Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

If your veggies are looking a little less vibrant...
the water has turn dark...
You have a few fish deaths...
but your water tests 0 for Nitrate...
Check the out flow from your grow beds
If the outflow is reduced then check to see that your
FT water dispersal plumbing is NOT blocked...
Roots will grow quickly in the plumbing and towards the FT
if the Flow decreases.
Blockages can cause all kinds of nasties.
My tip of the month

Veggies been looking a little less vibrant... water turned dark... and had a few fish deaths...
eh C1...

Sorry to hear...How many did you lose?....

Good tip by the way..... For everyone... in general, let your water be your guide... a change usually means that you either have a problem,or one is developing...

No actually, not me
But someone I know

Bummer all the same... good to hear you went to the rescue super-granno...

Time poor means checking on things more often you once took for granted

Well maybe also listening could help... I have got the BYAP distribution thingy around the growbed... it has been giving out a whistling sound each time the pump starts and stops... I believe the holes are getting blocked... something to get to next weekend...

Yes, listening to the system is a good idea. I use that one a lot. Unfortunately, if you take to tinkering a lot, each time you change things you need to spend enough timer near it to learn the new sounds.

However, a slowly increasing blockage can be so gradual that one might not always notice a change in the sounds. If anything seems "off" it is definitely time to run tests as well as take a look around to see if there are blockages/leaks/overflows from poo pavement, bumped pipe or siphons, etc!!!!!!

Good Tip