Comments for GreenAquaponics.org http://www.greenaquaponics.org Exploring Sustainable Aquaponics Systems Mon, 09 Sep 2013 19:04:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.3 Comment on Tour de Tanks by GreenJesster /2013/02/26/tour-de-tanks/#comment-51798 Mon, 09 Sep 2013 19:04:41 +0000 /?p=1184#comment-51798 Yes if you would like to set up a tour please use new contact page on the website to let me know what times and days work for you and we can set up a time for a tour. I will also be giving public tours on October 12 during the schools HarvestFest! 1pm-5pm

]]> Comment on Untitled by GreenJesster /welcome/#comment-51797 Mon, 09 Sep 2013 18:50:42 +0000 /?page_id=631#comment-51797 I wouldn’t use water from your neighbors pond, you wouldn’t have any idea what you would be bringing into your system. I don’t think where you get your water from the pond would make any difference. Are you using ammonia to cycle your system? You could also try to inoculate your system. I would recommend picking up a product called biozyme from your local pet/aquarium store. It costs around $10. It can give you the jumpstart on populating your system with the right bacteria. Good Luck!

]]> Comment on Aquaponics Inspiration by John Cutrell /resources-2/#comment-46950 Wed, 21 Aug 2013 01:54:32 +0000 /?page_id=900#comment-46950 Jessica, thank you soooo very much for the tour today. It was my first visit to anything dealing with aquaponics and I can’t imagine a better introduction to the practice than your setup at TESC. Congratulations, your technical responses coupled with your warmth made for a FANTASTIC introduction to this fascinating field. Thanks and best of luck. 🙂

]]> Comment on Untitled by Tina Massey /welcome/#comment-43082 Wed, 31 Jul 2013 13:07:59 +0000 /?page_id=631#comment-43082 I am new to aquapontics and just built my first IBC tank. I have been cycling for about 3 weeks and have not seen any Nitrate numbers yet. I know it takes up to 6 weeks but I would like to get it moving faster if possible. My question is can i drain the system and use water from my neighbors pond to start the system? I have heard this is a great way to start the IBC system but I am not sure if the pond water is safe because my neighbor has cattle. If I get the water from the center of the large pond will that make a difference? Any advice will be most appreciated.

]]> Comment on Calcium? Phosphorous? Iron? by BB /2011/06/12/236-2/#comment-39382 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 11:39:39 +0000 http://www.greenjesster.org/?p=236#comment-39382 Great info in the nutrients!
Any updates by now (it’s been a while since you originally posted)?
What exactly you are doing for nutrients in the System? What did work and what not? How about dosing (thinking of larger systems too)?

Thank you for your work.
BB

]]> Comment on About by Michelle Waclawski /about/#comment-39137 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 14:45:36 +0000 /?page_id=282#comment-39137 I stumbled upon your page while attempting to research Sustainable agriculture at Evergreen State College. I can’t seem to locate anything from a students perspective. if your not that busy could you email me back and possibly answer a few questions for me. Such as how do you like the program? what to expect? what i’ll even get a degree in. Thanks a bunch and good luck with your project! =)

]]> Comment on Fishless cycling by Brett /2013/02/26/fishless-cycling/#comment-39024 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:44:05 +0000 /?p=1182#comment-39024 Awesome and informative!

Do you have any rough estimates of time in between each picture? I’ve seemed to get the pH under control with some downer but my Ammonia has been a steady 7-8 over the last 5-6 days which I can’t seem to figure out how to drop…

]]> Comment on Aquaponics layout spring 2013 by Santhosh /2013/02/26/aquaponics-layout-spring-2013/#comment-37455 Tue, 28 May 2013 07:09:08 +0000 /?p=1170#comment-37455 Great job and most needfull for the world population food supply.

Can you share me the large scale production plan of the same as i live In India and cost of daily food consumabales are increasing every day.

great job once again,
regards
Santhosh

]]> Comment on Tour de Tanks by Kelly /2013/02/26/tour-de-tanks/#comment-35561 Wed, 08 May 2013 23:00:26 +0000 /?p=1184#comment-35561 Hi! If we missed Tour de Tanks, is there any other way to check out your aquaponics project?

Thanks!

]]> Comment on Progression of Plants by GreenJesster /2013/02/17/progression-of-plants/#comment-34223 Sat, 20 Apr 2013 18:11:00 +0000 /?p=1123#comment-34223 I didnt transfer them, most of the plants I propagated in coconut coir. Some of the root cuttings I tried the expanded clay. Either worked well for mint, but I am doing all my new plants into the clay because I feel like the coir is too wet. (Although the wet conditions might work great for certain plants) I would recommend seeding into trays then transplanting them when they are strong. I had really great success with this over the last week. I will be posting photos of the new transplants and their growth over the next few day and on the Facebook page. Great question!!!

]]> Comment on Progression of Plants by Luke /2013/02/17/progression-of-plants/#comment-34205 Sat, 20 Apr 2013 11:17:46 +0000 /?p=1123#comment-34205 Hello!
Love the site and thanks for all the info and pictures! I had a question regarding the propagation of plants for a raft system. I can see from above you propagated the mint in a fiber media then transferred to another media where the roots where long enough to reach into the water in the actual grow beds? Why did you change the growing media? How would I go about propagating my own plants from seed?
Thanks in advance for your time!
Luke

]]> Comment on Vertical Airlift by Lloyd /2013/03/12/vertical-airlift/#comment-31597 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 02:18:07 +0000 /?p=1208#comment-31597 >.. There was a comment on either ZipGrow video, or Bright Aquaponics that they need 23 psi to function a 3″ lift reliably [I believe; might be 2″; it was a passing comment, not meant to be teaching] for their vertical towers. It might have been the UW Ag video and their vertical towers. All towers in the videos were 5 feet tall and hung over open water, as your design shows.
>.. I can’t say how high they were pumping, but measuring from the water surface to the top of the towers it would be less than 6 feet, I would guess.
>.. I have revised my own needs by making them simpler. Instead of pumping allwater to the ceiling and then distributing the water everywhere, I decided to just set up a small airlift for each of my strawberry towers. I’ll try with 1′ to 3/4 inch with a pump used for air brushing to supply the air.
>.. If, no joy, then 3/4 to 1/2. I’ll still need to climb the 10-12 feet, but I suspect it will go. If one works, then I’ll split the air and do two and then three. Three is the limit, this year.

]]> Comment on Vertical Airlift by GreenJesster /2013/03/12/vertical-airlift/#comment-31578 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 21:12:52 +0000 /?p=1208#comment-31578 The test one I built was 1″ into 1/2″. I didn’t calculate flow rate yet, but it was only using one small hose of the main aerator. I’ll post an update when I get the 2″ one working! I might buy a small air pump to test with so we know exactly how much PSI we need…..

]]> Comment on Vertical Airlift by GreenJesster /2013/03/12/vertical-airlift/#comment-31576 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 21:09:30 +0000 /?p=1208#comment-31576 I am fascinated with them, Ill put my design and specifications up when I get the larger one built!

]]> Comment on Vertical Airlift by GreenJesster /2013/03/12/vertical-airlift/#comment-31574 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 21:08:31 +0000 /?p=1208#comment-31574 It depends on the PSI of your air pump and pipe size for your flow. I don’t have my final model setup Ill let you know the flow rate when I get it all working the way I want. I am hoping to get the whole rack watered with one airlift 😉

]]> Comment on Vertical Airlift by GreenJesster /2013/03/12/vertical-airlift/#comment-31572 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 21:04:21 +0000 /?p=1208#comment-31572 Yes the ZipGrow Towers are pretty cool. I am building some that work very similar to those! I don’t have the budget for prefab ones unfortunately 🙂

]]> Comment on Tour de Tanks by GreenJesster /2013/02/26/tour-de-tanks/#comment-31571 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 21:01:00 +0000 /?p=1184#comment-31571 Check out the locations map at the link below to check out where one is close to you!

http://aquaponicsassociation.org/map-of-tour-locations/

]]> Comment on Tour de Tanks by Flavia Potenza /2013/02/26/tour-de-tanks/#comment-31569 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 20:49:08 +0000 /?p=1184#comment-31569 Where and when are Tour de Tanks happening in LA?

]]> Comment on Vertical Airlift by Lloyd /2013/03/12/vertical-airlift/#comment-30870 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:47:28 +0000 /?p=1208#comment-30870 >.. I, too, am interested in your lift capabilities. 12 feet is some lift. What size PVC tube and how much air pressure was needed?
>.. Any measure of flow rate? I’m looking to move about 6 gallons a minute about 12 feet above water level.

]]> Comment on Homemade Fish Food! by Sublingual /2011/06/11/homemade-fish-food/#comment-30708 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 01:24:02 +0000 http://www.greenjesster.org/?p=224#comment-30708 SAILINGTO claimed: “This is the only true and sustainable source of food, that should be encouraged and demanded.”

Seriously!? Certainly there are other ‘true’ sources of food as well. (Let’s not worship the seaweed, ok?)

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