Growbed update

I transplanted the Pakchoys since I don't see any Lettuce germinating. Water is crystal clear thanks to the biofilter!

Fishes are happy and I am a happy grower!

New biofilter

The new biofilter is finally running. Water in my tank is already clearing up and the fishes seems happy. Added some 20 tilapia fingerlings today to test if they can coexist with the bigger ones in the tank.

Seedlings sprouting

A few pots are starting to sprout seedlings yesterday! I've forgotten to map them out so I have no idea what they are. Guess we'll find out much later!

First seedlings from new pots

They're started germinating and I am so excited!

A very interesting discovery. I also fou d some seedlings in my filter box. Sone lighter seeds was washed away during the flood cycle and ended up finding a new home in the filter box. That gives me an idea that maybe it's a better idea to germinate them in the sponges of the filter box next time.

Growbed filled

I finally have the time and budget (and confidence) to fill the growbed. Got my LECA pebbles from Mexca and my RD-150 Baba Pots on thursday and set them up in my growbed first thing this morning.

I already have a pot of Vietnamese Mint / Daun Kesum and another pot of Pegaga Kampung growing in the growbed as well as 3 unknown seedlings from previous failed germinations.

Happy to report that the water is much clearer after adding the black shading and what's left of my fish stock is swimming happily.


Enjoy the pics!

Some modification to my setup

I stole some time today to clean my Aquaponics setup and did some modifications.

I have been struggling with algae problem for quite a while, clogging up my filter and have costed me many many almost grown Tilapias. I finally had the time today to add some sun shield to the fish tank cover to minimize sunlight and hopefully algae too.

I have also replaced my big filter with a small aquarium filter placed strategically to the front for easy disassembly and cleaning. If this works, I have some space for a second growbed.

I found a place that sells the clay pallets in bulk but the price is still a little steep for a big sack that looks like a 20 kg sack. That is going to be coming from next month's budget :)

As always, enjoy the pictures.

Dead Tilapias

I found 4 dead Tilapia so far and it was due to my own mistake. Yesterday I was cycling the water where I simultaneously siphon out the water and replacing with new tap water. I usually do a half and half where I leave half of the old tank water and add in half new tap water.

Yesterday I forgot to switch off the tap and it ran the whole night. This morning the tank was crystal clear and the Tilapias started showing signs of distress.

I hope some do survive, tho 2 of the bigger ones has died since this morning.