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Jonathan Kadish NYC AA Chair replied to Beth Medeiros's discussion How many fish do I need?

"Well there are a couple of things to mention... First your nice looking system is very young and your first couple of crops won't be your best. Aquaponics continues to develop for up to 2 years. You will see your yield continue to improve over…"

24 minutes ago

Jim Troyer commented on Pat James's blog post Swimming Pool System

"Hi Pat: Don't knock those little fishy guys, there is a guy here in Phoenix growing AP with guppies, 1000's of guppies. You are correct in thinking that you need to add plant load to get a handle on the green water issue. I…"

1 hour ago

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

"I'll have to measure tomorrow. I normally just throw in what they eat in a few minutes plus a few more (and if they eat that, I increase the amount I feed them the next day). Is there a formula for how much feed equals how…"

1 hour ago

Jon tripp posted a discussion

New England

Hi all. This is my first post. I just wanted to say hi to everyone. I live here in New Hampshire and have been gardening on and off over the past few years, but have really taken an interest as of late to learning more... a lot more.My goal her is to learn what I can about aqua phonics for colder weather...for what fish to raise, what to feed them, and how to harvest, to system design, to greenhouse layout and planting. I would love to have an almost self sustaining system for a year-round use.…See More

1 hour ago

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Larry Glaser commented on Sylvia Bernstein's group Tilapia Growers

"I ordered 25 1" tilapia before my system has cycled but added them into my house aquarium till the outside system has cycled plus here in middle Tennessee it is unusually cool both days and nights...... This is the darndest global warming,…"

1 hour ago

Jay joined Chi Ma's group

Aquaponics For Beginners

This is a place where Beginners can post questions and find answers.Advanced Users are welcome to help the Beginners out.Please KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) .See More

2 hours ago

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Jonathan Kadish NYC AA Chair replied to Beth Medeiros's discussion How many fish do I need?

"How many grams of fish food are you feeding a day?"

2 hours ago

Gary Anderson replied to Gary Anderson's discussion Filter

"Thanks."

2 hours ago

Ken Turnage commented on Dave Mannina's photo

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"You have an awesome setup."

3 hours ago

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

"It's a bit of a dilemma. If you increase stocking, then you must have the necessary aeration. Your plants are now heavy feeders but fall/winter plants are not so much. Fish grow, so possibly you will…"

4 hours ago

George replied to Miriam Badou's discussion spider mites

"I've never seen spider mites in ground or gravel. They definitely don't like moisture."

4 hours ago

Derrick replied to Derrick's discussion what went wrong..

"its been 2 weeks since i set up, i am useing fish to cycle with (mistake in the beginning not knowing exactly what cycling was). I started with 10 goldies and 2 algae eaters, now have 7 golds and 3 guppy 2 algae eaters. I feed…"

4 hours ago

Sheri Schmeckpeper replied to Bayy Quest's discussion New and need advice in the group Arizona Aquaponics

"Welcome Bayy Quest! What part of the Valley are you in? I can't argue with any advice you've received so far. What's fun about this group is that, in addition to being very active, we all have created our systems to fit our individual…"

5 hours ago

ModeratorHarold Sukhbir replied to Gary Anderson's discussion Filter

"Hi Gary, In AP the waste must be allowed go to the media beds, there the worms/bacteria converts it to plant food."

5 hours ago

Randall Wimbish commented on SW's group Tilapia Breeding

"I am starting to be overwhelmed with tiny fry. if you leave a female in the breeder tank until she releases them will they all get eaten?"

5 hours ago

Sheri Schmeckpeper replied to Robert Rowe's discussion Vermicomposting or simply worms care and feeding in the group Arizona Aquaponics

"Great points, Jim. You do need to know what your neighbors do to their yards. :) Your grinding comments made me laugh, because Bob just got a long-wanted chipper. Now everything gets chipped, from mulch (needs to be re-chipped smaller)…"

5 hours ago

Bill Gann posted a status

"How far do y'all let the water rise to the gravel before the siphon starts? Mine is1" or more and my plants are not doing well. level 2 hi?"

5 hours ago

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Gary Anderson posted a discussion

Filter

The filter in my fish bed pump clogs and has to be removed and cleaned pretty often. Wondering if theres anything wrong with removing it and let the pump move the fish waste up to the grow beds and let the gravel and the worms, etc. do the work.See More

6 hours ago

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Jeffrey A Harris replied to Jeffrey A Harris's discussion Having trouble keeping ph up in new system

" Calcium Carbonate and potassium carbonate"

6 hours ago

David Schwinghamer replied to Bayy Quest's discussion New and need advice in the group Arizona Aquaponics

"Go ahead and use gravel, as a newbie April of 2012 found that pea gravel worked great, if you already have it use it but these other folks have a point with bacteria. I have found that worms are the best filter and a great addition to any media bed…"

7 hours ago