Mespe's 50 Gallon Aquarium setup in Progress

[mespe]

Tell the truth, how many times have you been stung by your bees when you are working the hive/s..?

Seeing how I've only worked the hive about 5 times (opening the top and jsut peeking in doesn't count) I can honestly say that I have not gotten stung. My bees seem very non-aggressive and don't seem to mind me when I'm out there. Now I know for a fact that if I accidentally pinch a bee, it will sting me, so just got to bee careful.

[mespe]

"Worked on my AP system" yesterday (went fishing) my ft now supports 5 largemouth bass and 17 BG (one seems to be a hybrid, it's got all kinds of neat colors, alot of blue specks, and very lively. (put up a good fight when caught) I also put some cantelope seedlings that sprouted in the garden in the left GB, so it should start looking lively soon.

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[davidstcldfl]

it will sting me, so just got to bee careful.

'bee' carefull.....
Yeah, I've always wanted some bees too.

Congrats mespe, your system. really is looking nice....

[mespe]

it will sting me, so just got to bee careful.

'bee' carefull.....
Yeah, I've always wanted some bees too.

Congrats mespe, your system. really is looking nice....

Thanks David, I spent quite a bit of time on getting the sequencing going. It seems to be working great. Point is, if you're going to use 2 liter bottles to open/close a valve, make certain that all pulleys are perpindicular or parrellel. Maybe build the GB's around the sequencing portion, instead of the other way around, like I did.

[mespe]

latest pic

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[davidstcldfl]

Looks like it's filling in nicely ...

[keith_r]

yeah it does! good work!

did you know that when you harvest your cabbage, if you cut it off right at the stalk, then cut a 1/2" (13mm) deep "cross" into the remaining plant's stalk, you can get a second harvest of smaller cabbages?

[mespe]

Looks like it's filling in nicely ...

Yeah I can't believe how the growth (in the right GB) has taken off so well. Don't understand why the left GB is so weak. The sequencing has worked as it should ever since I replaced the fishing line with the 104 lb mason line. (see earlier psot) I wonder if the root density in the GB has anything to do with the amount of nutrients that remain in the GB after it empties.

I mean the same water flows through both sides, the left gets a little higher (maybe 1/4 inch) well anyway, I planted 3 cantelopes in the left GB, also stuck a piece of grapefruit tree that broke off when I moved the tree outdoors this spring. Wouldn't it be neat if it started putting out roots, but I'm not holding my breadth.

I have yet to measure anything. I have no idea what the pH is, ammonia, nitrites or nitrates.

I use a fly swatter to push the solids to the SLO pickup tube. I then need to lift the lettuce plants so that the solids flows past them (I should have used a 4 inch PVC pipe for the lettuce trough) when the solids make their way to the drain pipe, I quickly open and close the drain, I've gotten good at catching all the solids. If I miss some, then end up in the GB and many a time I've had to wiggle the GB drain pipes to unclog the solids, as they build up rather rapidly since the drain pipe empties directly into the gravel.

[mespe]

Clean your sump pump weekly, otherwise algea buildup will limit the water flow to the point where the flow cannot overcome the amount needed to trigger the auto-siphon.

[mespe]

Had a floater the other day, probably the one that nearly swallowed the hook. Got a little zuchinni growing, and a couple cucumbers.