A Community and Forum For Aquaponic Gardeners

south florida farmers unite (or at least put yourself on the member map)

i realy feel like i am on my own down here. i have a decent set up and know of a few people who are trying to get started. but we realy need to pull together and act like a comunity or we never will be. so rase your hands so others can find you.

3 members like this

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by Dave Lindstedt on January 15, 2012 at 3:10pm

Well, I'm not located in "South" Florida, but rather "western central" Florida. The physical operation of Ramona Aquaponics Farm, is located at 16433 Ramona Ln., Hudson, FL 34667. However our miling address is Ramona Aquaponics Farm, C/O David Lindstedt, 8508 Split Rail Ln., Hudson, FL 34667

Permalink Reply by jdmeetze on January 15, 2012 at 3:17pm

Naples, FL here. No large setup yet just testing concepts.

Permalink Reply by wes on January 16, 2012 at 1:02pm

Vero Beach Fla , Same for me not a large setup but learning the ropes with DWC and media beds.

411 6th Rd S.W.

Vero Beach Fla

32962

Permalink Reply by Suzi Mills on January 16, 2012 at 6:18pm

We're central FL, Lake Wales. Small set up with lots of trials & many errors. Still have fish & grow beds are still growing. Mainly we are learning more every day. Even tho we aren't close this is a good community to learn from.

Permalink Reply by Wil Miles on January 18, 2012 at 1:51pm

Naples Florida here drop me a line anytime im always glad to help or learn and yes aren't to many of us south here i'm just glad there is a place to learn from tons of info here .

Permalink Reply by Wil Miles on January 23, 2012 at 10:46am

Hello anyone in the SW Florida area selling pure blue tilpia???

Permalink Reply by Michael Welber on February 14, 2012 at 10:49am

I'm in the Keys and, so far, things are going pretty well. We had a brief cold snap a few days ago and it was touch and go for a couple of days. I only lost one fry, which have now been in the tank for 6 days.

Permalink Reply by Robert Dietrich on February 19, 2012 at 4:39pm

Hi, I live in Naples too and was wondering if you found a good place to get grave at reasonable prices? I am just starting to set up a system.

jdmeetze said:

Naples, FL here. No large setup yet just testing concepts.

Permalink Reply by Michael Welber on February 19, 2012 at 5:02pm

Temps in the low 80s today and the fish were loving it. Never saw them eat so eagerly as today. Plants going great too.

Permalink Reply by jdmeetze on February 19, 2012 at 10:22pm

I had to phone around to some of the construction supply places. Most everyone had only limestone rock which is not what we want to use. I lucked up and one guy had a 1/4 bed full left over from a custom order that I got for $20. They did mention next time that they can order anything it just takes it a while to get in so I guess that would hold true for most supply places here. But I guess that is the issue...they can get anything but because it has to be trucked in the cost is NOT favorable. The only other thing I found that people sometimes keep is Basalt (Bluestone) which is crushed volcanic rock. That can be cheaper because the size we want 1/2 - 1 inch is actually the leftovers from sorting the larger stuff they sell the most of for lawn and decorative work. I will call a couple of business's in the industrial park up near Ft Myers off of MLK Blvd. this week and post up what pricing I get.

Robert Dietrich said:

Hi, I live in Naples too and was wondering if you found a good place to get grave at reasonable prices? I am just starting to set up a system.

jdmeetze said:

Naples, FL here. No large setup yet just testing concepts.

Permalink Reply by Robert Dietrich on February 20, 2012 at 8:17pm

Thanks. I appreciate that.

Permalink Reply by Bob Vento on February 24, 2012 at 5:55am

Miami here and just in the design and planning stage but very eager to get started.

Doing a lot of homework and this forum is AWESOME and so are the people willing to help us newbies.

I will keep everyone posted to our progress through our blog here on this site. We should have our system up and running sometime in April ... that is our plan anyway :-)