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PostPosted: Aug 11th, '10, 21:19 
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Our council sucks big time, and the building expector is a right goose. He was run out of the last town he was in , with , I am guessing, death threats. Now we have to put up with the di@khead here.
Anyhoo good luck OBO and yes the sheep as a green (read trendy), lawn mower , GOLD TC
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Hi OBO, just noticed the powder you've put on the brocolli leaves.Presumably this is to keep the bugs away, could you please let us know what is. We have a big problem with aphids here, have tried garlic/ chilli spray to no avail.
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Seriously, this cant be healthy.
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That is just dipel. It is applied to kill caterpillars. It's a powder mixed with water and sprayed on. There is a huge big thread on aphid remedies somewhere.
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think you could get the sheep classed as petrol free lawn mowing equipment?



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aren't those IBC GBs a huge amount of media to very little surface area for growth?

What kind of paint is best to protect them UV?

and why not have a rudimentary shade house over it all?

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1, Yes.
2, Any paint that sticks, I will be using a white uv resisitant external paint.
3. Because it would cost a lot more than paint will.
4. Your welcome :D
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abdul wrote:
aren't those IBC GBs a huge amount of media to very little surface area for growth?

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1, Yes.

Abdul, he does it so that he gets enough bio-filter volume to cope with the load from the number of fish he has stocked.
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he he, thanks for articulating that better for me :D

Rememer that ibc's take up the same floor space wether they are 400mm deep or 800mm deep. Leaving them full height gives a better standing position for planting and harvesting and better filtration.

I have never had a problem with excessive nitrates, so planting area is not realy a problem, and wont be. I still think that the surface area of 50 - 60 IBC's will be heaps :D
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Rememer that ibc's take up the same floor space wether they are 400mm deep or 800mm deep. Leaving them full height gives a better standing position for planting and harvesting and better filtration.


Although if you are manually shovelling the gravel into the full height IBC, the task itself is back-breaking... of coz plus gravel washing but you don't wash your gravel...
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I dont bloody shovel it either

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I dont bloody shovel it either


Yeah, but I did...
http://www.backyardaquaponics.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=6690&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=15

Back was stiff for a few days... and I am going to have to do it again soon...
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Outbackozzie wrote:
Rememer that ibc's take up the same floor space wether they are 400mm deep or 800mm deep. Leaving them full height gives a better standing position for planting and harvesting and better filtration.


Exactly the same conclusion I came to with using IBCs for my DWC raft system. That and the bonus of higher water volumes (3 times the volume) for temp stability, and at least 5 times the surface area for growing bacteria on the walls of the IBCs.
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No need to wash it either. :whistle:
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ROFL!!!

The not shoveling post is worth framing.

You're my AP idol ozzie :notworthy:
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