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Forum: Useful Information Topic: power consumption workout. |
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Posted: Mar 2nd, '11, 23:10
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 as you were. |
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Forum: General Banter Topic: aquaponics has a sense of humor yeah |
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Posted: Mar 2nd, '11, 22:56
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the real reason i have been absent so long is because i took up lawn bowls...............shit of a game  |
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Forum: Hardware Topic: some pump help please |
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Posted: Feb 27th, '11, 08:26
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| i'd remove the sponge filter for sure |
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Forum: Useful Information Topic: power consumption workout. |
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Posted: Feb 27th, '11, 08:19
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Forum: General Banter Topic: anyone out there got an Acer Aspire 5742 ??? |
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Posted: Feb 26th, '11, 08:35
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| I bet that if i lived in an apartment complex i would have read up much more quickly :) and i may well have been one of the bad guys :) A close friend works at optus, apparently one of their customers was "capped' just after billing period re-started..........turns out he lived in an apartment ... |
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Forum: Basic Information Topic: Other Water Pathogens |
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Posted: Feb 26th, '11, 08:30
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yeh, that was like years ago!
besides it seems that there has been MANY VIT C for chlorine discussions
There is also the possibility that i dreamed the whole thread......used to happen  |
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Forum: Hardware Topic: Anyone build any level indicators for their grow beds ? |
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Posted: Feb 26th, '11, 08:25
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Nice idea and picture!
attach a tiny neo magnet to the top float (you can get them down to about 5mm) to make easy removal of float assembly if you have to clean the tube if there is any buld up on the side walls. |
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Forum: Basic Information Topic: Other Water Pathogens |
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Posted: Feb 24th, '11, 19:56
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do a search for vitamin c chlorine on the forum. i remember doing some calculations years ago.
the has been many threads on de-chlorination.
i distinctly remember doing the maths for both chlorine and chloramine........cant find it. |
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Forum: Useful Information Topic: Fishless Cycling |
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Posted: Feb 24th, '11, 18:38
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| WIKI is your friend................ Humic acid is a principal component of humic substances, which are the major organic constituents of soil (humus), peat, coal, many upland streams, dystrophic lakes, and ocean water.[1] It is produced by biodegradation of dead organic matter. It is not a single ac... |
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Forum: Hardware Topic: Solar powered pumps |
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Posted: Feb 24th, '11, 18:19
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| A 1000L system is not all THAT small! :) i guess you just need to do some calculations to see if the pump would suit or not. what are the volumes of your growbeds? how high are they off the ground? does the pump say what its maximum head height is? when you consider a 1000L system usually having at ... |
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Forum: Basic Information Topic: Other Water Pathogens |
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Posted: Feb 24th, '11, 17:52
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| fluoride or fluorine is a tricky one as small amounts are actually used and fine but it is when large amounts accumulate it becomes a problem. Yea, I think it would be better if they skipped adding it to the water supplies and just provided toothbrush and toothpaste to the poor rather than making p... |
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Forum: Basic Information Topic: Other Water Pathogens |
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Posted: Feb 24th, '11, 17:45
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| best thing i'd say is use rain water if you can otherwise put it out of your mind. we drink the crap they call water and if you use it on the soil gardens the Fluoride will accumulate anyway. Its a prick of a thing to filter, activated carbon will do nothing and almost all of the resin/polymer filte... |
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Forum: Hardware Topic: Solar powered pumps |
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Posted: Feb 24th, '11, 17:17
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| also realise that flow rates are usualy given for no "head" or rise in the pipes. you might find that it reduces quite alto as you go up. |
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Forum: Whats Happening at Backyard Aquaponics Topic: BYAP Shop and Display Centre Open Now |
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Posted: Feb 24th, '11, 17:15
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get Faye to take a macro, they should come up small dog size  make for better ID |
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Forum: General Banter Topic: anyone out there got an Acer Aspire 5742 ??? |
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Posted: Feb 24th, '11, 14:26
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| Thanx for the detailed explaination :) dont worry i do the same, assume the person knows nothing, cant go wrong then :) I actually did know most of it. the important part that i DID NOT know is that each packet contained the originating MAC address. sort of a bit useless, more so than WEP! (which is... |
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