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Forum: General System Discussions Topic: Benefits of a larger tank for growing fish to larger size |
| mattyoga |
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Posted: May 18th, '13, 13:37
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| ... that much blubber ;) I've had a measure up and can fit it in a little 'nook' - will be able to go for a dip in the summer ;) If I was to put a GB over the top I'd need to put my swimmers on to get to the GB :) I would run it with more floating baskets inside, though the spot I have in mind is ... |
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Forum: General System Discussions Topic: nitrites at 25ppm! (fishless cycling) |
| Fishbits |
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Posted: May 18th, '13, 11:52
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| ... I'm currently on a 10 min +/- flood/drain cycle (due to running a 1500lph pump) I was able to maintain 23*C +/- water temp in a 16*C +/- basement over the winter. The Eheims have a range of 18 to 33*C as well. |
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Forum: Members Systems Topic: Cc Bears First System |
| chainsaw |
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Posted: May 18th, '13, 09:17
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Charlie wrote: Hey Bear, do you know that we will be neighbours next year? Well, kinda neighbours.
Hope you legendary queenslander mob can come over for the house warming party??
What a permanent move? Where? And of course we will be there, never known a qlder to miss a free feed and drink.  |
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Forum: Electronics & Electrical Topic: Raspberry Pi, Linux, Python |
| BoredomIsFailure |
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Posted: May 17th, '13, 23:18
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| ... My local report shows roughly 0.4 mg/l chloramine (or residual disinfectant as they call it), but I'm guessing this changes over time: http://secure.thameswater.co.uk/water-quality-reports/2011%20WQ%20Report_Z0363_crouch%20end%20&%20gospel%20oak.pdf The other reason I ... |
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Forum: New Member Introductions Topic: Guelph, Ontario, Canada |
| AdamK |
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Posted: May 17th, '13, 22:21
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| Hey rvbroek, nice to see another Canadian. I'm hoping to learn from your winter experience : how much energy does it take to keep your system going over winter? Lethbridge winters are much worse than mine, so your experience would be a good conservative baseline for me. |
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Forum: Members Systems Topic: Cc Bears First System |
| Charlie |
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Posted: May 17th, '13, 22:16
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Hey Bear, do you know that we will be neighbours next year? Well, kinda neighbours.
Hope you legendary queenslander mob can come over for the house warming party?? |
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Forum: Electronics & Electrical Topic: Raspberry Pi, Linux, Python |
| BoredomIsFailure |
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Posted: May 17th, '13, 21:38
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| ... with mjpg-streamer the CPU was still heavily loaded. As such I swapped web cams to a logitech one from work. Mjpg-streamer works flawlessly, 30fps over the lan. I've made it available over the internet but it seems to be satuating my upload bandwidth (probably getting 4/5fps). This morning I took ... |
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Forum: General System Discussions Topic: What gives? |
| lifeoffaith |
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Posted: May 17th, '13, 20:54
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| ... hooked up without leaks. All of the valves are plumbed together into a settlement chamber and then the pump is pumping the water into a spray bar over the grow beds. The pump is a 1200 gph pump. I wake up this morning and find the pump only half under water and one of the IBC totes overflowing, ... |
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Forum: Aquaponics F.A.Q. Topic: heat in the winter |
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Posted: May 17th, '13, 19:42
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| ... I think it would be easiest and most reliable though to light the waste oil burner once, manually, early during winter nights and leave it running overnight for 12 hours, keeping the air within the whole greenhouse sufficiently heated. Then automate the pump to the heat exchanger with a thermostat, ... |
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Forum: Plants Topic: plant desaster in new system |
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Posted: May 17th, '13, 16:06
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scotty435 wrote: Once the initial period is over I would only add seasol or maxicrop when you note a plant difficiency.
Or just as a "treat" every now and then...  |
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Forum: Plants Topic: plant desaster in new system |
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Posted: May 17th, '13, 16:02
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| ... of macronutrients. In this case it's mainly to make sure no micronutrient difficiencies are stunting the plant growth. Once the initial period is over I would only add seasol or maxicrop when you note a plant difficiency. |
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Forum: New Member Introductions Topic: IBC System in Bunbury |
| dr bee |
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Posted: May 17th, '13, 16:01
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| ... as a grow bed, the other half swirl filter. Maybe leave the bed CF, get another blue barrel and make two new beds? Oh well. Can think about it over the weekend. Beer time now. |
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Forum: Members Systems Topic: Mattltm's indoor/outdoor system |
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Posted: May 17th, '13, 15:12
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| ... GBs will flood in about 5 minutes and remain flooded and more sedately flowing for the remainder of the pump cycle 10 mins, then drain down slowly over the pump off cycle (if you initially drill one 4mm hole in the standpipe, this should suffice in this instance? Some testing may be required). ... |
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Forum: General System Discussions Topic: Benefits of a larger tank for growing fish to larger size |
| Marc d W |
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Posted: May 17th, '13, 15:06
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| ... then as Faye says it may not be ok to have something so large in a small space. PS you could bury part of it in the ground and put another growbed over the top |
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Forum: Plants Topic: plant desaster in new system |
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Posted: May 17th, '13, 11:49
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| ... per 1000L every 3-4 days while cycling is fine. I have a new system that has been surviving on Seasol and 2 teaspoons of Potassium bicarbonate for over 3 weeks now (waiting on Trout)... the plants are growing fine. |
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