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AP system redo

My first AP system is based on an in ground recycled jacuzzi that holds 330 gallons. The grow bed is a converted above ground planter bed made of cement block, 2 high. The planter bed is lined with EDPM and filled with pea gravel. There is a 1200 GPH

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Omega 3 questionased

I have been feeding my Tilapia wild purslane that has sprung up thought my gardens. Does anyone know or point me in the right direction about if feeding the fish the purslane will raise the omega 3 content of the fish itself? I believe chicken eggs a

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Small Barrel AP system for sale

I have a 4 grow bed, 2 55gal tank barrel ponics system for sale. It's in the way for the expansion of my bigger system. will post photos today. this system is turn key and has given awesome results. $250.00 it's a great small space producer! Randy

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Tilapia for sale

Just cleaned out my pond, have lots of fish in buckets.  50 cents a piece for the small ones, 1.5 to 3"  and $1 per inch or $5 on the big ones.  They are in tubs with bubblers now, I will release them into my other pond at 9am Saturday.  So if you wa

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Fish in the Dining Room, 3

Well, it's been almost a week since I posted the picture of the 'finished' towers - at least there were little seedlings in them and it looked like this:

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5020420071?profile=originalThis is what the same seedlings look like today -

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Fish in the Dining Room Part 2

We've been busy finishing the aquaponics system.  The lights went up, 4, 4 foot T8 fixtures with 2 bulbs each spaced about a foot apart.

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The towers were pretty easy to soften with the heat gun.  Here are a few pictures showing the process we used.  Th

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Tour de Coops and Aquaponics

Call for Coops and an invitation for Aquaponics Group to have a presence at one of the coops! The tour is educational as well as fun, and we want to expose the group's methods on aquaponics to a large audience. If you have an interesting coop, and ha

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New AP system at my place

Well, its mostly finished.  Those of you who have been to my place know I have an AP system in my front yard, based on a jacuzzi and a converted raised bed.  Its been working for about a year and a half.  So the new system is in the backyard, based o

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Just starting up

Hello. We have just set up a small grow bed attached to our pond. We've had the pond for years now and decided to see if we could make it work for us a bit, plus maybe keep the algae down naturally. Our system is a flood and drain system. Our pond is

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