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Well things are progressing. Nothing special just the usual sort of day to day growing. But best to keep a record.  Had a few tomatoes and morning glory.  Made for good salad and stir fries.

The fish are all OK.  I tool a overview photo of them. Seem happy enough.

My other plant is also growing and I was recommended to a web site  I love growing marijuana 

Self explanatory I think..... And I don't smoke but will be interested to see how all this pans out.

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Well it had to happen.  One dead fish. One of the Tilapia.  It had grown quite fast. Trouble is I came home about 5.00pm last night and was hushing out to dinner.  So quick photo followed by quicker disposal.  Then out the door.  Forgot to measure the fish or indeed have a close look at source of death. If I had to say a few words... he must be going to a better place than a 600mm diameter blue plastic barrel tank......  And he went off with a big "Flush".... :-)  Thats right, straight down the pan.

Anyway for what its worth......'last photo......

Ghana Ponics Ernest Style Part 3

Ernest has been doing well on the Aquaponics front.  I had not written about his system as it was just rolling along OK. In fact these things were working are interesting but difficult to write about. I am not Ernest Hemmingway so for me to make watching lettuce growing is a tall order. But then things did change.

That is when Tawatchai one of my friends at work called to say he had three more tanks for Ernest. So of course I then realized it was last July 20th to be precise when I last loaded up a few photos. So called him this evening. "New tanks available and I need to see progress so I can do a Blog post."

Well things have moved on.  Lots growing.  Hoping this Saturday, Ernest's wife permitting of course, we will be adding a few extra tanks. Keep it rolling.

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Not a lot to report while watching lettuce grow.  Tomatoes are possibly a step up in terms of watching but.........but not by so much. So two months into growing and the plants are doing exceptionally well.

The wires going into the water are a home made water top up system.  Its connected to a solenoid on the tap. When the water gets too low the solenoid automatically opens and refills the system. Hope it works when required!!!!!

The remaining electronics has taken a back seat due to my travelling and I now need to get this all back up and working.

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Giving away some of the tomato plants.  Fantastic roots on them.  Clean, long, hairy etc. Very happy with progress.

I picked them this morning about 5.00am.  Photo taken at lunchtime so they have survived well in the office in just water for 7 hours.  I think the fact the roots do not get caught up in soil is a real bonus with this system.

Ghana Ponics Ernest Style Part 2

Just received a short video from Ernest.  Seems he has got the fish running round in circles. Well square circles given the shape of his tanks !! 

Also as you can see there is plenty of water. The fish get much bigger they will jump out. Seems siphons are working well.  I can tell you that is a relief as I had visions of sitting around for ages getting the settings correct.  Still might have problems adjusting flows etc once the permanent pump is in place.

Next step is we are busy doing nothing awaiting the delivery of the water pump and air pump. Due on 23rd.  I think the tilapia will survive till then. The doing nothing is fun !!! Could get used to it.

Once we get this working which I hope is next weekend, we can invite a few friends of Ernest round who also want systems. More for a workshop and chit chat then anything else.  Who knows maybe we get a few more followers. Would be a fun thing to do.

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Look closely at what I've started growing.  Chicken soup will be taste much better in a few months.....