"Yeah, I've been through that bit, it made sense to me when I had large fish in the tank but recently I ate the last large tilapia and the largest of 20 new fish in my ~175 gallon tank are a little over an inch long and I'm feeding them a…"
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Chlorine filter uses copper in the media.... will this be okay?
Started this discussion. Last reply by Miguel Afonso Sep 1, 2011. 6 Replies 0 Likes
My husband picked up a shower filter for me to put inline with the hose so I don't have to fill buckets for offgassing every day. When I looked up what the filter media is it says it uses, "clorgon…Continue
Blue versus nile tilapia (aureus vs. nilotica)
Started this discussion. Last reply by Kate Mink Mar 15, 2011. 19 Replies 0 Likes
I've been doing some researching on the internet and can't really find any differences between the two varieties except that in the blue, the males get a bright blue head. Are there any differences…Continue
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Rachel replied to Jason Yahner's discussion Are tomatoes toxic to fish?"I've had mystery death in my tank for nearly the entire time I've been doing aquaponics (about 2 years). It has always seemed strange that my smallest fish died first. My chemistry has always been normal, and finally today it occurred to…"
Carey Ma left a comment for Rachel"Hello Rachel,
Your pic seems kind of familiar. Do you post or blog on other gardening/ homesteading forums? Backyard chickens maybe?"
Carey Ma left a comment for Rachel"Hello Rachel,
Your pic seems kind of familiar. Do you post or blog on other gardening/ homesteading forums?"
Rachel replied to Sheri Schmeckpeper's discussion System Introductions in the group Arizona Aquaponics"If you're using tilapia you need to have some sort of winter heat/greenhouse, even in Phoenix. Last winter I had mine outdoors with a small tank heater (rated for a 90 gallon tank but used in a 180 gallon tank in an IBC set up), I also had…"
Rachel replied to Sheri Schmeckpeper's discussion System Introductions in the group Arizona Aquaponics"I have a similar IBC set up with tilapia (sans extra in-ground tank) in Phoenix. I've had a system for about a year and a half but I just recently built a small (8' x10') greenhouse that it's now housed in. My biggest battle is…"
Rachel joined David Schwinghamer's group
Arizona Aquaponics
Helping each other to learn and grow big nutritious plants and fish to help feed the world.See More
Rachel joined TCLynx's group
Bluegill or Bream Growers
The often overlooked fish option that can handle the high temperatures like tilapia but also the cool temperatures like catfish but still be small enough for a 100 gallon tank and acceptable to eat for people who refuse fish who lack scales.
Rachel joined Darrin Charbonneau's group
Automation and Remote Monitoring
Designs, Experiences, and Ideas for automating an AP greenhouse.Alerts, Webcams, Temperature, Ventilation, PH, Logging, Graphing, Triggered Responses, Notifications, Remote Control, etc...See More
Rachel joined M Cosmo's group
Food and what to do with it. What did you make to eat?
What are you favorite Recipes? How do you store your produce?Where do you get your recipes from?See More
Rachel joined the mad german's groupHeirloom Seeds
A group devoted to heirloom seeds to trade or barter. If the economy were to crash these would be as big of a commodity as food. See More
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- I currently raise lots of food, chickens and quail, I really want to start an aquaponics system sometime in 2010. :)
Comment Wall (7 comments)
- At 8:09pm on December 26, 2011, Carey Ma said…
Hello Rachel,
Your pic seems kind of familiar. Do you post or blog on other gardening/ homesteading forums? Backyard chickens maybe?
- At 10:51pm on November 22, 2011,
David Schwinghamer said… I invite you to join my new group- Arizona Aquaponics
- At 5:24pm on November 21, 2011, David Schwinghamer said…
I live in Phoenix and trying to plan a tour of aquaponics people's systems, if you would be interested in seeing what others are doing in our area and/or would like to show off your own system please send me an email at 3ddd@cox.net and put AP TOUR in the subject line.
- At 10:57am on November 12, 2010,
Chi Ma said… - Fancy seeing you here :D
- At 9:29pm on February 22, 2010,
Sylvia Bernstein said… - Hi Rachel,
Great chicken!
Thanks for joining the Aquaponic Gardening community! I hope you find it a great place to explore aquaponics. Looks like you've already found some friends! I’ve started the ball rolling with a few general forum topics, and will try to add more on a regular basis, but I’m hoping that you and others will add your own topics as they occur to you. I’ve also added some of my favorite videos and a few random photos…again, please share your favorites with us!
We have just a few simple rules: stay on the subject of aquaponics and keep it cordial (no flaming!). If someone decides to break these rules they will get a warning, and then be banned from the community after that. But of course I’m hoping that never happens!
Thanks again for joining us, and I look forward to getting to know you.
Sylvia
- At 8:59pm on February 22, 2010,
Caroline said… - Hi, Rachel! It sounds like you have some wonderful birds! I don't think my HOA would allow chickens... I wish! We had chickens when I was a little girl, and the eggs were delicious. Good luck with aquaponic gardening this year!
- At 4:37pm on February 22, 2010,
Emma Lysyk said… - Yay! Hello fellow Arizonan!
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