"Maybe you can try bigger tubing for the air break. It worked for me when I had that problem."
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Richard Wyman
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- Aurora, CO
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- How did you find us?
- link on Aphq, placed by Gary Donaldson
- Are you an aquaponic gardener already?
- yes
- If so, what type of system? (pick all that apply)
- flood and drain media, System 1; Indoor, 29 and 20 gallon tanks bridged. 4 10 gallon rubbermaid growbeds with bell syphons. Currently (June 2010) 5 aquarium fish. Started Jan 2010, Cycled early March. It has a 400 watt MH light on a 4' lightrail for the plants.
System 2; Harbor Freight Greenhouse 10x12, Twin IBC's, cut at the 175g mark. 200 gallons of flood and drain growbed, 150 gallons FT, aprox 125g sump. System filled June 13 2010 ( new )
- How old is your system?
- 6 mos - 1 yr
- What type of fish do you grow with? (select all that apply)
- Goldfish, Tilapia
- How big is your fish tank?
- 150 gallons
- Please tell us something else about yourself.
- Will be looking for a place to expand my gardening when my wife retires at the end of the year, someplace warm I hope.
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Richard Wyman replied to Christopher Brickey's discussion Bell Siphon in the group Aquaponics For BeginnersRichard Wyman commented on Chi Ma's group Aquaponics For Beginners"Its probably better if they don't empty at once Michael. Less water out of your sump and tank ( depending on how you designed it) at once.
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Richard Wyman replied to Mike Roe's discussion Fish are dead"If your system has been running a while it will continue to feed the plants quite a while in winter without fish. How long is a guessing game though."
Richard Wyman commented on clay hartwig's photo
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"I could never get the larger PVC version to work long either. For a better working water bridge use half inch irrigation tubing, and use as many as it takes to get your flow right. I had 6 between my tanks on my first system and it worked for…"
Richard Wyman replied to Two Jay's discussion Heating Water"
Gary, if it is possible to set plastic over your beds at night it will help, Even if it is just draped over the top and down the sides a bit it helps. I imagine a nice hoop cover would really work well. I saw about 7 degree's of…"
Richard Wyman replied to RW's discussion stock tanks too shallow for tilapia? in the group Aquaponics For Beginners"Many people raise tilapia without problems in stocktanks."
Richard Wyman liked Gina Cavaliero's blog post Prior and Proper Preparation Prevents Pee Poor PerformanceRichard Wyman replied to Robert Davenport's discussion cold/ cool weather in the group Aquaponics For Beginners"When you system cools everything slows down together, plants, fish, and bacteria. If you can keep your water from freezing you should be able to keep certain fish alive, and plants growing as well, they all just do it very slowly."
Richard Wyman replied to Cooper Breeden's discussion Basement System setup - 55 gallon aquarium"I had a cherry tomato plant in my 8" indoor beds. It lived for 14 months and produced lots of tomatoes. I think the deeper beds will process more solids, but if you aren't stocked to the max the shallower ones work well."
Richard Wyman replied to Growzay's discussion My fish have not been up to the surface in a week- not even to feed"The salt will not leave your system. The plants won't really use it and it just builds up in your system. Be careful with adding more."
Richard Wyman replied to glenn wilkerson's discussion chop system design questions"Fish tank to grow bed difference of even an inch will clean your tank if you use solids lifting overflows. You don't need a big drop."
Richard Wyman replied to David Hart's discussion Woman Faces 93-Days in Jail For Planting Vegetable Garden"Yes, I understand your arguments TCL, I am just saying the neighbors might not have complained if it didn't look like it is half done landscaping, While I don't think that her garden is a crime I do think it could look better. If you…"
Comment Wall (7 comments)
- At 4:57pm on September 28, 2010,
Jimmi Jones said… - I want to use the IBC system as a sample model to show folks what they can do for theselves.
- At 4:56pm on September 28, 2010, Jimmi Jones said…
- Thanks for the comment. I started the test systemto tryout a few varieties of veggies and lettuce to findo out how they would perform. The lettuce did exceptionally well. As for the small commercial system this has been in the works for 2 yrs now and I hope to start the system up in a month or so.
- At 3:23pm on September 28, 2010, Jimmi Jones said…
- Hi Richard, My name is Jimmi and I am a recent member of this site. I have been browsing the photos to get an idea of what others are doing a would really like to get some info on the IBC systemyou have set up. Would there be someinstructions I could follow, as I want to set up a system as a dispaly system. I am currently setting up a small commercial raft system.
- At 5:51pm on July 1, 2010,
Franklin D. Ford said… - H2O today (07/1/2010) was:
PH - 8.0 range
Ammonia - 0.25 range
Nitrite - 0 range
Nitrate - 40 range
- At 5:44pm on July 1, 2010, Franklin D. Ford said…
- Hey Rich,
Thanks for all your help and motivation you have given me on aquaponics.
- At 10:42pm on June 11, 2010,
Herbert said… - my residents used to get along each other very until recently, I thought the crayfish only trying to hitch a ride in the goldfish' tail, only to find out that the shrimp wants to have the goldie for chow, consuming entirely the first batch of 1inch of 9 fishes.
- At 11:50am on March 7, 2010,
Sylvia Bernstein said… - Hi Richard,
We are practically neighbors - I live in Boulder.
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 join in. Always thrilled to have experienced growers join us – please post some photos of your system!
We have just one rule - keep it cordial (no flaming!).
Thanks again for joining us, and I look forward to getting to know you.
Sylvia
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Posted on May 13, 2011 at 9:04am 3 Comments 2 Likes
It has been a week since I found a home for my goldfish. It was a month before I asked for that home that I knew they had to go. It was about two months ago the water started to warm a little and they started the wiggle dance at feed time. It was about three months ago I was out in the cold, trying to keep the water flowing in minus nineteen f. It has been five and a half months since all their friends were netted out and eaten. Great care was taken not to cause undue stress as the…
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