easy diy aquaponics hoplink | Aquaponics Tips Getting Rid of Creepy Crawlies

19.24 in Aquaponics, crawlies, creepy, getting, of, rid, simple, tips, tool, transplanting

easy diy aquaponics hoplink

Slugs, millipede, centipede, ants and other crawlies can start to be comfortable in the growbed. 

How do we get rid of them ?

On flood and drain media base aquaponics, I recommend to flood the growbed. Most crawlies cant survive underwater for long period.

To flood the growbed first stop the siphon action by removing the enclosure bell as photo below.

or remove the siphon cap on the #strainerbell siphon as below,

Once the cap or bell has been remove, the siphon action will stop. This depends on the height of standpipe will cause the growbed to be flooded. If the standpipe is lower than the media height, it is advisable to remove some of the media or change the standpipe extender to a longer extender causing a flooding.

Downpipe photo of the siphon as below with replaced extender.

Once the growbed flooded, wait a while and you can now see many creepy crawlies start to make their way to the top of the growbed. This is a good time to get your slug picking chopstick ready and start picking.

Slugs

more slugs

and more slugs

Well have fun picking those slugs.. :)

How to get rid of ants ?

For ants, I recommend that the high water extender are left there for a few days, and let the siphon operated as normal. Then replace it back to the ones that have water 1" below media height.

I recommend doing this flooding monthly, to ensure slugs etc dont have time to multiply. It is such an easy thing to do anyway.

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diy aquaponics farm | Aquaponics Tips Sowing Seeds

16.52 in Aquaponics, kailan, need, seeds, sowing, tips, transplanting, urgent

diy aquaponics farm

Many people has been asking me how do I sow seeds for Aquaponics, whether I sow them in soil or directly to growbed. Well it all depends on type of seeds, if it extremely small like Lettuce seeds Ill probably sow them in soil first.

If Cili, Tomatoes, Kailan, Okra etc Ill sow directly to the growbed. Those cheap seeds Ill sow direct regardless of size, because sometimes it just not worth the extra trouble of preparing a seed tray. It is your choice whichever is convenient to you.

Now its time for me to sow few seeds, since I have one vacant growbed to use. These seeds has been kept for quite a while, so I had to use most of it rather quickly before it expires.

All the seeds I sprinkle directly to growbed for these sowing, I have too many to use so, just sow more than I need. Cili, Kailan, Okra and few other vegetable seeds directly to growbed.

Few will grow, thats all that I wanted.

After all seeds has been sprinkle onto the hydroton Ill use my fingers to "rake" them over to get them down to water level. It is also best to stop siphon action by maintaining water level at top of standpipe.

If your growbed water level is low, meaning your growbed dry zone is deep, it is important that you water the seeds daily until they germinate. If this dry zone is shallow the seeds can reach water then its not required to water.

Sometimes when I sow in potted hydroton, Ill remove a layer of hydroton until I can see water reaching surface then I will sow the seeds at that level after which Ill cover the seeds with the earlier removed hydroton.

So thats how I do it, will update this post once seeds germinate and at transplanting.

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diy aquaponics home depot | Catching Tilapia For Dinner

04.50 in Aquaponics, catching, crawlies, creepy, dinner, for, getting, of, rid, tilapia, tips

diy aquaponics home depot

Picking few males from the tank. This tank where I put mostly males tilapia so that they did not breed uncontrollably. The females are in another part of my CRAFTS set.

Thanks for watching

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diy aquaponics no electricity | Single Barrel Gutter Growbed Set

17.05 in application, Aquaponics, barrel, growbed, gutter, insecticide, set, single, tips

diy aquaponics no electricity

Making a small single barrel #guttergrowbed set from surplus gutter. Six feet of gutter leftover from earlier set cut into two and endcapped.

After hot glue the ends, do a leak check to ensure all in good order. I had to redo and check it few times due to leaks, but the fix is simple enough to do.

Two 3 feet gutter resting on the barrel, this is one of the remaining barrel that I use for the craft barrel set. No additional support required as long as small plants are planted in this #guttergrowbed.

I intent to put pots in one of the gutter and direct hydroton in another to test out. Since its small, it will be easy to clean if needed.

All thats left to do now is installing the siphon and water pump.

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diy aquaponics kit uk | Aquaponics Tips Silencing the Ornamental Set

03.25 in Aquaponics, just, ornamental, photo, post, set, silencing, the, tips

diy aquaponics kit uk

With much of the experimenting over on the Ornamental set, it time for reducing its outlet sound. At times the siphon outlet can be loud and its no different on this smaller set. The easiest way to reduce the sound is to put a muffler end on the outlet.

Muffler end is made by drilling few holes on the outlet final downward tube , this works as to let air water mix and thus reducing the sound.

This muffler also act as an aerator giving much needed oxygen to the water. If needed to reduce noise and giving oxygen to water, this is the simplest way to do it.

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easy diy aquaponics pdf | Aquaponics Tips Magnesium Sulphate

17.45 in Aquaponics, doing, few, magnesium, more, rosemary, sulphate, tips

easy diy aquaponics pdf

Magnesium Sulphate (MgSO4) or commonly known as Epsom Salt are use in agriculture to promote chlorophyll production. Certain plants like Tomatoes and Chili require magnesium for their better growth.

Epsom Salt is non organic, so if your aquaponics setup is on an organic track, you have to think twice before applying this to your set.

Looks like sugar and it is highly water soluble, application as a foliar spray is common. In aquaponics, adding to growbed near the water inlet is recommended.

You dont have to add much, one table spoon is enough for a medium size growbed. Monitor for changes in the vegetable or plants leaves and only add if you suspect that the plants "green" is not as green as you might expect.

Epsom Salt is also good as a relaxant, where you can add it to warm water and soak your feed. This is what most people use it for. In a bath and foot soak, they are suppose to have a relaxing effect on the body.

So if you use Epsom Salt as a foot soak, dont throw that water away. Put it it the aquaponics set, so nothing is wasted.

Where to buy

Food Grade (Recommended)
Most Reputable Pharmacy, like Guardian, Boots and Watson

Non Food Grade
Agriculture Shop, they sell in bulk.

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easiest diy aquaponics | Fixing A Leaky Gutter Growbed

08.28 in a, Aquaponics, easy, fixing, growbed, gutter, leaky, make, seedling, tips, transplant

easiest diy aquaponics

Just noticed this morning water droplet from one of the #guttergrowbed, its about five drops per minute.

Thro the leak is small, its enough to wet the floor and over time if not checked moss or algae will grow.

Bottom view of leak, marked so that it can be located during repair.

First, all plants from #guttergrowbed need to be removed and place somewhere safe and not dry out.

A car boot tray is good for holding the plants and fill it with water about an inch, this is a precautionary measures just in case the repair took longer that I anticipated.

After the last flush, switch OFF the pump and lift up the ends that needs repair. It advisable if the adjacent growbed share the same pump, ensure it is full of water before stopping the pump.

I have tubes in the gutter to support those pots, clear them out and the #guttergrowbed will be dirty just like above photo.

Give it a good cleaning, it should not be difficult since the area is always underwater and the sludge did not have time to hardened.

Use a hair dryer to accelerate drying, heat from dryer will make the originally applied glue tacky, sometimes this itself can cure the problem.

Dry it from underneath too. Then once completely dry, apply hot glue to the affected area. This is the easiest glue to use and it is very good for quick fixes.

No matter how I do, it will always looks messy. Once all area covered with glue wait for it to cool for about five to ten minutes, then we can restore the growbed.

Start water inflow to check for leaks

Having satisfied that the repair is good, I can put the plants back in its place.

Prior to that dont forget the bottom part which need to be check for leaks too.

Plants in, everything back to normal.

Minor disturbance to the plants, as if nothing happen. The potted #guttergrowbed system makes it easy to do repair if needed.

If its happen to be the inner growbed, same can be done as long as there is access to the container ends. #Guttergrowbed leaks are mostly from the endcaps area which may be tricky to seal. But out of four growbed only this one leak.

So that is 1 out of 8 endcaps.


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diy aquaponics water filter | Bawang Dayak Update

23.07 in a, Aquaponics, bawang, catch, dayak, easiest, tilapia, tips, to, update, way

diy aquaponics water filter

I planted few pots of Bawang Dayak on 2nd of August and today I am checking to see what happening to the plants.

One pot, I place in the gutter growbed and its time to split it into two pots.

As a comparison another pot I planted in coco peat soil mix and placed it in the gutter growbed, its not doing that good compared to the ones in hydroton.

Few photos of the bawang dayak in the hydroton filled pot.

 Checking the roots to see any sign of root rot or any abnormality with it.

Looking good and there are signs of new bulb emerging from the cluster.

Another shot.

This plant is mainly use as a medicinal herb and not use for day to day cooking. Ill be planting four pots of this in the gutter growbed as an ornamental plant for now.

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