Aquaponics System, Passive Solar Greenhouse build

jeff5may · 05-22-15, 06:57 PM

No, I'm saying add some trash fish first. They will pay the ultimate price to kick start your system. The first few of whatever you put in first will not live long or well anyway. The mere presence of them in the water, eating what you feed them and making poo will improve your water quality and drastically reduce the need for high dollar fertilizer.

Once your trash fish stop dying off, then you know you can either swap them out for valuable fish, or just leave them in and add more stock. It's much cheaper to go fishing, and less discouraging to see trash fish keel over.

05-22-15, 06:57 PM	#11
jeff5may Supreme EcoRenovator Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: elizabethtown, ky, USA Posts: 2,428 Thanks: 431 Thanked 619 Times in 517 Posts	No, I'm saying add some trash fish first. They will pay the ultimate price to kick start your system. The first few of whatever you put in first will not live long or well anyway. The mere presence of them in the water, eating what you feed them and making poo will improve your water quality and drastically reduce the need for high dollar fertilizer. Once your trash fish stop dying off, then you know you can either swap them out for valuable fish, or just leave them in and add more stock. It's much cheaper to go fishing, and less discouraging to see trash fish keel over.