Scott, as you know we have a lot of flow through. Right now we have seven to ten feet of visibility using my disk. I do understand there is a lot of difference nutrient loading in different waters. Here I have less, but I still need to manage it. Also, it's fun to learn new stuff.
Also the more vascular plants that are in the pond the less nutrients are available for Phytoplankton and FA to grow. They still have livestock grazing on the ground upstream?
Well with all the new fish in the tanks, I figured I had better get out in front of the poo load coming. The swirl filter is now 32 inches in diameter and over 100 gallons in volume. The swirl filter is settling out a lot more poo and very little waist is making it to the final filter. The Bio-reactor tank is also larger now, it is now 28 inches in diameter. I had 6.5 cubic feet of bio balls in the system and now, I can use closer to 10 cubic feet of bio ball protecting my system to over 300 pounds of fish eating well!
Brian
The one thing is the one thing A dry fly catches no fish Try not to be THAT 10%
Well with all the new fish in the tanks, I figured I had better get out in front of the poo load coming. The swirl filter is now 32 inches in diameter and over 100 gallons in volume. The swirl filter is settling out a lot more poo and very little waist is making it to the final filter. The Bio-reactor tank is also larger now, it is now 28 inches in diameter. I had 6.5 cubic feet of bio balls in the system and now, I can use closer to 10 cubic feet of bio ball protecting my system to over 300 pounds of fish eating well!
Any videos of the swirl filter in action?
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Well it's time for an update. I have been feeding the Tilapia food from Optimal. The water is in very good shape. The different tanks are doing their jobs. And the fish are growing and spawning in the tanks.
Here is an extra feeding of test food Optimal is having me try. Our fish are eating it well and the water quality is staying in the healthy range.
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Brian
The one thing is the one thing A dry fly catches no fish Try not to be THAT 10%