Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

To be honest, I have made my tests at all hours, kind of a mother hen thing.

I think the consensus is just leave it alone and let it adjust itself. There is some algea, but that is becoming less and less as I add more plants. it seems to be going from a green to a brown color so I assume it is dying, and there seems to be no new growth.

The fish are doing great though and in the end I guess that is what matters most, and I am getting some sprouting from the seeds I planted on Monday this week.

Thanks for your input. It is much appreciated.

what actually WAS the PH range DT?

he reported 7.5 to 8.4 pH range.

That is right. but it lately has been ranging from 7.5 to 8.0 sooo.....

So it's settling down. Leave it be.

That is the plan Janet, that is the plan.

I am back from a nother quick trip to honduras for Christmas. While there, I bought some plywood to make two GBs. Each bed will be 680 liters and I will eventually grow two 4 of these. I hope to make the boxes of plywood and then put a plastic liner inside and hope for the best. Hopefully I can get a couple of years out of a system like this. We'll see.

I came home to find almost half of my fish water gone because the neighbors who looked in on the place, thought that the plants in the yard needed watering. Well, the plants were happy, the fish were not. I topped off nearly 250 liters of water and gave them some feed. They seem to be coming out of it just fine. I will post pics as the project comes together, hopefully this weekend.

people with the best intentions often do the worst damage

hmmm....neighbor needs an AP lesson. Or maybe just biology lesson.

Lesson #1: Fish need water.

heh.... no harm done....yet. Janet, how is the geyser thing going? Have been trying to keep up with the thread but not seen you put anything new in it.

fish need water?

I thought fish only needed a hot pan a little lemon juice and olive oil

thats right, salt is added while we grow them

The geyser pump annoys me. I can only move about 10 liters of water in an hour. I am ignoring it at the moment. Maybe Les will come up with a better design.

Fish need beer batter.

lots of things need beer