After one day of cycling, it is obvious that the small pump/hydroton grow media combination will not work in this system. The clay pebbles are dry as a bone. I am going to take out about 75% of the pebbles. I will leave a layer in the bottom of each tray to assist drainage, but [...]
Posts Tagged ‘hydroponics’
Goldfish Tower = Fail
Posted in vegetable gardening, tagged aquaponics, aquaponics garden, coconut coir, hydroponics, vegetable gardening on November 2, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The Goldfish Tower Aquaponics Garden
Posted in vegetable gardening, tagged aquaponics, hydroponics, Indoor Gardening on November 2, 2011 | 3 Comments »
This is the Goldfish Tower. At least is will be once I add the goldfish. Right now I’m letting it cycle before I add fish. The Goldfish Tower started life as an EZgro hydroponics unit. I bought it a couple years ago as an experiment. Frankly, I didn’t like the results. I don’t believe, though, [...]
Aquaponics Goldfish Garden Update
Posted in vegetable gardening, tagged aquaponics, cauliflower, fall garden, hydroponics, Indoor Gardening, sugar snap peas on October 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Ok, I’m a hypocrite. After posting all over Twitter that I don’t blog on weekends because no one reads it, here I am. I just wanted to write this before I forget it, since I’m using this space as my journal. We are using feeder goldfish for this experiment. Since we were having some nutrient [...]
The Goldfish Garden Has Gone Live.
Posted in vegetable gardening, tagged aquaponics, earthbox, hydroponics on October 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Here is what all the fuss is about. Introducing, the Goldfish Garden prototype. The GG consists of two major parts and a bunch of smaller ones. The fish tank is a standard tank from Petco. We have cheap feeder goldfish in it. During the spring we grew basil in a floating raft sitting right in [...]
