Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

F&F, I saw some plastic fish at "W" today, I thought of you, but there was only 4 in each pack for $5 maybe just get some more real ones!

Yes jaymie will get 10 goldies tomorrow will call them [guinea pigs]

Cowshit cleaning is that you add some, and a bubbler, and let it brew. The resultant bacteria do the cleaning for you. Don't know that you should cycle this in your plants though, it will clean your IBC/s.

Will try anything

Me well qualified buddy puts rare fish in barrels cleaned like this, he's a marine biologist and totally for the cause, I'd trust the info.

Wont be long mate, you'll be wowing us all with your brilliant set-up again.

And we all learned something, bloody hard lesson for you though.

how much would you need in 1000 litre

F&F, re the worm farm leachate....... did some research on the net for you last night. The camp is split 50/50. half say DONT USE IT! half say it great.

Its distinctly different form worm tea (which is made my soaking finnished worm castings in water)

Maybe hold off on using it, with your luck and the meet so close it may be a disaster!!!

Main thing at the moment is DO NOT LET THE BEDS DRY OUT!!!

The bac may still be viable, if the beds dry out they're done for!

Seasol is a good "perk up" for the plants as it contains minerals and lots of un-known biuo goddies, but no N or P, just K. The plants will be fine in my opinion over the few days with no fish, just keep your system going with just water.

Any Q's please ask

and seasol

I reckon a bucketful will be plenty to create mucho bacteria for you F&F.

thats like the kid who pulled its tail instead its tit and all he got was a bucket of sh--

If you do the cowshit thing F&F, somehow collect some of the methane to play around with. Collect it in balloons, light them up when you need help, Steve will be there in a flash!!! BANG!!! Steve: "What was that?"

yesterday scrubbed rinced and cleaned the ist ibc filled it with water put 2 air stones it it for 24 hrs went and got 5 goldies put them in it with the 2 that survived the first time done all the right things balanced temp ect went and had tea went back to look 6 dead WHY one more try then might give up

F&F, gosh
Could there be something that has contaminated your water supply?
Bad fish? Gosh

Do air stones take in contaminants? They are porous by nature. Are they the same ones you had in the previous setup?

Hi jaymie dont know any think is possable dont think its the air stones i had them in the hospital tank with the 2 goldies that survived for 2 days