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Paula Costa replied to Roger & April Frederick's discussion Anyone using Growstones?

"Hi Matt, Growstones don't disappear or disintegrate with handling. They are large enough and will remain a large stone or aggregate with all its physical properties, long after many years of usage. Yes, they will produce some…"

46 minutes ago

Larry Alesi replied to Beth Medeiros's discussion How many fish do I need?

"You might want to try a nutrient calculator like the plant people use in the Aquarium hobby. http://calc.petalphile.com/ I use this for my planted tanks and along with the plant deficiencies chart that was previously posted. It's important to…"

58 minutes ago

Chelsea Brannan replied to David L. Eisenbrandt's discussion Water wheel powered air pump

"Interesting articles Paul! Thanks for posting those."

1 hour ago

chris taylor Swamp Creek Farms posted discussions

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Shivanie Ramnarine commented on John Wolff's video

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"slow down ur water flow is see if it helps break syphon "

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Barry Stroup posted a photo

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Jay commented on Dave Mannina's photo

Bell Siphon.

"So by raising the tube you can manually break the siphon? Is this a method of setting the water height without changing standpipes?"

1 hour ago

George replied to Beth Medeiros's discussion How many fish do I need?

"Vlad, I follow you. Unfortunately, by weight, so I added almost twice as much magnesium as iron, 10% / 6%. Thanks. "

2 hours ago

ModeratorTCLynx replied to Roger & April Frederick's discussion Anyone using Growstones?

"As long as the pea gravel in your location is large enough and not made of limestone. I have to warn people constantly that "pea" gravel describes shape/size but doesn't tell what kind of rock it will be. In many places if…"

3 hours ago

ModeratorVlad Jovanovic replied to Beth Medeiros's discussion How many fish do I need?

"George, When you say "at about the same rate as iron..." do you mean by weight of the powder/salt, or by percentage of iron/magnesium contained in the powder/salt? Epsom salt (or magnesium sulfate heptahydrate... MgSO4-7H2O...is about…"

5 hours ago

Jim Troyer commented on David Schwinghamer's group Arizona Aquaponics

"@ Stephanie: Nice filter design... Interesting to note that your grow beds are flowing better. If you want to add a filter medium, the blue swamp cooler pad works great. The worms can crawl through to clean it so you'll…"

7 hours ago

Samuel N Krist'l Gray updated their profile

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William J Silverthorn replied to William J Silverthorn's discussion Water Pressure Puzzle

"that probably wont be necessary. if they are tall enough to use the planters then they should be tall enough to see inside the fish tank. I might get some extra interesting fish for them to look at. some pleco's would probably do nicely with…"

7 hours ago

Debra-ann Phipps replied to Debra-ann Phipps's discussion Plants all died

"My water level is about 1-1 1/2 inch below the top of the gravel, only a small area is being sprayed but those plants were actually the last to die. Some sprouts sprouted on the surface but the roots were growing down to the water alright, the…"

8 hours ago

Paul Smith replied to Roger & April Frederick's discussion Anyone using Growstones?

"Hi All, This is an interesting discussion. I have looked at hydroton and other growing medium. Frankly, I can't justify the use of any other medium than pea gravel. I pay $36 for a Yard delivered to my back gate. Yes, it needs…"

9 hours ago

Erik Phillips posted a discussion

catfish breeding

I've just started my system and the cycling is almost complete. I am going to put channel catfish in my system. I was wondering if they would breed in the tank and if so if there is anything I need to do to allow it to happen.

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Ivette commented on SW's group Free Fingerlings for Aquapons

"Hi everyone. I will be building a three 55 gallon tank system soon. At 3-5 gallons per fish, that'$ 11 to 18 fish i need for my first system. Does anyone have this many fish they can give me in the Miami or South Florida area? I can trade 55…"

9 hours ago

ModeratorHarold Sukhbir replied to Debra-ann Phipps's discussion Plants all died

"Hi Debra, The water level in your beds should be 1 inch below the top of the media or alternatively the top 1 inch of media should be dry. Also I've noticed some of the seedlings are being wet constantly which is not good. The roots of all…"

10 hours ago

Debra-ann Phipps posted a discussion

Plants all died

I have a indoor 20 gallon tank with crawfish and rosy red minnows feeding into 2 pea gravel growbeds, the full setup can be seen at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-O9ZYJ0INb0 It is fully cycled and my ammonia and nitrites are 0, my ph (which was my first concern until I tested it) is 6.8 (although I tested it the day after I added some sea shells so it might have been lower had I tested it before adding them) and my nitrates are about 80.…See More

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Paul Smith replied to David L. Eisenbrandt's discussion Water wheel powered air pump

"Hi David, Here is another link to a Great Water Wheel pump story!! http://lurkertech.com/water/pump/morgan/tripod/ Paul."

10 hours ago