Backyard Aquaponics
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good to see robduca
going good, what fish are you running mate an how many just curious

Hey Hezzy
I have 25 trout and 7 silver perch in the tank at the moment.
Will be taking a perch or 2 out this week to eat.
Should make a start on building a floating raft grow bed for the system this week hopefully.

Hi rob
How do sp an trout go together,
ok if sp are bigger than trout I've been told
I made a floating ring that I have duckweed growing in so when it's full trout will eat whatever grows over the side, quiet a good idea I thought,
Plus the trout like to hide out under it as it floats around on the water
I'll put a pic up tomorrow for you ..
I am currently running 60 trout

I haven't noticed any problems with keeping them both in the same tank, but the silvers are a decent size.
Yea wouldn't mind a pic of that floating ring.
I did have some duckweed. Silver perch loved it and my young fella tipped the container over that had the rest in.

Finally back down to zeros.
Started feeding again but less than I was.

Great news rob , looks like your fish will be happy to

Hey Rob when you say you take the grill off and clean it do you pull the ceramic shaft out as well?

Yes Ben I found the same thing I thought running cf would be better but your right FD works better I think the pump we have for system is OK but when trout do there thing there's quite a lot of it the only thing that worries me with FD one the water quality and two the ammonia build up I found not over feeding works for me I still feed them one and half tbsp morning and the same in afternoon on the weekends they get a little extra and they are growing well

Hey rod. I only cleaned the grill. Had a bit of buildup in it but nothing major.

Ye just asking I take the ceramic rod out and clean it as well

Oh yea. I'll take it apart and have a look next time. Did you have a buildup of gunk in there?

Ye a little bit it also gets a build up of slime I like to keep it clean also to make sure no foreign matter is caught up on ceramic shaft I clean mine fortnightly now especially with trout

Well.. The upgrade has started. Went to bunnings this arvo and got a few bits and pieces.
Couple of sheets of structural ply, a few length of 90x35 treated pine, pond liner. Is going to cost a bit more than expected. Spent $330 already.



Will try to knock it off in the next week at work.
Still haven't worked out what I will make as the stand.
The bed will be 2.4m long, 1m wide and thinking 400mm high.

I had another ammonia spike. All good now. Nitrates are really high. Would say up around the 160 mark. That's why I have pulled my finger out and have started the new bed.
I will put a half blue barrel filled with media in that flows into a container(yet to decide) with a filter pad which will flow into the new DWC bed.
I am thinking of trying a dragonfruit plant in the blue barrel. Has anyone grown one in AP?

Cheers
Rob

Found this workbench to use as a stand. Will just give it a tidy up and plonk the new bed on top once finished.


Made a bit of progress on the new grow bed. Ran out of screws and need a few more lengths of timber to finish it off.

Internal measurements will be 2m long, 1m wide, 400mm high.
What I have found out is I don't think I will save any money building this myself instead of buying a second growbed from BYAP.
Anyway, it will be more satisfying looking at it full of veges knowing I built it.

I should get some lettuce cups and start some seeds so they are ready when its all finished.
Wondering if the hydro shop in Bunbury would have them.

Then I will need to source a piece of poystyrene for the top. Maybe Clark Rubber??

Cheers
Rob

"Found this workbench to use as a stand."

All I want to know is what kind of person just randomly finds workbenches to use as grow bed stands. I just went to look, where are my workbenches that should be in my garden/garage for me to find? There weren't any, life just isn't fair.