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I am running the system constant flood at the moment cos the water started turning green. Stopped feeding for a couple of days and water is clear again.
What I have noticed now is that I have TONNES of bees now hovering around the pipe work that fills the GB and scooped out 10 dead ones in the FT.
Does constant flood have something to do with attracting bees? If so, I will have to go back to 15/45 after the heat wave.

[quote="robduca"]I am running the system constant flood at the moment cos the water started turning green. Stopped feeding for a couple of days and water is clear again.
What I have noticed now is that I have TONNES of bees now hovering around the pipe work that fills the GB and scooped out 10 dead ones in the FT.
Does constant flood have something to do with attracting bees? If so, I will have to go back to 15/45 after the heat wave.[/quote

The bees are after water if it's not ur gb it would be ur ft


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Bees are good


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Yea I know the bees are good but there are a lot more than normal since I went constant flood. The wife is allergic to them so she has to keep away from the tank. Not sure if my 1 year old son is allergic as well. Hopefully not.

Yeah so u need them gone yeah I dunno if that would have much to do with it but hey it could


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Oh ur bunbury aren't u this a new FB page bunbury aquaponics


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It's like this all along one side if the grow bed with a constant flow of bees coming and going.
I'll have a search for the Facebook page soon cheers for letting me know.

Try increasing ur water lvl just half way up ur clay jut while they are a pain an idea


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Hey man, all those bees worked it out amongst themselves for certain ones to get water for the others at certain times during the day. You messed up their schedule when you switched out 15/45 for constant flood. They used to come in, get what they needed (the 15 on part), and go away (the 45 part). Now there are just more of them trying to get water all at once and you are noticing them more.

Not much room on your lot to set up a mini system just for them, eh, so they stay away from the humans system?

System is still ticking along. Water is a little green. Running constant flood.
Some plants just don't want to grow at the moment. The ph is slowly dropping so hopefully the plants will kick into gear soon.
The pumpkin seems to be cranking. Tomatoes look as if they have peaked. Might take them out.
Chard is going ok. Everything else seems to be struggling. Lettuce is stunted and goes to seed.

Ammonia- 0
Nitrite- 0
Nitrate- 0
PH- 7.8

hope you have strong mesh on the shed, goner be stretched when the pumpkins start growing!

I also have pumpkins, and noticed lots of bees? maybe it's the yellow flowers that are attracting them and the water is just a bonus?

BTW I am also allergic to bees, but i found that if I don't bother them they don't bother me.

However if they build a hive, they may get protective.

Yea the wife doesn't go over near the ap.
I walk around in there with the bees and they don't seem to mind me.

The pumpkins are a variety called Potimarron. Only get to about 1kg so should be ok hopefully.

I am having trouble clearing the water up.



This is how it has been for some time now. I have been running the system constant flood for a while now and have swapped it back to timed F&D 15/45. The water seems to get a bit worse when on 15/45.

Is there any obvious reason for this? There are 7 Silver Perch in the tank.
All tests are fine at the moment.


PH is coming down but is still a bit high.

How are u shading it


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