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 .
Hi Bill
Love the pictures of your aquaponics set up. Great to see your set up in action.
Hi Bill
looks good
how does the filter system work, does the pump suck the water up and it just filters thru the gravel that the plant is in?
Hi Mike
Yes this one is a flow through system just keeps pumping through all the time , the plant is watercress so it can stay wet all the time and it wont bother it .
Aquaponics refers to a food production system that couples aquaculture with hydroponics whereby the nutrient rich aquaculture water is fed to hydroponic grown plant, involving nitrifying bacteria for converting ammonia into nitrates. Want to knowhow to build an aquaponics system step by step?