Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

Any more red spots? Or trout? Are the bigger trout maybe hassling them literally to death?

Yep, the trout will be chasing them and stressing them. You want your SP to be a minimum 20cm to run with trout.

I moved lots of them into the sump tank today - struggling to catch the rest.

I didn't realise my salinity was so high - 11ppt !!! So cleaned out 800 litres from the 2 sumps and also cleaned the bottom of red muddy scoria dust and other things.

Put some pipes in the sump for them to hide in and a 90mm sieve screen between the sumps so they don't venture into the pump sump.

I found a mashed up silver in pieces which looked like it had been eaten by the other fish.

Some vege harvests






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Seperated a fish



Some snow peas




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White alpine strawberry are finally doing well with a reduction in salt

Asian greens seed sprinkled - they are delicious



Beets onions leeks


Bokchoy on steroids



Onion in greenhouse has some mottling



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Wow the bok choi are mental! That's so cool :-)


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What's your favorite way to prepare the bok choi? I have some growing, and have no idea how to cook them.

Garlic butter lemon juice


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Looks great Jay! I have just started seeds for my fall crops of spinach and lettuce. I might have to sacrifice some chard plants to make room for bokchoy.

Here are some silver perch that I moved to the sump during winter because the trout we're bullying them
They love it in there.

Here are the trout in the greenhouse
Not sure why they are up the top, maybe oxygen?

Silverbeet forest


Bit blurry but this is the result of no RFF and trout - the poo has some white stuff on it.


Vietnamese mint and chard - thought it was a beetroot that went to seed but it was a Ruby Chard - beetroot bottom right


Lettuces super fast growers.


Mibuna going to seed


Pretty Fish


This asian green is absolutely delicious - no pepper taste and sweet. Bees love it and the stalks are attractive.


Expansion beds


Yellow snow pea breeding project


Now the strawberries are going great since I reduced the salt. This one is a white alpine


Morganna Lettuce


Azolla starting to grow


Beautiful red roots from chard

How are the yellow snow peas tasting?