Friday, December 19, 2014

The bad news begins...

So, the fish were too sick to sell to me.  That's a shame.  I saw them, and I totally agree.  They were pretty effing sick with ick.

My supplier will be getting more "In January", which may or may not be so, we'll see. 

But, positive news, I have spoken with a prof at the University of Winnipeg, and may be able to turn this into a for-credit project!

This is, however, essentially a non-update.

Thursday, December 18, 2014

And so it begins - The tank is ready, the fish are in Winnipeg, what could go wrong?

Hello.

I am about to begin an experiment in aquaponics in Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

This will involve Pacu.

Pacu are a fish that live in the Amazon river.  They like water to be about 27C.

Winnipeg has an average summer temperature of 23ishC (May - September).

It's currently December.

I aim to start the fish now, grow them until May, put them outside in an IBC, and harvest September/October.  In order to lower energy costs I'll be making a solar water heater to warm water before the electric heater kicks in.  I've also got to build a greenhouse for the plants that will be filtering the water.

What could go wrong?  I'm sure to keep this blog going until the project is done, right?