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Yeeaah.. I think you got my knowledge base covered as well.
I am going to start tinkering a lot with the system, in bigger scale.
Got the new house we was looking at, big house with a huge garden in Barcelona.
The Black Moor took its last swim today, found it flouting around in the current, with the comets strangely surrounding it like a wake or something. I think it was the bouncing pH that took care of him. I try not to adjust it too much, but as the system behaves I really do not have much choice in the matter.
.2-.3 drop each day, and with a rise in PPM of 10-30 a day it is hard to not use the regular tap water to adjust the pH also, since it is so rich in solids.
Will take a trip to the HydroStore to find some pH up that works with AP.
The upcoming weeks I have lot of other stuff to take care of so I really just want to complete this run in a simple but effective manner.
Aw... Rest in peace, little black moor.Yeeaah.. I think you got my knowledge base covered as well.
I am going to start tinkering a lot with the system, in bigger scale.
Got the new house we was looking at, big house with a huge garden in Barcelona.
The Black Moor took its last swim today, found it flouting around in the current, with the comets strangely surrounding it like a wake or something. I think it was the bouncing pH that took care of him. I try not to adjust it too much, but as the system behaves I really do not have much choice in the matter.
.2-.3 drop each day, and with a rise in PPM of 10-30 a day it is hard to not use the regular tap water to adjust the pH also, since it is so rich in solids.
Will take a trip to the HydroStore to find some pH up that works with AP.
The upcoming weeks I have lot of other stuff to take care of so I really just want to complete this run in a simple but effective manner.
I have not seen any of those typical bugs that eat the nuts from the leafs and lay their eggs there.Those are likely fungus gnats- and fungus gnat larvae.
The bugs I was concerned about would be on the leaves, directly causing the chewed look. It looks like you have some sort of deficiency, maybe not enough mass of fish to provide for adequate nutrition?
I don't think it is, but I'd have to double-check (or, experiment with feeder guppies, that's how I've tested out a *lot* of systems).
Aw... Rest in peace, little black moor.
Don't let ppm scare you in regards to the fish, seriously. It is much more important to keep pH stable, although IME movement of less than one full point generally doesn't cause harm to fish like the goldies, not even most fancies will suffer. If you had a tankful of cardinal tetras, that'd kill 'em quick, for sure, but I'm not so sure about that being the case with the little black moor. If it was an all of a sudden type of thing, if you've got the stomach for it, necropsy the fish, see if it's got internal parasites or was constipated. Those little squashed bodies cause suffering for the animal, and sensitivities that the more naturally-formed Comets don't suffer.
Oh, and a note on keeping fancies with pond comets--come spring, the more fit fish often kill the fancy fish. They get this whole "love is in the water" thing going on and then things get rough and a little fancy gets bumped around a lot harder than they can actually take. It happens as the weather, and water, is warming up.
The tank I'm planning will be sizeable, enough so that changing my pH or my EC will take time and a determined effort. This is a very conscious design decision, to create some chemical inertia in the system and thus buffer the fish.
This first tank will likely be a cold water..........
AP is cool stuff guys! Quick question.... If I use river water to water my plants would it have similar benefits to AP? Was thinking of starting my vegging plants on a river water regiment. I know it's full of fish cuz I watch fisherman, osprey and Herron pull out hogs on the daily. What would you call it if its not hydroponics? cuz i could just put fish in my Blumat res and top drip my soil? Cool thread !
I have not seen any of those typical bugs that eat the nuts from the leafs and lay their eggs there.
Do the fungus Gnats look very different during their lifespan? Like young adults are quite different in size and shape, do not fly very well, have different looking wings than the adults that look very much like regular mosquitos ?
But if it is indeed a nutrient issue, would I not see the same deficiencies at the other ones as well ? This is where my theories halt and do not make much sense, in a logical way at least.
I was running the PPM in the 12-1400 range, and my Cannabis plants were suffering, not the fish. Doing a water change and getting it down to 300-700 range was actually something that got them in to shape.
I am fighting time atm so I am not going to experiment with the PPM, but next run I will like to test having healthy plants with the low PPM and THEN raising it to see the outcome.
The Blackie received a fast and simple wake in the bathroom before being sent to the sewer-gators.
If / when another fish dies I will check it out a little.
Great idea about the guppies, will get a small test aquarium for testing of different stuff. If the guppies survives a 3 week period so will the Comets / Koi for sure ?
Great prospect!
Have you already started the building at all ? Would love to see some plan or garden pictures.
I will as well start working on a big scale outdoor system when we finely move in to the big house. It has a greenhouse in the garden where I was thinking of adding a big FT, 1000 gallon or so, perhaps even bigger.
The greenhouse has automatic shade roof, but even with that I recon the temp would easily be to high for the fish, with the outdoor temp during high season up in the 35+ celcius.
Then again, it will creep down in the 5-10 celcius during "winter".
Gonna make a outline drawing of the garden with measurement after we move there.
Will need some planning.
If your plants are still in soil, then it's still soil growing. The whole thing with aquaponics is that the nitrogen, starting in the form of NH4, that is produced by the biota in the system is what's feeding the plants. However, that said, I personally think it could be a good thing if soil could be incorporated to make it a more whole or complete system, it would/could better mimic natural processes. How that would be achieved might be a trick, though, in my head keeping jellyfish is easier.AP is cool stuff guys! Quick question.... If I use river water to water my plants would it have similar benefits to AP? Was thinking of starting my vegging plants on a river water regiment. I know it's full of fish cuz I watch fisherman, osprey and Herron pull out hogs on the daily. What would you call it if its not hydroponics? cuz i could just put fish in my Blumat res and top drip my soil? Cool thread !
Not so hard for one plant to suffer while another in the same water thrives. I'd the plant that's suffering under direct light? If so, that will cause it to be the first to show deficiencies, since its using water faster than the rest.
Not enough nutes in the river water here, and the dissolved solids will clog your blumats. I'm going to run those dissolved solids through a biofilter and then straight through my RDWC, where all the orifices are 1" dia.
I would think that the river water, with added nuts would be awesome. Should be better than tap water which should go through some kind of treatment IMO.
Ah! In that area, I am literally a professional--all I did for years was shipping fish, plants, anything aquatic.Bad news .. Obviously the neighbor have been kept awake by the ventilation and other stuff for several months now without even mention it when we have met in the hallway, and when our landlord came by to pick up the rent he told us about the situation. The land lord threaten to call the cops and stuff.
Even tho it is legal to grow for own use in Spain, I don't want the cops on my door. Especially when we are moving to big house in 10 days.
So tomorrow I will temporary move the aquaponic system to another flat for 10 day, quite a hussle, but seeing the buds starting to grow quite well, I do not have the heart to shut the system down.
Will hopefully get some pictures up and running after setting the system up at the temp. location.
When I am moving the system, how much water should I save from the fish tank and add to the tank after setting it back up ?
I recon as much as possible, but 30-50% would be ok ?
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