Aquaponics

a log of my aquaponics journey

Archive for the 'Growing' Category


   May 24

Hello Garden Fork Listeners!

Hi all.  Thanks for visiting the site.  Let me know if you have any questions about aquaponics.  A great reference is Nelson and Pade (aquaponics.com), they are the forerunners in the industry. I recently just tore out all my plants, they were two years old, and have planted new plants.  So Stay tuned for some [...]

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   Sep 13

Top Grow Bed is Down!

The top grow bed is currently down.  Water is not making into the bed from the tank.  I believe there is an air leak in the fill line somewhere preventing the needed back pressure from being created for the water to make it up there.  I rode the motorcycle up to http://www.biggrowhydro.com/‘s retail store in Lake in [...]

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   Jul 13

Long Time – No Post

For the few of you that follow this, and I’m sure that it has dropped, I’m sorry about the lack of posts.  School has been consuming most of my time. The move went ok.  I actually broke the nipple on the fill/drain fitting while disconnecting the hose to drain the tank.  So the bottom grow [...]

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   Mar 31

Significant Growth

As you can see there has been some significant growth with all the plants. I added a few more fish, actual goldfish vs. rosie feeders.

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   Mar 20

System is up and running.

system is up and running. plants and fish are doing well.

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