Likoma Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 Been trialing aquaponics intensively now for a few months. Love it. Been growing strawberries over winter under full spectrum LED grow lights. Check out the video that shows our 500liter mixed African cichlid aquarium which provides us with strawberries, basil, mesculin mix and water cress. Make sure you watch it in HD.https://youtu.be/gAm43BFjrYQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckmeister Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 Awesome, well done. Thats certainly one well stocked african tank !!Are you running full hydroponic grow lights at high output (wattage)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee427 Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 This is very interesting , I've been thinking about putting a plant in my corner weir . Thanks for the video Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ged Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 Great video. It would be an excellent way to grow out plants prior to using them in an aquascape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamsherman Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 What medium are plants grown in? Soil or volcanic gravel ect? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Likoma Posted September 30, 2015 Author Share Posted September 30, 2015 Thanks for the feedback.Was trialling a range of LED full spectrum lights Mid winter and produced some very tasty strawberries, not sweet enough but very tasty. Since then we spray the leaves with Potassium foliar spray. Considering the incorrect PH range for growing plants we have had to jig some things. The plants sit in a clay balls, spagnum moss and flourite sand. The flourite brings the chelated iron.I have built an insulated skylight out of bublle wrap, timber and polythene wrap. The suns arc has started bring extra light and so need for the growlights which are awesome by the by.Will keep you updated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBE Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Great idea Likoma Looks like they are doing very well both plants and fish Great job Justin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canberra Alex Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Looks Good Liko, is it safe to eat the berrys if you add water conditioners like prime etc?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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