"Vlad, I follow you. Unfortunately, by weight, so I added almost twice as much magnesium as iron, 10% / 6%.
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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…"
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…"
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…"
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…"
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…"
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 $36 for a Yard
delivered to my back gate. Yes, it needs…"
Erik Phillips posted a discussioncatfish breeding
I've just started my system and the cycling is almost complete. I am going to put channel catfish in my system. I was wondering if they would breed in the tank and if so if there is anything I need to do to allow it to happen.
Ivette commented on SW's group Free Fingerlings for Aquapons"Hi everyone. I will be building a three 55 gallon tank system soon. At 3-5 gallons per fish, that'$ 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…"
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…"
Debra-ann Phipps posted a discussionPlants 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
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."
Paul Smith replied to David L. Eisenbrandt's discussion Water wheel powered air pump"Hi Devid,
Here is a link to a spiral water wheel pump that You might find interesting.
http://techref.massmind.org/techref/other/pump/spiral.htm
Paul"
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Jon tripp commented on K Schreiber's group New England Aquaponics"Hello all? Is anyone still active in this group?"
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There has been no global warming since the nineties -- according to all the major temperature data sets. When most in the media refused to report, CFACT graphed it and put it on a billboard at the entrance to D.C. Warming campaigners…"
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catfish breeding
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Organic trailblazer accept GE!
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