Transplanted: Kitchen fish herb tank stopped growing #3

Yes, my fish tank herb garden is in a minor setback. The herbs stopped growing. The basil and radishes were nicely sprouted. Fresh wheat grass started to fall over because I still do not know what to do with it as I have not used our juicer in ages. Things not going as planned is still experiance gained and growth towards where we want to be.

My slowly drying out attempt at aquaponics

The wheat grass grew well, and was supposed to for the purpose of quickly taking root and filtering nutrients from our fish water. Ultimately i removed the young plants as they all fell over and were starting to attract a ton of flies.

My great reset included adding cilantro, more chive seeds since they started to sprout and dried out, and parsley. The dried out cilantro and the barely sprouting basil are my clues to the possible issue. My medium seems to be too dry.

Now admittedly I know next to nothing about aquaponics. I am testing the waters literally on this fish tank. I also have no desire to scale into a full size system for garden vegetables. The medium though seems to be a smoking gun and I am moving forward with additional seeds and a mason jar of water. The tank has a level to maintain which I did have some evaporation and absorption occur which means the water needed to be added.

If you are interested in the start of this experiment check out Transplanted #2. The knowledge and experiance gain continues.

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