Crayfish Part 2

Weve now had our 8 Crayfish since 25th August.  Thats 17 days. Not so long but its been interesting to see them make themselves at home. They have some plastic pipes to use as houses and netting to play in !!!   Well we started off with 8 number. Put 2 in each plastic bowl, one male and one female. They have all molted at least once.  One...

How to Read Nutritional Labels in Chinese

One of the biggest road blocks in my adventure to figure out what Ive been eating here in Taiwan is nutrition labels. The labels offer similar nutritional information as the USA but not identically, and not in the same order, in Traditional Chinese, and serving sizes are metric. There are a few conversations on the age-old Formosa boards that offer...

Fish Feed Rates

Just added a few tables on the other page "Our Feed Rates"to keep track of fish feeding and growth rat...

Jay Poom Belt Chapter 2 Grading

Date:  June 7, 2015There is no way Daddy can keep up and show him youtube of the pattern.  He has learned all the patterns from the classes.Today is his second chapter internal grading day.He has performed smooth pattern for both chapter 1 and 2.And he has kick a lot of back thrust, side kicks during the sparring display.And he has to strike...

Ditmas Park CSA Week 18

Going going gone is the sun when I get back to Brooklyn after work. Its fall, and Im okay with that if it means squash, hot peppers, and apples. Imagine the possibilities just those 3 ingredients promise. Im waaaaaay to busy preparing for next weeks Prospect Farm fundraiser to cook much. I will likely steam and roast it all and serve myself a personal...

Vinyl Club at Sycamore!!

Hey Ditmas Park, save your strength for Monday night. Im bringing my monthly party to Sycamore Bar and Flower Shop. Bring you own vinyl, and spin a short set. Serious to strange encouraged. Vinyl Club has a pile of 45s for those less anlaog inclined. Will teach anyone how to dj in 30 seconds or less. F r e e !MNVC #23: Pick it (vinyl + flowers)Monday...

Apple Watch

Date:  June 18, 2015My Apple Watch came last week.  Thanks to my friend who helped me buy from Hong Kong, and then, thanks to another friend’s wife, the Apple Watch was brought back to Singapore last Friday.Below is my initial thoughts about Apple Watch after wearing it for almost a week.Expensive PackagingIt comes in a very nice packaging....

Building a hobby room

Something a bit different from my aquaponics systems. I built a custom hobby/craft for my wife. She will put it to good use!(It may be best to click on the video to open YouTube in a new window. Blogspot like to cut the edges of...

Light Reading

While waiting somewhat impatiently for my system to get back up to speed Ive been following more closely some of the Blogs and info out there on the Web.Sylvia Bernsteins Page as I am sure any read knows runs a super discussion board site located at aquaponicgardening.ning.com. And one of the more important posting in Sylvias site is http://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profiles/blogs/basic-aquaponics-system-design?xg_source=activityShe has recently...

Kay Kay Finally Conquer the Aqua Fear

Date:  Sep 7, 2015Swimming is a life skill.If you step your foot wrong at the first step.  You will get a Aqua-phobia kid.But it is not the end of the world.Given time, Aqua-phobia will conquer the water once again, and swim in the water.Just like Kay Kay.Yesterday, when I go down and take a look at his latest progress.  He is able to...

Kay Kay Is Now Blue Tip

Date:  Aug 17, 2015Early August, it is that time again.It is Taekwondo grading time.Every 3 months, Kay Kay followed his brother footsteps to take the Taekwondo grading.And then, he went thru the change belt ceremony.  Which he loves it.Some of the things that I think Taekwondo has changed my son, Kay Kay...1.  Taekwondo will help him...

Chock a Block Fruit and Nut Bars

Ive found a few meanings for chock-a-block, but Im gonna call this bar recipe its newest definition. Choked with dried fruits and nuts the bar is only barely held together by a few drips and drabs of dough. The bars are dense with a little chew from the dried fruit complimented by a sprinkling of sea salt on top. Perfect for on the go mornings, or...

And The Plants are Growing

Been standing around almost wishing I could see the plants grow. I know every day bit by bit... So Im pleased with progress. I do still need to get a better filter system in place to avoid solids going into the plants.  Ive tried along with bio balls, to add some additional filter cloth and covered the flow pipe to the plants with a fine mesh....

New System Part 1

Well finally got myself motivated to start the new larger improved system. It is going to start out as a 1000 litre tank with 30 or so fish. Then have a deep raft hydroponics section. but you ask the photos show a larger tank. Quite so Watson... We are going to later increase the tank volume accordingly to 2000 litres and add in some normal NFT to...