Month: October 2006

Hi every one here is some pics of an evolving system in progress these first pics are of my first attempt at aquaponics and yabby farming as you can see they are doing fine ! several of them have berries on them so I need to expand my operation and setup another tank I thought it would be a good idea to do this so I could get some hands on experience !!! its on a small scale and looks a bit rough but now I can play around with water quality feeding rates ect .

I purchased some testing kits from Connie they are a very reasonable priced and are easy to use thanks again Connie ,, I tested my tank for the first time today and here is the results.

• PH 7.5
• Ammonia 2.0
• Nitrite 2.0
• Phosphate 2.0

I dropped some water out of the tank and replaced it to get the nitrite and amonia levels down a bit I will also stop feeding them for a few days I think the ph and phosphate is ok hopefully the biofilter will kick in soon .

Sue. Where is the best aquaculture library or internet access for students like us? Also can we discuss raceway ponds and problems with these types of ponds.

Did you see the photo of 22 inch rainbow trout at Mt Baker? Tony said this was the largest he has grown. Andrew has the photo.

This is a blog has been set up for my aquaculture e-learning students, from Challenger TAFE in Perth (Western Australia) to share their experiences. The aquaculture e-learning students are based off-campus and study aquaculture online using WebCT and Elluminate.

We have regular 2 day workshops, normally on Saturday/Sundays, which gives them the opportunity to practise the practical skills and have their practical skills assessed.

The last practical workshop was conducted in October, 2006 and was based on a trout and marron farm in Mt Barker (approx. 4 hours from Perth). The students had a lovely time learning how to handle, harvest and process marron and trout. This is a picture of Andrew Matthews, another aquaculture lecturer, on our recent field trip.