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White Nile Tilapia Feeding in One of My Aquaponics Systems

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Just a short video of my White Nile Tilapia feeding in my greenhouse based aquaponics system.  The fish are about 15 months old and I would say a bit over 2 pounds on average.  They should be able to feed for at least 3 more months until it gets too cold for them. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You can find all my aquatics and aquaponics videos in one playlist at bit.ly/9mile-aquaponics

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Three New Aquaponics Videos

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More progress has been made on the new 300 Gallon aquaponics system.  We got the false bottoms done for two wicking beds, came up with a soil mix and got one of the beds filled up.  In addition to these three videos you can find the entire playlist here http://bit.ly/300gal ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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New 300 Gallon Aquaponics System – Part Nine

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See complete playlist for this project here. http://bit.ly/300gal After nearly dying of heat stroke (not exaggerating) this summer I am finally back at getting shit done on this project. The good news is everything gets easier from here. Next step is to get the two now cycling wicking beds full of media and soil and set the footers for the next 4. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  

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Episode-2276- Back Yard Aquaculture for Beauty and Food Production

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So we have been updating our new instagram project and have changed the channel name to @itsajacklife to make it more clear that most posts are by Dorothy about my life vs. by me.  And this AM she took this photo of me at teh Miyagi pond and captioned it, Enjoying the Miyagi. It’s Tuesday morning time for a stand alone show. Jack has no idea what he will talk about today says the fish will tell him. She was right and the fish said, “hey dummy talk about us”, so today that is what we are going to discuss.  … Continue reading →

Miyagi Pond Updates for 8-21-31

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Some updates to the Myagi Pond (aka Timber Frame Pond).  Also a preview for today’s episode of TSP. Flowering gourd seeds are hard to find but you can find them on eBay on occasion search for “Bau Sao”, none are available right now, I may have some this fall at the workshop. It is also known as “white flowered gourd”. The original sweet potato slips came form Victory Sees they are Japanese Purple/Red Sweet Potato and they are my favorite. You have to order them in early spring here. For the water spinach search ebay for Pak Boong, Kang Kung … Continue reading →

New Aquaponics Video and We Need Expert Council Questions ASAP

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New Aquaponics Update First up after a long delay I have an update (number 8 in the series) on my new aquaponics build. Not a ton of progress since the last update but we do have a ton of growth. We also have a new manifold we will be using in all future builds thanks to Nick Ferguson at http://www.homegrownliberty.com/ on this. Now that we have the plumbing planned to avoid having to cross the pipes in shallow soil, progress should speed up. See complete playlist for this project here. http://bit.ly/300gal ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I Need Questions for the Expert Council Despite … Continue reading →

The Basic Layout of my Three Aquaponics / Aquatics Systems in Video

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This is our core system with a heart of two 330 gallon recycled IBCs, running 2 ebb and flow beds, 8 soil based beds and one deep water bed. This system could be expanded to have dozens and dozens more wicking beds. Still running on a single pump. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This system is far more an aquatic system with aquaponic elements unlike the first system. Still it shows what can be done with only one small energy input. This system could expand almost infinitely with wicking beds. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The third system is built on the timber frame pond concept … Continue reading →

Indoor Aquaponics Set Up – Episode Eight

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Today’s episode covers a few updates like progress on microgreens, lowering the grow lights a bit and moving fish indoors. Mostly though it is a Q&A edition. I answer the following questions today… How is the height set by the bell siphon, does anything change when you add media? What is my water height vs. my media height in my systems? How is the smell of and indoors system? What is the cost of the system in this series? How do you ballance fish vs. vegetation? How small can you go with ebb and flow? How do you cycle a … Continue reading →