Month: April 2012

I’m not going to post pictures today because it still looks like the last post.

We were able to check the water in more depth today.

We checked the pH which was 7.5. The manual that we read said that the gold fish should be in water that is 7.5 so we were on there.

The ammonia was high. It was a .5 and it is suppose to be at a 0ppm.

The nitrate NO3 was at 10 this was also good because it is suppose to be 40 or less.

The nitrite NO2 was high also with another .5, this needs to be at a 0 as well.

We put in a water conditioner that said it will adjust the ammonia and the nitrite. I hope that next week when we test again that everything will be on the right levels.

First photo is of the spinach. It looked about the same as last week. I hope that there will be more of a growth increase with the next post. We had planted it in the rock so that it would have a better grasp and not fall over, but now I’m just wondering if it was the right idea

Second photo is the radishes. As they are looking green I am concerned why they aren’t showing better results. I had thought these would be the best results the quickest. They started off strong and are slowly growing now. The leaves are full and healthy so it is hard to say.

Third photo is of the spearmint. When we came in after the weekend we had noticed that the water was falling completely on the rockwool. This caused algae to form on the rockwool as well. The spearmint is slowly making progress.

We tested the pH today and it was a little high being about a 8, I looked up what it should be and they said about 6.5-7.5. They also said that most of the time that the fish will correct this. Another thing was that you cannot drop the pH fast or it will kill the fish.

Its been about two weeks now, and I am starting to ponder the thought if it was worth switching to the aquaponics. It does seem like its a well worth it process but is it the most effected choice?