In considering setting up some fresh water prawns in the bottom of my tilapia IBC with some netting shelves (but not terriblely dense stocking on the prawns) Anyone have some experience or words of wisdom on this idea/plan?

Setting up a small DWC system with an IBC tote as the fish tank. Anyone have tips or experience turning a 35-gallon barrel into a filter? Thanks!

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Looking to set up a flagship aquaponics system in a small (20m²) campus greenhouse. Any site recommendations or resources for system design for freshman? Appreciate any pointers!

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Hi all, I'm working on setting up a very small system which will be my final project for a course I'm taking this semester. I've got a 10 gallon aquarium with an undergravel filter that will discharge into the worm habitat/biofilter. From there the water will get pumped into a small NFT system made from vinyl downspout, then return to the fish tank. What's the best substrate for the worms in this situation? I currently have some coco coir and small river-rock-type aquarium gravel but can source other things before the worms arrive. Thanks in advance for any insights you can share. 🐟🌱

Are there biological hazards you may risk by having live fish and whatever bacteria they may bring? And how do you address that? Surely they can carry harmful stuff sometimes?

I started testing my water this weekend and I noticed that the Nitrate levels are very inconsisten day to day. Nitrites have been steady and Ammonia is mostly steady with a spike on a single day (corresponding dip in Nitrates that day). I know this is a small sample size and my system is still cycling, but is this normal? The graphs I've seen for cycling show Nitrates with a big curve up, not wobbling all over the place.

Some of you may recall a post I made about having issues getting fish out of my grow troughs.

Well, after a few weeks of fishing, we’ve gotten what I think is nearly all of the fish out.

Plant growth, and root growth, still seems a tad slow.

I have a 1/3hp sweet water blower for the system and air stones charged to around 50psi (25 of them) in both the troughs and fish tank.

I’m wondering if I’m running into an oxygenation issue now. You can see my nitrate levels are over 100ppm. Could that be causing the issue?

Hey Im a noob. Just started germanating my seeds a few days ago. I am currently keeping them in my dresser too keep it dark with nothing but a damn paper towel. reWetting it when I feel its dry by soaking a different paper towl and placing it on top. That's all I can afford at the moment.

Any tips for growing that most people dont know? I am growing kitchen plants right now. Forgot the names and don't want to open the door so light doesnt get in.

I’m planning on building my first aquaponics system,and i dont know if you should constantly be circulating the water from the tanks to the beds.

I’m extremely familiar with fish and fish tanks, I’ve had them my whole life. I had an empty basement and I’d like to get into this hobby but I’m at an absolute loss of where to start.

The amount of plans and ideas online, YouTube etc are overwhelming and I’m overthinking everything. Does anyone have any good starter documentation, videos, pictures, instructions, anything for someone to review and try for a first time setup?

I’m thinking of just using comet goldfish and possibly a large clear bin that’s reinforced to make sure bowing doesn’t happen. I’d like to start a little smaller, maybe 35 gallons or something and then keep going until I’m growing everything I want.

So I’m coming from the fish keeping world where this isn’t very well discussed, I’m wondering what plants you all have noticed need the absolute most nitrates. Just really hoover it up

I’m looking for something that can filter my fish tank water of nitrates while I’m away and figured you guys might be able to help. I know pothos is well thought of but anything else?

Thanks

Hey reddit! Experienced hobbyist here, been very active for the last 5/6 yrs. I have all established a 125 goldfish, a 125 American cichlids, a 75 heavily planted soft water (angels, tetras, etc), and a 70 male axolotl (3) tank. I had pothos growing out of the Am Cic and gf tanks, but they got out of hand.lmao. large Amazon swords and another idr the name of in the soft water, and looking for a hardy plant for my axolotls. Haven't really tried anything, as I don't think many species can tolerate the colder temp, and essentially, no lighting. There's some from the kitchen, but they're about 10' from any window. Was hoping to find someone more experienced in the plants area. I don't have any fertilizer in this tank, but I can get Seachem flourish wo issue. Pic of Hiccup, my leucistic GFP for tax. We have Toothless, our mel, and Fishlegs, our copper. I've had them for years, and they recently became illegal in my state (AR SUCKS). Sorry, I ramble, it's part of the ADHD.

Howdy fine folks, I'm back with a question I believe i know the answer to, but am hoping to avoid, I purchased SeaChem Prime to remove the cloramine's from my ibc setup after finding it ranked as a #1 chemical from an aquaponics site. Furthering my research, I see that it may not be food fish/plant safe. My fish haven't arrived yet, should I drain my tank and start over with vitamin C? right now it's mainly just 300 gallons of water I'd be out, as it's currently cycling, though per Lakeway's site for Tilapia it sounds like thats overkill.