Fingerlings

100 Tilapia Fingerlings delivered last night to become the new resident of my First Aquaponics setup.

I was only planning to commence putting in some fryers this weekend, thus I only made the order for grower fish food to arrive next week. While searching in Mudah.Com for any available fingerlings, a helpful seller indicated that he will be making deliveries around my areas that very night to some other buyers.

They were immediately let loose in my 50 gallon barrel drum. At this moment will only be feeding them breads and rice while waiting for the arrival of grower pellets.

Against All Odds

Setting a World Record &  benchmark in reclaiming Democracy
By William de Cruz
10 May 2018, 4:20 pm (Updated 10 May 2018, 4:52 pm)

COMMENT | Malaysians set a world benchmark, a gold standard in how to reclaim democracy against all odds yesterday!

The government coalition that had lorded over a country with various alliances for 61 years threw everything against its Citizens for the 14th General Election - the judiciary, the police, the universities system, the election commission, its very parliament, race and religion.

Gerrymandering and malapportionment saw some federal constituencies with as little as a few thousand voters sit side-by-side with seats that housed more than 150,000 registered voters!!!

The ‘apa lagi Cina mahu’ politics of endless division...

This was a voting population that saw its very government as Adversary.

Yet, like no other country in modern history, millions turned up yesterday and overthrew a murderous, corrupt regime without shedding one drop of blood.

There were no riots, no looting, burning of cars, homes or shops, ugly manifestations of religious or racial bigotry, ignorance or intolerance.

Instead, the people of a multi-racial country that is home to the world's fastest-growing religion, Islam, as well as the two biggest races on the planet, Chinese and Indians, embraced one another to rise above despots, division, discrimination and the albatross of the voting system itself, to UNSEAT a prime minister and coalition that would have sold Malaysia down the drain in return for self-preservation, enrichment and aggrandisement.

The plot twists and ironies that led Malaysia to this historic day could not have been better scripted by the best of Hollywood.

Two men, powerfully galvanising individuals who were each nemesis to the other for nearly two decades - Anwar Ibrahim and Dr Mahathir Mohamad - forged the most unlikely of political alliances.

One remains a Prisoner, the other put him there in shameful circumstances that were played out under the glare of world media spotlights.

The prisoner has shown how the sheer power of Forgiveness can transcend the most painful of pasts. The image of Anwar and Mahathir shaking hands as allies, at one of Anwar's more recent court appearances, is now regarded by many as the turning point for the alliance that is now government-in-waiting.

The jailor and nation-builder declares he has now to FREE Anwar.

The most honourable Lim Kit Siang, Malaysia's longest-standing patriot, a walking symbol of long-standing and unrelenting parliamentary opposition, and the epitome of statesmanship, has carried magnanimity and self-sacrifice to another plane entirely.

Lim has embraced Mahathir, who had also thrown him into jail, and placed his aspirations for Malaysia centre stage for the sake of a pact the likes of which, no other country has ever seen.

And yesterday, out of racism, corruption and bigotry emerged unity, determination and a sense of purpose - to forge a new future, a new hope, a new country for ourselves and our children.

Malaysians have shown a uniqueness that is as palpable as it is inspiring, and we must give ourselves the time and space to be very, very PROUD of what we have achieved today.

We have snatched back Democracy from the jaws of destruction, so Malaysia may be rebuilt all over, with the multi-racial, democratic and egalitarian ideals of its founding fathers and earliest patriots.

We have come from the race riots of May 13, 1969, to the multi-racial juggernaut of May 9, 2018. We fought back without bloodshed or violence!!!

We have returned “Merdeka” - freedom, independence - to our shores. The future is now full of promise, and it's a promise we made to ourselves.

The singular event of May 9 will powerfully resonate forever in our history as a glorious chapter in a people's tenacity.

Yesterday, Malaysians became a beacon to the rest of the world, and delivered a new lesson in non-violent opposition.

The world has not seen such a reversal of fortune as Malaysia's. We are a walking, living legacy.

This is Malaysia, like no other country in the world!!! SALUTE MALAYSIA!!!

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The following eloquent commentary by William De Cruz sums it best:

Malaysians set a world benchmark, a gold standard in how to reclaim democracy against all odds yesterday.
The government coalition that had lorded over a country with various alliances for 61 years threw everything against its citizens for the 14th general election - the judiciary, the police, the universities system, the election commission, its very parliament, race and religion.
Gerrymandering and malapportionment saw some federal constituencies with as little as a few thousand voters sit side-by-side with seats that housed more than 150,000 registered voters.
This was a voting population that saw its very government as adversary.
Yet, like no other country in modern history, millions turned up yesterday and overthrew a murderous, corrupt regime without shedding one drop of blood.
There were no riots, no looting, burning of cars, homes or shops, ugly manifestations of religious or racial bigotry, ignorance or intolerance.
Instead, the people of a multi-racial country that is home to the world's fastest-growing religion, Islam, as well as the two biggest races on the planet, Chinese and Indians, embraced one another to rise above despots, division, discrimination and the albatross of the voting system itself, to unseat a prime minister and coalition that would have sold Malaysian down the drain in return for self-preservation, enrichment and aggrandisement.

The plot twists and ironies that led Malaysia to this historic day could not have been better scripted by the best of Hollywood.
Two men, powerfully galvanising individuals who were each nemesis to the other for nearly two decades - Anwar Ibrahim and Dr Mahathir Mohamad - forged the most unlikely of political alliances.
One remains a prisoner, the other put him there in shameful circumstances that were played out under the glare of world media spotlights.
The prisoner has shown how the sheer power of forgiveness can transcend the most painful of pasts. The image of Anwar and Mahathir shaking hands as allies, at one of Anwar's more recent court appearances, is now regarded by many as the turning point for the alliance that is now government-in-waiting.
The jailor and nation-builder declares he has now to free Anwar.
The most honourable Lim Kit Siang, Malaysia's longest-standing patriot, a walking symbol of long-standing and unrelenting parliamentary opposition, and the epitome of statesmanship, has carried magnanimity and self-sacrifice to another plane entirely.
Lim has embraced Mahathir, who had also thrown him into jail, and placed his aspirations for Malaysia centre stage for the sake of a pact the likes of which no other country has seen.
And yesterday, out of racism, corruption and bigotry emerged unity, determination and a sense of purpose - to forge a new future, a new hope, a new country for ourselves and our children.
Malaysians have shown a uniqueness that is as palpable as it is inspiring, and we must give ourselves the time and space to be very, very proud of what we have achieved today.

We have snatched back democracy from the jaws of destruction, so Malaysia may be rebuilt all over, with the multi-racial, democratic and egalitarian ideals of its founding fathers and earliest patriots.
We have come from the race riots of May 13, 1969, to the multi-racial juggernaut of May 9, 2018. We fought back without bloodshed or violence.
We have returned “Merdeka” - freedom, independence - to our shores. The future is now full of promise, and it's a promise we made to ourselves.
The singular event of May 9 will powerfully resonate forever in our history as a glorious chapter in a people's tenacity.
Yesterday, Malaysians became a beacon to the rest of the world, and delivered a new lesson in non-violent opposition.
The world has not seen such a reversal of fortune as Malaysia's. We are a walking, living legacy.
This is Malaysia, like no other country in the world.
_______________________________________
By WILLIAM DE CRUZ, is former Global Bersih president.

10th May 2018

Never would have imagined this moment could happened. But here we are, new dawn of an era. Post 'blue ocean strategy' era. I had drawn my 'line' in 1998 and believed that one fine day, this moment would come. It's like one invisible heavy burden being lifted up from my back, and everything seemed lighter now. As I took the 2 hour outstation drive from KL, reminiscing the tribulations we faced mostly due to the elected politicians and their goons, a heave of relief.

All Systems Go

Swirl Filter

Water from fish tank flow into the Swirl Filter via 20mm balancing pipe, An elbow fixed at the incoming outlet ensure a clockwise swirl in the bucket

Pump Sump

filtered water from the swirl filter above fall down to the sump collector

Water being pumped up to the Grow Bed

My Trusted Milwaukees

Grow Bed trial run

Half a day to fix the grow media and the siphon bell synchronized. Newbie trial and error the hard way. Notice the netting? The LECA Hydroton were naughty enough to wreck havoc on the intake.
Lesson # 52 - Intake Screen to be of slit type instead of drill holes.

Still finding the right cycle balance, with my siphon bell not flushing as it should be. 

  Growbed (empty) volume : 15cmX12cmX2m (gutter size) = 0.036m3=36liter

  Effective Volume (+growmedia) :36x60%=21liter

  1200liter/hour = 20liter/minute

  1 minute ebb & dry cycle is not that ideal

Pump Test and Modification

15watts Pump 1200L/hr

Simple 40/20 reducer at the outlet resulting in my bell siphon flushing better thus I can now add back the extension making intake level higher by 15mm.

Average 2-3 minutes ebb n dry cycle.

Next the grow media.

Media Bed and Siphon

The Grow bed is done.
Tinkering with the ebb & dry system and diy bell siphon.

Didn't seemed to flush well so I tried with the p-trap siphon, still didn't flow out well.
After further reading and youtube search, found out the water vol in pvc gutter grow bed wasn't ideal enough for an efficient siphoning without further modification.

So back with the bell but with lower water level and now its flushing as expected. Lower water level intake will cause a shorter effective grow bed media depth. So I guess I have to choose what type of plants suitable for these setting.

Ebb & Dry systems done! Off with my sump systems next...

Forays into Aquaphonics...

Slowly building up my Aquaphonics DIY systems;
a) Fish Tank made of 50 gallon pvc barrel

b) Entry level growbed made out from 150pvc roof gutter

fixed the gutter hangers for the 2m length pvc gutter

Ku Tinggalkan Bandar Ini

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Ku tinggalkan bandar ini Sepoi-sepoi kemodenan menongkat zaman Anak-anak muda bangsa menimba dada dan minda Dibimbing warga-warga tinggi bicara

Ku tinggalkan bandar ini Membawa bersama tekad semalam Berbekalkan waja dijamah keringat Mengheret gelak tangis kuderat persahabatan

Ku tinggalkan bandar ini Tulus sudah tugasan bakti ku bina Mengutus satu ikatan wasiat dan doa Semoga yang bertapak pantas dewasa

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