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Hi All
Winter is here and I build a small mini plastic tunnel over the tank.
Not a lot of space inside ….but will help with better water temps….?
A hot box…yesterday with only one side closed temps went to 60 deg Celsius inside.
And today I closed up the other end…temps were 40 inside.
I packed bricks inside down the sides to store some of the heat for night times…?
My fish are all happy and the veggie’s….?
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Posted: Apr 13th, '12, 18:28 |
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Hi All
The plastic tunnel has been a help with temps........
Not much but noticeable…+-2-3 Deg Celsius
It has been cold and we had a lot of rain.
My tank temps went down to 12 deg c
I want to find a cheap and simple? Solution for heating the water…
The fish are happy but very cold so I have not been feeding as much as I want to….
The plants…celery still going…look good
Basil…..growing but I am not to happy with the colour of the leaves
Beside the colour of the basil leaves, they are still growing bigger….?
I have a few pepper plants and some lettuce growing
I have in the meantime picked up that I was adding far too much iron to the system.
Weighed iron and Ca (OH)2 right when I started and somewhere down the line lost track
I was adding 13 grams of iron thinking it is 3 grams ….3 or 4 times over the last2-3 months.
Ca (OH)2 I was adding 9 grams and thinking it is 3 grams but I was checking ph so did not matter
I am not sure but I think the basil leaves are showing signs of the over dose of iron
Lesson learned
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Hi All
Update of my system …
The fish are happy but temps are getting colder...
water lowest was 12 deg Celsius to a high of +-22…
The plants…..I am not 100% happy but for now they serve their purpose…..
The fish is my main focus
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Posted: Apr 26th, '12, 22:43 |
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I cleaned to of the rafts today and re planted lettuce and celery seedlings I grew.
The older lettuces have been in the system for a few weeks.
Look at the roots.
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The basil roots the same…white and healthy
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Posted: May 4th, '12, 20:13 |
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