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Forum: Members Systems Topic: J.B.'s System Build and Updates |
| J.B. |
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Posted: May 25th, '13, 01:24
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| ... passed and a lot has happened with the system, namely, we ate all the broccoli, planted kale, cabbages are heading, onions are flowering, and we got Fish! Posting Pics for your enjoyment. Fish Species in the system now. Red Breast Sunfish (Wild caught, 'almost' feed trained) Green Sunfish Copper ... |
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Forum: Members Systems Topic: David Family System |
| mdavid |
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Posted: May 25th, '13, 00:17
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| ... pushing the Case and Water temperatures to xively.com. http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g236/mdavid01/PiMonitorAquaponicsv2_zps1d5e1e28.jpg I've got the xively monitors set up and have rolled the sensors live but haven't played around with the api enough to register the devices "officially"...whatever ... |
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Forum: New Member Introductions Topic: Ok you got me... |
| skeggley |
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Posted: May 24th, '13, 21:51
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| Well I swapped pumps and yes, I will only but good pumps in the future... Perhaps the pump will humm the fish to sleep :shifty: , fortunately it's only my back up pump, seems to pump ok, will run constant flood over the weekend to put it thru its paces. I hope to have the ibc's in and covered by Sat... |
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Forum: Members Systems Topic: Chatterson Farms is born! |
| iammr.bill |
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Posted: May 24th, '13, 21:40
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Replies: 460
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Ryan wrote: ...My father inlaw just bought a smallish tractor at an auction Sunday... And he's going to park it here! Woooo!
It's got a bucket so it won't be long before I start digging some ponds. Stoked!
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Wooohoooo Bucket Tractor!!! |
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Forum: General Banter Topic: Free, weekly, timed, 5km walk/run |
| Colours |
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Posted: May 24th, '13, 20:39
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| ... able to do my 1st ever chin up! I am so stoked cause i would always complain that if I could at least do one then I could improve on that. I have got a 40kg counterweight to push me up lol but today I made that 35 and I'm hoping to improve on that til I look like that chick on terminator, the ... |
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Forum: Members Systems Topic: TCLynx Bought The Farm |
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Posted: May 24th, '13, 20:08
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Replies: 592
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| ... big storage tank when the rains came. The roof wash diversion (over 100 gallons worth per side of the roof) filled up in a matter of minutes and I got very wet finishing up. But I think I still managed to collect about 500 gallons that rain storm anyway. We got another good rain the day before ... |
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Forum: Members Systems Topic: Bundy Bear's New Systems Expansion. |
| mantis |
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Posted: May 24th, '13, 19:45
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Replies: 365
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| ... to get good floating food. Skrettings are great but we need someone with a business to order x number of bags for them to ship it over from Tas. I got two bags when Jamie did a bulk order for us a while ago, and have enough to see me through to the end of the year but will be looking around then |
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Forum: Members Systems Topic: Blind Freddies system |
| blind freddie |
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Posted: May 24th, '13, 17:49
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Replies: 30
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| ... our side fence (Full sun) just do the top ups in the afternoons when its at its warmest. :think: :think: :think: :think: :think: I reckon ive got all the bits I need, even scored 1/2 a can of black paint the other day for nics. I was also thinking of painting all external plumbing pipes black ... |
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Forum: General System Discussions Topic: nitrites at 25ppm! (fishless cycling) |
| BoredomIsFailure |
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Posted: May 24th, '13, 17:13
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Replies: 39
Views: 570
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| Well, the minnows I got were from a lake and were destined to die anyways so I just threw them in the water without letting them adjust to the different water temps and pH. Shocked minnows = easy food for the system fish. Sorry, my ... |
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Forum: Aquaponic System Locations Topic: Northern California |
| rickster89 |
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Posted: May 24th, '13, 16:57
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Replies: 3
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Just got my system completed and running! I am very excited, going to be planting in the coming week.
Anyone else from this region?  |
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Forum: Members Systems Topic: Warragul J |
| jayendra |
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Posted: May 24th, '13, 15:17
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Replies: 132
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| Today I got my fish!!! They had been fed earlier that morning and the guy couldn't catch many so he's going to deliver the rest on monday. I got 6 trout and 24 delivered on monday They are yearlings 15-20cm long :) Big thanks ... |
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Forum: Members Systems Topic: Mantos 3rd system with ibc's |
| mantis |
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Posted: May 24th, '13, 14:51
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Replies: 184
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Got home before to find one little catty had been sucked up the SLO into the growbed. He was still alive so I carefully netted him (learned a couple of months ago that you don't handle even the babies as the sting is very painful and lasts for hours), and back in the tank  |
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Forum: Fish Topic: How many fish do I buy? |
| RobD |
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Posted: May 24th, '13, 12:17
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Replies: 32
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| well what were supposed to be finger length ended up being 1" long, so in the aquarium they go for a month til they grow bigger, still glad i got them! |
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Forum: General System Discussions Topic: Algae turf scrubber full sustainability. |
| earthbound |
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Posted: May 24th, '13, 10:43
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Replies: 58
Views: 522
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| Jake beat me to it, but the " Must be good if theres a patent on it." comment got me.. You can spend days trolling through the dozens of websites, looking at the thousands of crazy patents out there.. Like the kissing shield, must be good, there's a patent.. ... |
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Forum: General System Discussions Topic: Algae turf scrubber full sustainability. |
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Posted: May 24th, '13, 00:15
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Replies: 58
Views: 522
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| ... that fast.. while without an ats u get the same old story my fish were sitting in there ammonia cause im a noob and system wasnt mature and they got disease n died |
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