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Thomas w McCosh commented on Debra Colvin's video

Aquaponic Update 2013-05-16

"i really enjoy all your videos thanks"

12 minutes ago

Kenny commented on Jeff Givan's group California Aquaponics

"Wow Jay, Exciting! Looks like you've got a fun day today ahead of you!"

14 minutes ago

Thomas w McCosh commented on Gina Cavaliero's video

"I Aquaponic"

"so very good ....im ready so so ready"

31 minutes ago

William Bryan Hutson, roy patton, Robert Vinson and 22 more joined Aquaponic Gardening

39 minutes ago

randy proctor commented on Sylvia Bernstein's group Tilapia Growers

"Doug...we have high PH well water, we finally learned from an other individual that using a piece of drift wood from the lake or river (as long as it does not contain sap "pine or cedar" will lower your PH naturally. We have used…"

1 hour ago

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

"Nitrites hit 0 yesterday. Ammonia also 0. I had resumed small feedings for several days now and wanted to make sure I do not get a later ammonia spike. Full feeding last night and another this morning. My minnow fry are really growing. I had…"

1 hour ago

DavidPressler SafeDomesdotCom commented on Sylvia Bernstein's page Buy / Sell Marketplace

"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5CnbjWLPx4&feature=youtu.be Used Domes great for grow rooms or hatchery Add solar panel and get off the grid"

1 hour ago

David - WI replied to William J Silverthorn's discussion Water Pressure Puzzle

"Is there a window that you could place the fish tank in front of, so the kids could view the fish from outside the building? Even if you had to make a little "ramp up... platform in front of the window... ramp down" viewing area with a…"

2 hours ago

ModeratorJon Parr commented on Sylvia Bernstein's group Tilapia Growers

"Doug, don't be in a hurry to change pH. A pH of 9 won't hurt anything, but plants won't do well until you get it down below 7. It takes time for acid to find and react with carbonates (which precipitate into solids at 8.3), so just…"

2 hours ago

Doug Franklin commented on Sylvia Bernstein's group Tilapia Growers

"I've recently started my flood and drain aquaponics system using ibc tanks. My fish tank is 280 gal. and I'm using an ibc tank that I've cut in 2 to make 2 grow beds. My system is cycling about every 15 minutes. I've put 150…"

2 hours ago

Jay commented on Jeff Givan's group California Aquaponics

" Hello every one I was looking for some aquapons that are in the Ventura county to connect with. I live here in Thousand Oaks for 40 years and have seen many changes. I got in to aquaponics 4 weeks ago and receive 5 275 gal totes…"

2 hours ago

Jay and Paula Loeffler joined Jeff Givan's group

California Aquaponics

Had the great pleasure of meeting a fellow CA Aquapon, Andy from Santa Barbara. Got me to thinking we shouldn't be left out. There is a Florida and Colorado group so there has to be one from CA. Besides we can share links, ideas and suppliersSee More

2 hours ago

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Victor Getov replied to Jim S.'s discussion Blood meal experiment results

"Hi, As blood meal here in Botswana is not on the market and can be only imported from SA after +1000 licences,permits etc.,I dig the net and found that blood meal is JUST dried…"

3 hours ago

David B commented on David B's photo

Close Up Crops ie Our backyard Grocery Store

"You'll never believe it but the beds are $8 KIDDIE POOLS with Home Depot Styrofoam rafts painted a nice brown. After building the very high-tech canoe u see with overflow drains, level sensors, growth medium moisture wicks, and…"

3 hours ago

Jim Troyer commented on Farcry305's blog post At Epcot Aquaponics, Aeroponics hydro and drip tour ..Sweet

"very cool! Now there's a reason to go Florida..."

6 hours ago

ModeratorVlad Jovanovic replied to RW's discussion how to get plants to flower/fruit ?

"When you say it's been growing "for a while"...what does that mean? Because I can hold my breath 'for a while' :) Broccoli can take a looong time (3-4 months) to send up a flowering stalk sometimes..."

7 hours ago

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

"well, thats true they are definitely too young to teach AP to.its partially for them to play with under supervision, and partially for introducing the concept of AP to my university as a training model.Also there are other soil planters already…"

7 hours ago

Erik Phillips replied to Erik Phillips's discussion cycling kit not working

"Same to you. I think everyone should know about this type of gardening. Its very efficient and if I can (eventually) get it to work then anyone can. Thank you for all of your help."

11 hours ago

Jeffrey Ihara replied to Benjamin's discussion Nitrifying Bacteria Quandary

"I just meant that the Nitrobacter/Nitrospira were evidently abundant enough to at least keep pace with the Nitrosomonas, however the Nitrosomonas that made the transfer were not adequate to keep up with the processing of ammonia from your fish. BTW,…"

11 hours ago

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

"honestly though, for children that young, planting seeds in soil would be my choice. The learning opportunities offered by aquaponics are not really accessible for kids at that stage of their cognitive development (or whatever the psycho-talk…"

11 hours ago