Nick Mayes

Gender

Male

Location

Phoenix, AZ

Birthday:

September 10

About Me:

I practice aquaponics in my backyard on a small scale with a 55 gallon barrel. I have a bat house that can house 20 bats and I use the bat guano to add to my compost pile which I use as fertilizer in my backyard.I have a 55 gallon rain barrel. I currently just baught my house and I am in the process of repairing all the harm that has been done from fertilizers that have been dumped on it for years. I have gotten rid of my grass in the backyard and planted clover instead. My brother ryan mayes is on this site as well and has been helping me through this transformation.

"I have trouble keeping mine at a constant temperature. I know lettuces like having water temps in the 70s any method you have of keeping your temps in the 70s?"

"Not sure I just have the humming bird feeder over the aquaponics barell so it just goes straight into the system. So I'm not exactly sure how long it would take to fill a gallon bucket. Maybe I will set up another one to find out. I also have a bat…"

"Looks very nice! With my aquaponics setup I am using a combination of nft and flood and drain. Instead of using a small trickle of water constant on the root system in the tubes I have my canister filter set at 75% and I flood the entire tubes with…"

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