Backyard Aquaponics
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she thought she was outta the shot, dad pressed hmself agaist the wall

is all lookin good stevo

PH= 8.0
NH3=0.0
NO2=0.0
NO3=0.0

Plants are showing signs of Iron deficiency, but that might be due to the high PH as much as anything.

Dad has two trout left between them having got sap and the jumpers.

Have put a stocking 1/4 filled with worm castings and a chopped lemon into the top of the bio-barrel in an attempt to slightly lower the PH and provide some nutes for the plant while we get some Silver perch happening for them

ggez even with not much poo, the plants and system looks great steve.

HEhe, and when he picks the Purple Cabbages, he can use them to test the pH of his system

Looking good steve...

It all looks very healthy... any trouble with roots clogging up he system?

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No such problems (or should I say luck) at my place...

not sure, he has had to throttle the pump back (extra bypass) a couple of times but i think that may be more due to the pipes settling and sagging. i would have like more support under them.

Test results after i sliced lemon and a bit of worm castings were added thursday

NH3 = 0.0
NO2 = 0.0
NO3 = 0.0

PH= 8.0

I might get them two squeeze a couple of lemons into the pond to try and bring the PH down a little

Put in some shell grit so as the pH rises, the calcium will disolve and act as a buffer...

???

Steve is trying to bring pH down, not up.

Went for a visit to F&F's place today. I am constantly amazed at 3 things........

1) the sort of stuff people throw out
2) the amount of this stuff that F&F has
3) how expandable F&F's system is

Anyway, after a beer i manages to beg 5 silver perch outta F&F for the old mans system, he's getting rather disallusioned with the AP thing because the silvers are so tiny and the plants are so hungry.................

5 of F&F's silvers both make the pond look better and should give the plants some more nitrates.

Thanx again

So you took his fish and drank his beer...bout time you started treating your elders with a little more respect

hey man, i'm workin on a 3Kw chiller for the man.................. but more about that in my thread

So anyways, dad get home from the week-end away............called me but didn't mention anything about the fish..................called me later but still no mention about the fish..................

Bugger it, i'll drive down there.................arrived said hello, mucked around a little and then just when i was going out to the pond he says "so, santa visited the pond"

bugger saw then straight away but wasn't going to let on.............................