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David L. Eisenbrandt replied to David L. Eisenbrandt's discussion Free air?"Not from need,- just to use the movement of water to supplement. It's free. "
"I use Azomite in my composte tea, and in the ap systems... love it!
my favorite for the media beds is Soil Mender's "Minerals Plus""
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"when it comes to seedlings, its all about pH and temp.
lettuce likes a pH around 6.0 - 6.5 and the temp bellow 75 to germinate.
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Anselmo Torres commented on Anselmo Torres's group SoCal aquaponics"I have the list, I can scan and email to you if you like, what's your email"
Phil Slaton commented on Chi Ma's group Aquaponics For Beginners"Right Bob., same idea. The fridg allows more capacity. I have 4 three pound trout going in mine now. We are about out of bacon, so that is next. The great thing about them, in addition to how cheap they are, is that they…"
Harlyn Mall replied to David L. Eisenbrandt's discussion Free air?"I agree with Dan. I uploaded a picture of a simple tee off of the pump in my system. It provides plenty of extra air and water movement. And then the bell siphon of coarse adds plenty as well."
Andrew Coscia replied to Andrew Coscia's discussion WARNING!!!! barley straw pellets"i'll give it a shot"
Jim Fisk commented on Jim Fisk's group IBC Aquaponics"Hi Leo, bury the PT as far under ground as sunset likes. Not sure the oem pallet would take kindly to being under ground for long. As far as bloat is concerned I have had them push the cage out quite a bit when not supported as I describe. The 330s…"
Jay commented on Anselmo Torres's group SoCal aquaponics"Anselmo,
Thanks but I haven't seen a list. I have contacted a fish hatchery for trout, so if i drive to Chino Ca. and have a permit i could get Trout.
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ModeratorVlad Jovanovic replied to Andrew Coscia's discussion WARNING!!!! barley straw pellets
"Well, it's your system so ultimately that's up to you...
...you might dose ammonia to 2ppm, make sure your pH is well above 7, and see if it'll pick up again..."
Andrew Coscia replied to Andrew Coscia's discussion WARNING!!!! barley straw pellets"well now that we all agree i did something wrong. where do i go from here? add active bacteria? fish? drain the system? or just sit back and wait for it to fix it's self?"
aubrey sloan posted a discussionneed to upgrade water pump
I was looking into upgradeing my pump,I was useing pond pump but wasnt happy with the flow and it would fail if there was a loss of power,I would have to remove and give it a bump and it would run fine.Lost faith with it.So I put the pools pump to use.Fond this to be a pain as in piping and cleaning.bad design.I loose water every time I cean.Will have to add a swirl filter I know.Anyway began looking at harbor frieght and found this pump.1 Horsepower Dirty Water Pump With FloatThis powerful…See More
"im with Gina on this one... Aquaponic farming is viable... its just that "profit" is an elusive answer..
my farm has paid for itself for four plus years... but only this year have we finally expanded enough to start really…"
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Light medium for vertical system
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