How A Bell Siphon Works

Here is a great video showing how a bell siphon operates without any moving parts.

How to pollinate a tomato plant indoors

Here is a video on how to pollinate a tomato plant indoors while the bees are away

Honey Soy Tilapia

One of my favorite Talapia dishes has to be honey soy Tilapia it's very easy and quick to make.  To get started you will want to grab the following ingredients

What is aquaponics

Here is a great video from AquaponicsAustralia that explains how aquaponics works

My first aquaponics system

Aquaponics is a hobby I picked up a few years back after seeing a video on youtube. It was a simple 2 barrel system that had shown great growth over the season. I had most of the parts needed lying around and set to work the next day. My first system was made up of a 35 gallon trashcan, the bottom of a dishwasher, and some pcv fittings. The only pump I had was way overkill so I ran to the hardware store and bought a 210 GPH pond pump for around $40-$50. With the unit completed I began cycling the system. I had lettuce already started and planted that as my first crop. I filled the tank mostly full and then dumped a few gallons from my indoor aquarium into growbed to hopefully get things going. A few days later I went to the local pet store and bought 20 feeder comets. I uploaded a few videos to youtube and had pretty good success until the heat of summer hit. Everything started dieing and whithering away. That is when I found out the importance of shade cloth. To this day I still have the original fish from the first system. They come inside for the winter in to my indoor system, system #2, and moved back outside once the danger of freezing is over.

You can see videos of my first system here and an update to it here. I have many photos that I've never uploaded and may do a online album if there is interest. I'm currently Running a 55 gallon outdoor system with plans on trying to build a 300 gallon outdoor system in the near future.

8/21/2001 aquaponics update

Start up indoor system - 2 months under way

At the time of this video it has been running with the small growled attached about 2 -2 1/2 months. The system at this point had few fish in it. I have since added added all the fish from my outdoor system and lots more plants