So now we're talking about upkeep of your
miniature aquaponics system.
So the water source is very important and if you
have a lot of hardness in the water that will lead
to salt's building up in the system. You'll see
some of those salts forming on the clay pebbles
that we have here in the system as a white sort of
crust building up on them. Eventually these salts
can become toxic to the plant so it's important
periodically to remove some of the water and maybe
clean some of your clay pebbles in order to
provide a better environment for plants to grow. A
lot of the things that you have to do have to do
with water quality and water chemistry so you need
the water to be clean enough for the fish. But
dirty enough for the plants and you need the water
levels to be adequate for the fish. Not so high
water levels in the aquarium that you wind up
flooding the system whenever the plant or the
plant part of the system ebbs and flows but you want to
make sure that you have enough water for the
plants to evapotranspirate or they're going
to take water through their leaves through their
roots up through their leaves and out into the air.
Now in this system we find that we need to add
about five gallons of water per week or possibly
more than that if we have more plants growing in
order to keep the water levels adequate for the
plants.
So there are some environmental control factors
that you want to consider also. Of course it's
going to be humid around this so you don't want to
be in it in a very tightly closed room you want to
have air ventilation around your system. Once you
have your system functioning you want to make sure
that the humid environment that it's going to be in
is not producing mold in the place where you're
at. You want to check and make sure you don't have
mould you don't have humidity on the walls water
and you want to make sure that you're not leaking
anywhere in the floor or anything like that. You
know the temperature of the system is very
dependent on the environment around it. So if you
got light coming in through the windows you're
going to have issues like temperature fluctuations
as well as algae that can grow in the fish tank
and in the plumbing and that sort of thing. So
those are some upkeep issues that you'll have to
keep in mind.
So your goal is to strike a balance between the
fish waste being produced and the plant uptake of
those nutrients. If you have more plants than you
have fish waste your plants are going to become
stunted and exhibit nutrient deficiencies but if
you have too many fish the water can become very
murky and you may be you may be able to build up
to toxic levels of certain nutrient components in
the water that the plants aren't taking up. So
occasionally water exchange will be necessary.
For example you might build up some of the fish
food down in the gravel of the bottom of the tank.
Now the gravels really important for establishing
bacteria to be able to do the nitrogen processing
but it also provides areas for for the feed to
settle out the bottom and if bacteria break those
down in an anoxic environment you can produce
things like hydrogen sulfide gas which can be
toxic to your fish and to the bacteria around
those so you want to make sure you're providing a
well aerated environment so that you can have good
beneficial bacteria and provide that
clean water that the fish and plants need. So if
you notice that your tank is really filthy and
dirty you may be having some algae growing on the
sides of the tank so you'll need to do regular
cleaning probably at least once a week in order to
eliminate that algae. Another reason that's
important is because those algae can rob the
nutrients away from the plants that you're trying
to grow. But if you're using clear vinyl tubing
like we are the the algae that grows inside of
that can clog up your pipes and reduce the water
flow going to your plants. So we're looking to
make sure that your system is balanced in terms of
nutrients you're going to want to make sure your
pH is in the correct range. We recommend between a
pH of six point five and seven point zero that's
going to make most of the nutrients available to
your plants roots for uptake but it's also going
to provide a good environment for the fish and for
the bacteria that are processing those nutrients.
So you may have the issue that your plants are not
growing the way that you would like for them to.
Plants can be really stubborn to grow under
certain conditions so if you don't provide enough
light certain plants aren't going to grow very
well in that. But of course some plants don't
really need that much light. Some of them need
full light in order for them to produce fruit and
things like that. So you have to consider those
things. Also another issue may be nutrient
deficiencies. If you see yellowing of the leaves
or mottled coloured discolorations you may have
issues there. The plants may not grow quickly
because the temperature is not correct for the
plant so if you're not growing enough plants
optimal temperature range then you can have slower
growth or you can start to see the plants try to
go to seed and produce seeds and then you
won't have a plant that you can really eat depends
on which ones you're working with. The photo
period so if you have something that likes that
summertime growth period you might want 16 hours
of daylight. Some plants tolerate 24 hour daylight
but some plants really would like to be 12 hours
on 12 hours off. So those are some considerations
for your life for your plants if you're trying to
grow different types of plants some of which you
may maybe the leafy greens where nitrogen is the
most important nutrient for producing a green
growth. But other plants you may be trying to grow
rooting crop or you may be trying to produce
flowers. Phosphorus is really important for root
growth but potassium is really important for
fruiting of plants. So if you're trying to grow
flowers into your system whether that's for
ornamental or if it is for producing fruits you
might want to look at potassium and potassium is
not a nutrient that is very available out of your
fish feed so you may have to supplement potassium
in order to get a good hearty fruits out of your
system. If you're noticing that your leaves are
turning yellow one very likely contributor to that
is a lack of iron in the water. Iron settles out
in the water so we added a chelated iron to this
system in order to provide the nutrient that the
plants need to grow green leaves. So as your
system progresses and you grow large plants
eventually you need to rotate out those plants.
Also you need to provide good airflow through the
plant leaves so that they don't get diseases like
downy mildew or something like that. So you can
provide some fans to blow the blow the plants
around very gently. You can also prune back some
of the plant leaves in order to provide a better
environment for those plants to grow. You will see
some plants will drop dead leaves and stems down
onto into the growing media. You simply just clean
those up so you don't create an environment where
you have fungus growing and those sorts of things
where flies and other pests can start to grow.
Because solid waste has a tendency of building up the
new systems is important to clean occasionally.
However you don't want to clean too much because
it's the plants if the nutrients are removed from
the water then the plants won't be able to grow at
their optimal rate.
When you have an aquarium like this you want to be
an expert at fish behavior because sick fish don't
eat. And they can grow growths on the outside of
them or sores and they may exhibit some really odd
behavior that would indicate that there is a there
is a disease in your system. So you want to be
really good at identifying what normal fish
behavior is and what the difference is between a
fish that might have a disease and then know how
to treat those fish where it will not affect your
biofilter or your plants. So whenever you're
treating fish typical in a an aquarium or an
aquaculture system you would look at putting salt
into the water in order to help the fish relax and
be able to Osmo regulate better. However in an
aquaponics system like this sodium and chloride
can cause issues for your plants so you need to be
very very careful with what chemicals you add to
the water. Fish waste can build up inside of the
rocks especially in the grow bed area where we
have our plants. And so occasionally you'll need to
clean some of that out of there to. To prevent
anaerobic conditions from forming that can harm
your fish and your plants. And some people like to
use composting worms in these systems. In a media
based system so that they will clean up the solid
waste so you don't have to shut down your system
and clean up the waste.
So here are the top five common mistakes which we
see that growers make. Number one is a site selection
before even you put a high tunnel. Make sure you
scout the site and make sure the site has good
drainage...
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