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Forum: Basic Information Topic: Fish ratio over 3 years |
| tiggar |
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Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 4:57 pm
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| ... like to use common carp, yes i know you don't like them. But i love them, wonderful fish, easy to breed and for starting easy to get. I know the ratio of 3kg per 100L growbed. But this means for fullgrown fish. When i started in april with fingerlings about 15g. I put 30 of them in my 1000L tank ... |
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Forum: Hardware Topic: Size ratio of fish tank to grow beds ? |
| Buffalojoe |
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Posted: Tue May 18, 2010 12:52 am
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| You all have been a great help on my other topics. My question now is , as a general rule what is the best ratio of fish tank size (gallons) to grow bed size (square feet)? This info will help me greatly on my decision of fish tank design. By the way I am very glad to see ... |
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Forum: General System Discussions Topic: IBC - GB to FT ratio |
| ryangus |
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Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2010 6:35 pm
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| I'm finally getting a wriggle on with my second system. I've setup 2 IBCs next to each other, each with the top 1/3 cut off and inverted for GBs. Will 300L of GB be sufficient for 650L of FT, i.e. 2 independant systems. or Should I use 1 of the 650L tanks as a sump, and have the other 650L as a ... |
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Forum: Aquaponics F.A.Q. Topic: Ratio's, Fishtanks, F&D and other mysteries of the Universe |
| SideshowBob |
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Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 11:08 am
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Replies: 6
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| My First System. I am planning for the preferred 2:1 ratio and have read that you should pump the volume of your FT every hour. This makes sense but it would then mean that your GB's would only be half full each hour at a 2:1 system ratio. Q. Does ... |
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Forum: Hardware Topic: Unassisted bell siphon times - magic ratio? |
| Burnsy |
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Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 8:17 pm
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Replies: 21
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| ... unassisted (no air break device on bells or "U bends" on outflows) if the balance between inflow and outflow is within a certain magic ratio. Pipe diameters and pump size (pressure) affect both inflow and outflow so by adjusting these parameters to make a siphon work (as people ... |
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Forum: Basic Information Topic: Water to plant ratio? |
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Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 1:17 pm
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Replies: 15
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| Ok, so I need a little help about water to plant ratios. I have seen a lot of information about water volume to media volume, but my system does not incorporate large grow beds like others do. What I have done is used two hot tub shells and buried them in the ground so they act as my fish ponds. I h... |
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Forum: Useful Information Topic: Another Ratio Thread |
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Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 6:22 am
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| ... this thread as a re-direct for a Hijack. An Aquaponic system needs some form of the following things. 1-fish tank/water for fish 2-bio-filtration (to convert Ammonia to Nitrite and Nitrite to Nitrate, as well as other mineralization we don't dwell on as much.) 3-solids filtration 4-plants ... |
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Forum: Useful Information Topic: The Ratio question and sump tank tips. |
| TCLynx |
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Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 11:51 pm
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| I have noticed that this part of Aquaponics seems to confuse many people early on. The ratio of grow bed to fish tank. I will try and re-state here to help people get more comfortable with the ideas. A grow bed to fish tank Ratio given as 1:1 or 2:1 would be grow ... |
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Forum: Basic Information Topic: growing medium and ratio question |
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Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 9:07 am
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Replies: 57
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| ... be the leca product some AP use as medium? i sure hope i can use it , very inexpensive and i can purchase exactly the amount i would need part 2: ratio (shudders) im lost with how many growing trays i can actually gang together to be supported by my 1000 gallon fish pond? and how many fish i ... |
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Forum: General System Discussions Topic: How can the GB to Tank ratio work |
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Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 7:54 am
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| ... 1x 200lit kiddy-pool. and this relates to my question: I would like to have more plants growing, especially after reading that the GB to Tank ratio should be ideally 2:1 (this is the first question, should it be 2GB : 1 Tank, as in if I have a 1000lit tank, should i have 2000lit GB, or the ... |
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Forum: Hardware Topic: What gravel to water displacement ratio do you have? |
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Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 11:41 pm
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| ... is required to flood a given size of gravel/media. Though I'd start a poll to gather data. Please list what your media is and the water to media ratio. I'm curious about larger gravel sizes and sand media. I'm running 1/4" gravel ATM, will measure it tonight for this poll... |
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Forum: Basic Information Topic: 2:1 Grow Bed to Tank Ratio |
| derekh |
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Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 6:07 pm
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Replies: 36
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| Guys I'm just trying clarify this concept of a 2:1 grow bed to tank volume ratio. A few examples to explain, if I run a 200 litre bath tub then logically I can run 400 litres of growbed. Thats 2 blue barrels worth, 4 half barrels. You can fit a lot of ... |
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Forum: Basic Information Topic: fish to plant ratio |
| neilneilsen |
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Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 7:27 am
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Replies: 42
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hi there,
Im currently planning on making a short documentary and wanted to make a small aquaponic setup as part of the show, i need them to be relatively small to be viable for my purposes. how many fish (im planning on using goldfish) would it take to grow one plant? |
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Forum: Hardware Topic: Grow bed ratio |
| matt trevatt |
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Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 9:29 pm
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Replies: 8
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| The 2:1 growout pond ratio means for every 1000l of water I need 2 cubic meters of grow out beds for max fish density? This allows max 60kg of fish? Has anyone tried seperating the tank with wire mesh so that you could have multiple ... |
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