Backyard Aquaponics
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It's not too late to enter it in the "Size does matter" competition Jessy.

Bummer Jessy... certainly was a nice koi...

And thanks for posting about it.... your experience might just help someone down the track from making a similar mistake...

I went to work this morning, thinking, the neeme oil couldn't of done that...it was diluted 5 mls of oil, into 7 litres of water, sprayed on the plants.
Maybe it was the urea I threw into the tank !!!! the day before

And yep it seems like it. I nuked out the system.

holy crap, never seen nutes that high. Yikes!!

So what do you think did it? The oil or the soap? Or the combo?

I use safer insecticidal soap and have not had any problems. Maybe the neem oil?

Jess,
Keep Neem products well away from fish and especially yabbies and other crusties. A tiny amount will kill them! Soaps and detergents OK, use with Dipel etc to act as a wetting agent, but not Neem Oil!
And when combined with that amount of Ammonia, they don't have a chance! Bad Urea, Naughty Urea, Urea must be punished!.

Hope it settles down soon so the Fish can do they "business" in the acceptable manner.

Cheers ianK

How much urea did you add J?

That's a complete bummer Jess - sorry to hear about the fish and then the nute spike as well. Really hoping it doesn't "come in threes" for you.

Thanks all for the replies. But chilli dude, I think it is comming in the three's.

Does anyone know if you could kill off the plants from too much ammonia ?? My beautiful habanero is dieing as I type ? actually so is the climbing spinach, passion fruit, and the snake beans

What have I done ??? I feel I have poisoned the whole system ....like burning the plants from the inside out ??? I have the hose in the tank now flushing out the ammonia

I did phone the pet store in Karratha.When I work all this out, I will get anouther batch of koi

Oh no - shite !

Oh Jessy, Jessy, Jessy... just when things were looking so good....

well Rupert, I always go from amazing things to absolute disaster....someone has to test the bounderies I suppose.

I am already organizing 100 coir pots to reseed. I expect to have 6 empty tables of Burnt Stuff in a day or two Never be shy on stuffing up, it is the only way way I learn

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh......

Looking at that koi makes me want one...

I am getting 10 this next run EB. The worst thing EB, I probably could of saved him

I might just grow out koi....I am wondering if anyone has an idea on the price value of that sized fish ???????