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    New guy building system right now

    Hello guys, I am knee deep in building a greenhouse aquaponics system
    2000 gallons of water
    Blue tilapia, already have breeding colony in basement and 1000's of fry
    12 x 24 greenhouse with fish tanks heated from my wood burning furnace.
    Large bioreactor, and clarifier to filter heavy stocking density.
    Plumbing is complete, and tank is recirculating, and being fed ammonia chloride for cycling right now.
    Next step is to build grow beds
    I will upload some pics as soon as I can get my wife to resize them small enough that the forum will accept them.

    A little about myself. My family produces all of our own meat, except for fish, so this is the next logical step on our way towards self sufficiency. We raise Guinea hogs for pork, chicken (both meat birds, and layers) Nigerian dwarf dairy goats, for meat and milk, Muscovy ducks for meat, have a recently dug 1/4 acre pond for food and recreation, and water for irrigation, 75 head of Dexter, and Australian lowline cattle for beef, and grassfed beef sales. The cattle are on leased land, everything else happens on our 2.5 acre homestead. 4000 square foot garden.
    I will have some questions for those of you in the know about growbeds in the next few days. Thanks for all of the great information so far, I have read the forum top to bottom.

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    Re: New guy building system right now

    Hi Brier....welcome...

    Bring on the pictures !
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    Re: New guy building system right now

    Welcome to the show....pull up an easy chair, relax and stay awhile. New voices are always a welcome addition to our family..! Whatever questions you have on you mind, this is the place to get the answers. PLease go to your profile and tell us where you live. There might some APers close by.
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    Re: New guy building system right now

    Hi Brier,

    Good to see another Ohioan on the list. We're increasing in numbers.
    If you have any questions just ask.

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    Re: New guy building system right now

    Thank you guys for the warm welcome. Things are coming along well. I took the week off, and am really making some progress. I have learned that the secret to plumbing is................................................ .................................................. ...............A full tank of gas.

    I will get some pics up tomorrow, honestly can't wait. I am rather proud of my system. Oh BTW, anyone need some Oreochromis aureus I happen to have a few thousand too many. Seriously. I am not in the least bit afraid of shipping a few out. I have shipped fish via USPS priority mail for years. If any of you guys need some for a project, let me know.

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    Re: New guy building system right now

    check your email briar.. i might be interested in a few, and i think i know where you could get rid of more

    good luck!

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    Re: New guy building system right now

    Welcome to the forum from a start-up near Seattle. Lots of good folks and great learning here.
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    Re: New guy building system right now

    hi brier, just another ohioan checking in good luck Big Al

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    Re: New guy building system right now

    Why don't you post your breeding experience in the "blue tilapia" section? That is one of the species I haven't tried yet.

    Quote Originally Posted by Brier
    Thank you guys for the warm welcome. Things are coming along well. I took the week off, and am really making some progress. I have learned that the secret to plumbing is................................................ .................................................. ...............A full tank of gas.

    I will get some pics up tomorrow, honestly can't wait. I am rather proud of my system. Oh BTW, anyone need some Oreochromis aureus I happen to have a few thousand too many. Seriously. I am not in the least bit afraid of shipping a few out. I have shipped fish via USPS priority mail for years. If any of you guys need some for a project, let me know.
    The best fertilizer is the farmer's shadow

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    Re: New guy building system right now

    I will do just that very shortly Badflash. This is a very busy week for me, but as soon as things settle down I will take an hour and do a nice write up on my broodfish set up. I absolutely love them. They are so sustainable. There is no other fish that is as easy to breed for a backyard farmer. If I were raising channel catfish, I would have to rely on outside sources yearly for my fish.

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