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▲ 7 r/VeteransBenefits

What is a deers card? Do I need one?

I got off active duty in 95. Don't remember ever hearing the term deers.

70% disability with tdiu at 100%

"You are being paid at the 100 percent rate because you are unemployable due

to your service-connected disabilities:

Yes

You are considered to be totally and permanently disabled due solely to your

service-connected disabilities:

Yes"

Does this mean the same as P&T?

I live in Ecuador so no base or commissary nearby.

Thanks in advance.

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u/smprfidels — 3 days ago
▲ 3 r/aquaponics

Airlift water pumping?

I saw some information about using an air pump to lift water similar to the way that the sponge filters in aquariums suck water in using the bubbles as they rise through the tube.

Does anybody have any experience with this? Would this be a viable way to pump water from the sump back up into the fish tank?

I can't find any solid information on what size pumps, what size tubing, and other stuff that you would need to know in order to do something like that. Does anybody have any good resources available or YouTube links? Maybe that could help me?

Or maybe this is one of those fake ideas like the people who put a 55 gallon drum on the top of a well and claim it'll suck water from the bottom...🤣?

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u/smprfidels — 7 days ago
▲ 1 r/aquaponics

Are All Google fotos links blocked from this sub?

I tried to post the link to an album and I tried to post a link to a specific photo and they both got deleted by the auto mod for being URL shorteners how are we supposed to post photos and comments if we can't link to them?

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u/smprfidels — 8 days ago
▲ 20 r/aquaponics

OMG... Buy a deburring tool!

I always thought one of these things would be nice to have but not necessary. It makes cleaning up the edges of tanks so easy. So much easier than using a razor blade...

If you do anything that has to do with cutting plastic and wanting the edge to be smooth you need one of these!

Smpr.

u/smprfidels — 8 days ago
▲ 21 r/aquaponics

Cleaning & Cycling a new grow bed and sump tank.

My wife wanted more space for plants on the balcony so I've been planning this new grow bed and sump for a while.

There's a U siphon on the far end that you can't see. Just a basic drain on the bottom covered by a layer of 1-in Rock and then a layer of small River Rock with the coconut stuff on top.

I cleaned the rocks as best I could before I put them in the grow bed but things are still coming out really dirty. I'm not connecting it to the fish tank until I get things cleaner, so I figured I'd just keep cycling it with the siphon and the water in the sump. I've been running a sponge filter in the aquarium in parallel with the old grow bed for quite a while, so the fish will be fine with that.

Is there anything else I can do to get things clean? Obviously I don't want to empty the grow bed again if I can avoid it, It's pretty heavy.

Once I get it clean I'll put some of the fish water in it and some of the media from the old grow bed to jump start the bacteria.

Thanks in advance,

Smpr

u/smprfidels — 8 days ago