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Kirk replied to Sylvia Bernstein's discussion Fish Feed"
Apparently folks that raise fish in aquaculture believe quality food is a priority to their bottom line.
Otherwise, there would not be a market for quality foods. (The Cargil company would not expend resources if it was not a needed…"
Kirk replied to Sylvia Bernstein's discussion Fish Feed"Sylvia,
We have purchased a new food from cargil that I have been using this spring and summer, with very good results.
I have on our site at http://www.westernpond.com/aquaponics.html
I can send you a free sample to try out and also…"
Kirk replied to Jeffrey Goodman's discussion Flukes on Dead Fish"They do look like leaches or anchor worm 7 out 9 parasites in a pond environment can be cleaned up with a salt treatment of 3% or better. (make sure it is non-iodized salt.)
Flukes we have encountered will cause open sores on the skin of…"
Kirk replied to Nicole Richmond's discussion Problem with my tank"If you are using city tap water, use a chlorine-chloramine remover, without neutralizing those chemicals you are sterilizing your system from all beneficial bacteria.
Add your plants, stop feeding your fish.
green water is caused by too many…"
Kirk joined Daniel E Murphy's group
Commercial Aquaponics
This is a place we can share and help each other in our new industry. If you have already established yourself in the industry or are looking to this group is for you.See More
Kirk replied to David Waite's discussion Pumps in Aquaponics"You can use the course white pad above the pump, with the courseness of the pad, most fine solid waste will be passed through,"
Kirk replied to David Waite's discussion Pumps in Aquaponics"We have made bucket filters for awhile.
We use a course filter pad on top and a fine filter pad below,
adding media around the pump works well.
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Sylvia Bernstein left a comment for Kirk"Welcome Kirk,
Thanks for joining the Aquaponic Gardening community! I hope you find it a fun place to explore aquaponics. There is a real blend of experienced and new aquapons in this community, so please don’t hesitate to get in…"
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- How did you find us?
- Search engine (Google)
- If you found us through a search engine, what search words were you using?
- aquaponics
- Are you an aquaponic gardener already?
- Yes
- If so, what type of system? (pick all that apply)
- none of the above
- How old is your system?
- Just started
- What type of fish do you grow with? (select all that apply)
- Goldfish, Koi, Other
- How big is your fish tank?
- 1500 gallon, 20,000 gallon
- Please tell us something else about yourself.
- We did have a home business with a greenhouse, and display ponds.
Since government frowns on any home business, we had to move to a store setting.
I now have ponds and a greenhouse to "play with" and have started growing vegetables and herbs, using the aquaponics available.
I am just now setting everything up, (has been a cool spring in Colorado), after building the new store setting, (It's taken 3 years)
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Comment Wall (2 comments)
- At 8:04pm on April 27, 2011, Sylvia Bernstein said…
- A cool spring for sure! Ready to see 70!
- At 8:03pm on April 27, 2011, Sylvia Bernstein said…
Welcome Kirk,
Thanks for joining the Aquaponic Gardening community! I hope you find it a fun place to explore aquaponics. There is a real blend of experienced and new aquapons in this community, so please don’t hesitate to get in there and start asking questions. Everyone is quite happy to help out new members – no question is too basic.
A great place to start is to read the “How to Use This Site” link on the upper right corner, “Start Here” section of the Main page. You might also find the “Aquaponic Gardening Rules of Thumb” guidelines helpful. And consider joining the Colorado Aquapons group (see Groups tab above) so we can all stay in touch!
Please add a profile image, participate and check in with us every day! We are constantly posting news about aquaponics and the good food movement.
Thanks again for joining us, and I look forward to getting to know you.
Sylvia
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