Aquaponics Digest - Mon 08/16/99
Message 1: web site
from "Mark Brotman"
Message 2: Re: CO2 Enrichment
from LEBO714
Message 3: Re: CO2 Enrichment
from Adriana Gutierrez & Dennis LaGatta
.------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------.
| Message 1 |
'------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------'
Subject: web site
From: "Mark Brotman"
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 10:22:35 -0400
Jorg, in our correspondence of last month I referred you to a web site
that I had set up to show some of the work I'd been doing in the
American south Pacific. Turns out that the server has been down and
they just got the parts to get it back up and running again. So, if you
wanted to check it out (again), the directions are: go to the Northern
Marianas College's site for the Department of Agriculture and Life
Sciences at http://www.nmcnet.edu/Lg/home.htm , go down the page to the
"Other Current Projects" and click on the second one, "Aquaculture
Projects." There are several links (including the one associated with
my name) where there are pictures of the integrated systems that were
developed. Apologies for the delay; hope the info is in some way useful
to you.
Regards,
Mark J. Brotman
Aquaculturist
CropKing
.------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------.
| Message 2 |
'------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------'
Subject: Re: CO2 Enrichment
From: LEBO714
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 12:19:02 EDT
Hello All,
I recently used a very cheap method of CO2 enrichment.
In each 2 litre plastic bottles I used :
1/2 teaspoon of Brewers Yeast (cost - 30 cents)
5 - 8 tablespoons of sugar
warm water - filled 3/4 full
The warm water activates the bacteria in the brewers yeast -
which then feeds off of the sugar. I put a hole (1/2 inch) in the
top portion of the bottles to allow the CO2 to escape into the air.
This concoction, when shaken, foams like beer in a bottle
after yeast activation (one day after initial mixing).
To maintain - Every day I would put my finger over the hole,
shake the bottle to get the foam going, then let the foam
dissipate during the day (CO2 escaping). After one week,
the foam production gradually decreases and I would pour out
the top 1/3 of the old liquid, add 5 tablespoons ( or more)
of sugar, and add hot water to replace the old liquid.
You do not even have to add any more brewers yeast - if you
continue to give it warm water and sugar it will grow a colony that will
last indefinitely.
You can have these all over your greenhouse at floor level and
just walk by and shake them once every day, and replace part of the
old liquid weekly for almost no cost - only sugar and hot tap water.
Hope this helps the budget conscious.
Al Lebowitz
.------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------.
| Message 3 |
'------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------'
Subject: Re: CO2 Enrichment
From: Adriana Gutierrez & Dennis LaGatta
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 13:24:54 -0400
Hi Al,
Thanks for the CO2 alternative. Did you notice any improvement in
growth rates for your plants when you introduced the CO2?
Is there any chance that the solution could be introduced into the
nutrrient tank to assre more even dispersal?
Adriana
> I recently used a very cheap method of CO2 enrichment.
> In each 2 litre plastic bottles I used :
> 1/2 teaspoon of Brewers Yeast (cost - 30 cents)
> > 5 - 8 tablespoons of sugar
> warm water - filled 3/4 full
S&S Aqua Farm, 8386 County Road 8820, West Plains, MO 65775 417-256-5124
Web page http://www.townsqr.com/snsaqua/
|
