Update with before and after pictures:
August 25: side view
September 7th: looking down from the deck
October 7th: side view.
October 7th: looking down from deck
My parents whom are conventional earth gardeners keep telling me I need to thin the plants out but I keep telling them it's O.K. with aquaponics as the plants don't have to compete for nutrients.
Half of these plants will be coming inside in the next day or two and a raft tank half the size of this one will be hooked up to my yellow perch tank in the basement. The above raft tank will go to a local high school where I have an recirculating system set up and will be making modifications. I'll get the raft tank back when school ends in May and put the two together and have a 12 X 4 foot raft tank. Or I may just leave it there and build another one.
No tomatoes yet due to the late start but lots of blooms. I will have a High Pressure Sodium light over them to keep them going. Not cost effective at 400 watts but I don't want to just trash the plants, and they will add a tremendous amount of biofiltration for the fish.
