Aquaponics Digest - Tue 03/03/98

Message   1: Grow Beds/Ratios
             from S & S Aqua Farm 


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Subject: Grow Beds/Ratios
From:    S & S Aqua Farm 
Date:    Tue, 03 Mar 1998 11:58:08 -0600

At 02:38 PM 2/17/98 EST, Pete Theisen wrote:


>My long term answer is to go to a larger growing bed.  I have obtained some 
>plastic containers that are 4'*3'*3' that I plan to cut down to provide a 
>3'*4'*1' gravel bed, maybe even two of them.  This will happen when about 
>10 other jobs are done around the house.  So, it will be a while.

Pete - where did you obtain these containers?  What were they made for/used
for?  What did you pay for them?  They sound ideal for small systems, and I
know we have many potential users interested.

>As to ratios of fish tank volume to gravel bed volume.  I would lean to a 
>1to2 or a 1to3 ratio.  It seems that I have more than enough fish waste for 
>my plants.  

We would agree.  We recommend 1:2 ratio as the most productive in both sides
of the system.  

Paula
S&S Aqua Farm, 8386 County Road 8820, West Plains, MO 65775  417-256-5124
Web page  http://www.townsqr.com/snsaqua/