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Category: Aquaponics
Catfish Added to Aquaponics System
After a little bit of a wait, I finally got some catfish to help power the system. They’re really small at about 4 inches. Not sure if we should be calling them kitten fish at this stage. I’ll have to…
Read MoreMineralization Chamber
Aquaponics is extremely water wise. And our system is about to get a whole lot wiser. I’ve decided to add a mineralization chamber to the aquaponics system to minimize water loss from clearing filters and hopefully to increase the nutrient…
Read MoreMeasure to Manage-Aquaponics Nutrient Analysis Report #3
Every 6-8 weeks, I post my photometer readings for the aquaponics system water. The biggest change I’ve made this term is using rainwater exclusively. I should also add that I lost a bunch of fish in early February due to an aeration…
Read MoreAerror
A couple days ago, I found the majority of my fish belly up. Not a good sight to see. My first call was to our friend Fred S. Conte Ph.D. Extension Aquaculture Specialist at University of California, Davis. He knows just about…
Read MoreMeasure to Manage-Aquaponics Nutrient Analysis Report #2
It’s been a couple months since I posted the last grouping of nutrient analysis reports. Things are fairly stable as you can see. NO3 NO2 P K Ca Mg SO4 PO4 Alkty Na Fe NH3 EC pH Temp 7/20/15 25…
Read MoreRainwater Collection
If you’re in California, the drought is something that is on everyone’s minds. The prospect of having little to no water is a scary thought. That’s why water wise farming methods like aquaponics are really getting a good look as…
Read MoreLet’s Raise a Glass!
This morning I was collecting some water to test with the photometer for nutrient analysis. Thought I’d share how well the swirl filter is working. Let’s raise our beakers for a toast!
Read MoreSwirl Filter Revisited
After a couple of months of operating the swirl filter, I really like the way it operates. I had to bump up my pump size to get a little more flow (8-10gpm), but it seems to keep more solids out…
Read MoreMeasure to Manage- Aquaponics Nutrient Analysis Report
I gotta say it’s really fun to take these measurements and see how the system performs. Up until getting the photometer, I only had a rough idea of what was truly in our system. The little test strips can tell…
Read MoreMeasure to Manage- Sodium
There’s an old saying, “You can’t manage what you can’t measure.” I sure know this to be true. Over the last couple years as I was learning how my system behaves, I constantly wondered what was going on in the…
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