coty
  • Male
  • Albuquerque, NM
  • United States
Share on Facebook
Share Twitter

Coty's Friends

  • Heather Warner
  • Bryan Acred
  • Scott Frazier
  • Izzy

coty's Discussions

Hi everyone

Started this discussion. Last reply by Harold Sukhbir Dec 10, 2012. 4 Replies

I just wanted to take a little time to say hi. I am new to aquaponics and am starting my first system. I have picked up a 275 gallon water tote that i cut to use as my fish tank and grow bed. I am…Continue

 

coty's Page

Latest Activity

coty commented on Scott Jackson's photo
Thumbnail

2013-05-29 10.39.55

"Very nice! Can i ask what you are using for you shade cloth?"
Jun 1
coty commented on Chi Ma's group Aquaponics For Beginners
"Anybody know of any good cheap shade cloth material?"
May 27
coty replied to M Cosmo's discussion Greenhouses - Shadehouse- Structures
"Does anybody know of a low cost material i could use for a shade cloth?"
May 27
coty commented on Chi Ma's group Aquaponics For Beginners
"thanks for the advise guys. What would be the best way to remove the chlorine"
Apr 9
coty commented on Chi Ma's group Aquaponics For Beginners
"So i took some of my water to be tested at petsmart and they said it was ok. My ph level was good and my amonia was a little high but not high enough to hurt anything. I am using an ibc system and i try to keep it filled between 150-200 gallons.…"
Apr 9
coty commented on Chi Ma's group Aquaponics For Beginners
"Thanks for the info guys. I have seen a ph test kit at my local wally world. Ill go pick it up today!"
Apr 2
coty commented on Chi Ma's group Aquaponics For Beginners
"Thanks for the good info randy!!! I havnt tested my water so far and i would like to stay away from putting anything that is not natural in my system. i might just have start testing it if i want it to keep growing. Thanks for not posting smart…"
Apr 1
coty commented on Chi Ma's group Aquaponics For Beginners
"Do you have any other advice matt? I dont think my water is the problem. My plants look like they might be burning and some of them are kind of yellowish."
Apr 1
coty commented on Chi Ma's group Aquaponics For Beginners
"So lately my plants have not been doing so good. When i first planted them they all took off and were doing great. I have some lettuce thats light green/yellow and is growing but isnt standing up. I also have a rasberry bush that was doing great but…"
Apr 1
coty commented on Jim Fisk's group IBC Aquaponics
"How big should your shrimp get and are they edible"
Mar 24
coty replied to Linda Logan's discussion Catfish and/or Pleco's in AP systems in the group Aquaponics For Beginners
"I have some 4in african catfish. The clean the bottom of my ibc tote pretty good. Well the corner they like to stay in is clean anyway lol"
Mar 24
coty commented on Chi Ma's group Aquaponics For Beginners
"Im still new at all this but i think you'll be good as long as your growbed floods. On my system my pump turns on for 15min and after about 5min my growbed has filled up then when my pump shuts off it takes 6min to completely drain. My plants…"
Mar 15
Jim Fisk replied to coty's discussion building questions? in the group Greenhouses
"Hey Cody, If you have lived where you are thru a Winter just make note of where your Sun sits around noon in January and make your S wall perpendicular to that tree line or what ever. That's all I did and it was close to perfect. Really not…"
Mar 15
Jim Troyer replied to coty's discussion building questions? in the group Greenhouses
"Hi All - first post this group. I read about heating a green house with the latien heat of the soil several years ago and would like to pass this along.  While I have not used this method, it seems like a fairly easy and straight forward…"
Mar 15
coty commented on Chi Ma's group Aquaponics For Beginners
"Lee do you have fish yet"
Mar 11
coty replied to coty's discussion building questions? in the group Greenhouses
"Jon i looked at this chart but it didnt make any sens to me lol. My glass wall and roof will be facing south. My zip code is 87114 if you could look it over for me. I have decided to go with polycarbonate sheet instead of 6mil plastic. I was able…"
Mar 6

Profile Information

How did you find us?
Search engine (Google)
Are you an aquaponic gardener already?
No
Please tell us something else about yourself.
Starting with a 275 gallon water tote. Using a constant flow with bell syphons.

coty's Photos

Loading…
  • Add Photos
  • View All

Comment Wall (8 comments)

You need to be a member of Aquaponic Gardening to add comments!

Join Aquaponic Gardening

At 2:25pm on February 26, 2013, coty said…
Fish babies!!! My convicts had babies today. They are tiny! Lol
At 11:07am on February 15, 2013, coty said…
3 days later my lettuce is sprouting! Its about 1/8in tall lol super excited!
At 10:47am on February 12, 2013, coty said…
My grow bed is not completly full yet. Its hard work sifting and cleaning lava rock but i did plant an avacado pit and planted some lettuce in a 2" cups!
At 5:43pm on February 4, 2013, coty said…
Green water? I have been cycling my system for just over 1 week and i just noticed my water is turning green. Is this good or bad?
At 9:10am on January 26, 2013, Izzy said…

Hey, thanks for the add!

At 7:55pm on January 9, 2013, coty said…
Going to shorten the bell syphon. That should fix it until i can build another grow bed
At 7:53pm on January 9, 2013, coty said…
First cycle test. Fail.... turns out me grow bed is not level and it almost over flowed before the bell syphon engaged lol oops. I caught it before it spilled tho!
At 11:25pm on December 9, 2012, coty said…
Anybody close to albuquerque new mexico?
 
 
 

© 2013   Created by Sylvia Bernstein.   Powered by

Badges  |  Report an Issue  |  Terms of Service