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Reducing Carbon Foot Print
Replacing the single pump with two smaller unit that consume less power and making it simpler for water to the growbed. The current pump that I use has excess capacity that wasted by diverting it away...
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Water Flow Gauge
Making this simple device to measure water inflow to growbed. This is helpful since I can then document siphon water operating range. which now is not so accurately done.I use the Bettas BT 6000 pump...
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Resun Penguin Pump Dismantling
Lets see what this pump looks like, its been running good for the last few years. I decide to stop its usage to reduce my Aquaponics set carbon foot print.This Resun Penguin was bought on 26th June...
View ArticleBettas BT 6000 Pump Assembling after cleaning.
A short video on assembling this pump after cleaning done.Thanks for watching.
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Silos Growbed Flood & Drain Aquaponics
What is Silos Growbed.This is the term that I'm going to use to describe the potted media base flood & drain aquaponics. It is a mouthful to say and giving it a short name will be easier for me....
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Easiest Way To Catch A Tilapia
Just to share, not sure if anyone aware of this or not. Use a white colour net, they just swim into it... :)Maybe Tilapia not intimidated by the colour white.Short video on it.. :)Thanks for watching
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More Silos to Test
Testing few more silos tubes for my Silos Growbed system, cut few blanks to make the necessary silo pots.These silos are made for 12" growbed, above are 8" blanks for it. Manage to get 28 blanks from...
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Pandanus Minimus :)
I had done Pandan in aquaponics in a growbed without constrain and it is a difficult plant to contain. It's roots are very invasive and the plant itself will be vigourous which will colonize the entire...
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Silo Clips
The conical base of the silos made it not stable if it is free standing in #SilosGrowbed, with LECA surrounding and holding it in place is okay.However this defeat the purpose of trying to use as...
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Rosemary Revisited
Rosemary in aquaponics is one plant that I need to retry, it didn't do well the last trial. This time I'll do it in the #SilosGrowbed style aquaponics.Almost two weeks ago I planted few cuttings and...
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Dayak Onion
Dayak Onion, Bawang Bukit, Mala Bawang or Bawang Huma are among the names for this plant. Its scientific name is Eleutherine palmifolia (L.) Merr and it is a medicinal plant that is use by the Dayak...
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MH 370
Latest media statement, confirming Flapperon is from MH 370, as Caregiver for the next of kin on the ill fated flight and as an SME on the airplane type I'm relief to hear this latest development.I can...
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Aquaponics Feature in TheEdgeProperty dot com
Feature in www.theedgeproperty.com today and digitaledge weekly on 31st August 2015.Full article : Here
View ArticleGutter Growbed Update 5th Sept 2015
Brief update on this set that I made early July and been running well. Need to test more plants and take note what improvement I can make and address problems that crop up.So far I'm happy with the...
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Cocopeat Trial
Coco peat soil mix trial on my gutter set is not giving good result, it could be the type of plant that I tried.Spearmint, on left with coco peat and right with hydroton. Both of these are in the same...
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Kailan Need Urgent Transplanting
Kailan long overdue to be transplanted, had time to do it today.All seedling removed from their pots, a bit thin for my liking but it will do and hope they'll recover.Some are planted in the potted...
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Bawang Dayak Update
I planted few pots of Bawang Dayak on 2nd of August and today I am checking to see what happening to the plants.One pot, I place in the gutter growbed and it's time to split it into two pots.As a...
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Another Pump Failed
Another pump fail, this time the pump is running slightly more than a month. Electrical cable that was in the tank got damaged and I don't know what causes it.I almost got an electric shock when I was...
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Siphon Operation - Water Range Check
It had been many years that I use the 25mm or the 1" stand pipe siphon with 50 ~ 25mm reducer as funnel and lately I had switch to 20mm and 15mm siphon for my setup.The 25mm siphon still relevant but...
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