Curious on that. If it's not harming the fish and gives the plants some extra goodies while perhaps helping the fish I was thinking of getting some older closer to expiry date vitamin pills.
Curious on that. If it's not harming the fish and gives the plants some extra goodies while perhaps helping the fish I was thinking of getting some older closer to expiry date vitamin pills.
Use Seaweed extract. Seasol is the one avbl here in Australia.
I would not be too keen to put vitamin pills into my fish tanks.
Well does it harm the fish at all? I've not gotten fish yet and still working on the design of my small AP setup.
For those with fish think you can move a couple spare fish out to a test tank?
If you are using a properly formulated ration for your fish, you won't need supplementary vitamins and minerals.
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I was thinking for stuff like tomatos which need calcium and I think some other micro nurients.Originally Posted by GaryD
I currently have this in the hosue as I got this bottle of organic-tea from a hydroponics show which was giving out seriously good samples for free. A mate and I walked in for free (not sure if you had to pay and no one asked for passes) and literally walked out with a garbage bag full of hydroponic/cloning stuff and rock wool like it was going out of style.
Not sure if that Pure Blend organic stuff is fish safe. I looked at the ingredients and it's only 7 items and being organic I thought I could fortify the water so some plants that use more nutrients can uptake more. Just my thinking but not sure if it'll work.
Hi,
Sorry I took your mention of vitamins and minerals too literally.
I should have mentioned that most AP systems will be deficient (so some extent) in iron, calcium and potassium.
The iron is added in the form of chelated iron. The other two are catered for by adding calcium carbonate and Potassium carbonate (or potassium hydroxide/calcium hydroxide).
In Australia, some people will use a product called Seasol to address nutrient shortages or to meet plant needs when fish are small.
Not all organic formulations are safe around fish.
Gary
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www.urbanaquaponics.com.au - the home of the Online Urban Aquaponics Manual.
Something came to mind while I cut myself cooking. Can you use blood in an aquaponics setup to give suppliment iron into the system? I have heard of 'cleated iron' but what if you don't have that around in my gardening centers and thought of using animal blood as I've seen some tubs at some asian stores before. The useage I was thinking of was diluting some of it and mixing it into the water.
I thought I'd ask if it's ok just oto be safe.
Hi poohbear,
I wouldn't add blood, there are far too many diseases transmitted by blood and blood products to risk the chance of infection of your fish and yourself. Stick to chelated iron.
Annie
Thanks. Was just thinking of ways to reuse things then waste.
Hey what about calcium pills at health stores? Would that har m the fish? I prefer local sources then getting online if Ican help it.
I think the pure calcium tablets are ~$11/bottle.
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