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    Hello From Philly

    Hello everyone, I am new at Aquaponics but i have a strong interest in it. I just finished Sylvia Bernstein's Aquaponic Gardening and have started up my own experience at my apartment. I am currently growing butter crunch lettuce and its about 3 inches tall now. I have 8 goldfish in the 5 gallon tank. The lettuce looks great but I cant seem to get the Ammonia to go down, its always at 8.0. Anyone out there know of a good way to get it to go down without killing the fish?

    Glad to be on this forum,
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    This is a picture of the lettuce in its hydrocorn. Its been 11 days now. Its in about 2 inches of the media.
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    Re: Hello From Philly

    Welcome!

    Watch the feeding as to not go to high on the readings. other that, youll just have to wait until the system cycles. check out my little system, if you ever plan to upgrade to a slightly bigger system while still being able to keep it in an apartment then my design would be perfect!

    Nice lettuce btw! more pics would be great!
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    Re: Hello From Philly

    Welcome to the forum...
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    Re: Hello From Philly

    yikes! you probably have high ph, which is helping the fish at the moment,, until it drops, don't feed the fish
    double check your test kit to make sure you are following the directions, and that the chemicals aren't expired..
    i'd salt to 3ppt as well

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    Re: Hello From Philly

    Greetings Earthling, and welcome to the addiction!

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