Backyard Aquaponics
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Hey

Im going to try carrots again as last time they were eaten up ... slugs....

so have been getting the slugs drunk and have taken out about 200-300 hundred so far...

didnt realize there were so many....

Im 12 inches deep (304mm) and the lava rock is about half that...

jT

sorry forgot one question...

the leak and potato soup was fantastic.....

nice mild flavor and great Consistency

they made a HUGE pot so we gave some to our neighbors....

jT

decided to thin out some catfish... with them the size they were, I was getting overstocked...size wise......

they were getting to big for my 600 gallon tank (2270l) and constantly knocking my
SLO's off LoL.....

It sounded like someone using a hammer on the inside of the FT... when they got excited...

Oh nice one JT!!!!!

Tip on keeping the rambunctious fish from knocking out the SLO drains. A stainless steel screw, you can still take it out when needed but so far it has helped me. Or another method I did was drill a hole and slide a ziptie through into the pipe to keep it from slipping off but when needed I can still pull the ziptie out to remove the drain.

Ya TC I have the SS screws in the down tubes, but will have to put then in the T's also that are leading out to the GB's

jT

Nice catfish! Woot!

It is good to see some one else pulling some big catfish out of their tank!

Sure is, nice work JT
I have had really very little success with Thai catfish, to the point where I have given up with them, they really don't seem to like AP.
No idea why.

hey thanks all....

that is a medium sized catfish.. there are a couple BIG ones still in the tank......

Maybe your tank is to small.... my FT is right around 600 gallons (2271l)

I also have bluegill (bream) in there and they range from 5" to the biggest which is about 10 inch long and very thick....

I will be harvesting more catfish in a few weeks as they are getting to big for the tank... and Im afraid they will puncture the firestone liner...

jT

I have had all kinds of sizes of tank.
The first was 4000L, the second, 280L, the third 5000+
Loads died until there were almost none left.
The latest lot, out of 100, 80 died within a week and I moved them to a small tank, unpumped, no air and since none have died.
These fish just seem to like still, dirty water, strange but true.

Good job on yours though, splendid looking fish

Nice fish indeed! I see you held it under the "Gone Fishin" sign for your picture. Nice touch.

I'm not too worried about the liner with the catfish. I imagine it would hurt the fish if they were to manage to puncture the liner with their barb. So far in the 4 years with 3 different Firestone lined tanks no damage to the liner has been done by my catfish. Termites and carpenter ants and rats, another story.

Nice catfish JT....

Cool, so how many of those do you think you have in there?

Ive got at lest 14 more.... and they are medium to large......

will harvest more in a couple weeks..

JT