Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

It's all looking very nice Don !

That does look good Don. Three bananas to a bag, does that mean you are a three banana per day man?

No that's one each for the visitors,you will have to give three days notice if you want to pick a ripe one off the plant.

My water chesnuts have taken off,here's a picture.

I call this multilevel housing for yabbies.It is made of offcuts of 90mm black pvc.They make good use of it .I am not a real fan of yabbies but they are easy to get .If I lost all my fish today I could be stocked up with yabbies tomorrow.

What happened Don?

Faye, I think he meant "if" he lost all his fish... he could keep the system going by stocking with yabbies immediately...

That's right Rupert it is if i lost them all.the fish have done well this year,thirty eight of the forty trout that I put in made it to the fridge or freezer.I found one belly up one day and the other one jumped out.The red fin are big enough now but they are safe untill all the trout have gone from the freezer.I lost two red fin when the water got to 32c.

Got any pics of the redfin???

You still feeding them bits and pieces... or are they on pellets???

They are mostly on pellets,they get a bit of chopped up fish sometimes and if I find any green grubs that's their treat and the only way I can get them off the bottom so it is hard to get a good picture of them .I intend putting another liner in their tank soon so I hope that I can get you a picture then.

This is my redfin,while they don't grow as fast as the trout they are bigger than some silvers that I have seen and they don't all go belly up when the water warms up.

Certainly are good looking fish dbird

You're right Don - they're as tough as nails (but taste better) !

That's right Nigel,if trout and redfin were on the menu it would be a easy to decide which one you were having.I am disappionted that I couln't get any more this year,some miserable b put explosives in the dams that we were getting them from and killed the lot.

What a winner