ,, I recon a case of beer per week for the rest of his life may JUST cover it

I've heard it said Chappo... that to qualify as an "aquaponics expert"... you have to write a book and have eaten some of your fish...

Bugger... where'd I leave that typewriter...

Well if you print out all of the posts in your system thread and bind it into a book does that count?
Been eating fish for a year now.

HANG on ,, my doctorate in brain surgery required NO eating of fish etc ..... just send US$500 to www.doctorates.foryou.com

I'm still waiting for my first customer:)
Volunteers????

Well... feeding again tomorrow morning me thinks.
Nice shiny clean tanks - gotta keep the veggies alive.

Unless Milne would advise against it? (only singling him out cos he saw 1st hand - everyone else is welcome to advise against too )

Kuda, do a full range of tests before you do anything else...

(1) It will give a baseline...

(2) You've stirred things up a lot in the last couple of days... your readings could be spiking...

Fair call... full range does not include ammonia though
lost that one.
I can do nitrite and nitrate and pH...

Where's the link to that mega test kit?
Does anybody resell it? I can't be fagged waiting for a mail order

Dean (LiveBeyond) might... http://www.growfresh-aquaponics.com.au/

Or these guys do ...
http://www.thereefshop.com.au/index.php ... cts_id=860

http://www.thereefshop.com.au/index.php ... contact_us

And you can buy the Ammonia test (with a test tube included) seperately....

Done some investigation, almost everybody sells it.
however the prices fluctuate from pricey to ridiculous!!!!!

I was quoted $80!!!
Place round the corner from me is $48, but out of stock.
The search continues.

Out of interest I asked about phosphate tests... $35 just for that... I decided it wasn't worth it, especially as I'd be too lazy to use it often and log the findings

Scratch that, Dean's list prices is a bargain! And I can go pick it up after hours!

For anybody who missed it, the web address is: http://www.growfresh-aquaponics.com.au/

I go with Rupt test first the fish will be ok for a week

OK Thanks to Dean I have a shiny new test kit.
I will test tomorrow night, as I've only just got home.
I also have some water from when things went bad. - however I just found that container in the sink, and my MIL was visiting on the weekend, so it could be that the sample is contaminated now
That'll teach me for not labeling things

Hey KP, did you have mussels in the system? Specifically in the sump? I am wondering whether the action of mussels digging into the sediment at the bottom is enough to stir it up or maybe just keep it from going anerobic.

Yes and no.
I have mussels, and no they do not stir up sediment. "Action" is a very overexaggerated term for their movements