my pilot project francois

[francois]

R1 and R2 refer to revisions.

1)R1 growing trays (wide)
2)pump/duckweed
3)dam/fish/tilapia
4)R2 growing trays (narrow more manageable)

my dam i have also had to half in volume to be able to do most
of work myself.(more manageable)
(was 22000 l water now max 10000l water)

my system = dam - gravity - into grow/tray's - into duckweed - into sump -
where the level is controlled - water pumped through a swimming pool filter with sand back into the dam.

in my growing trays i have +-25 mm stones.
i started of with smaller stones. (did not work well)
in the growing trays i also have worms.

i have been growing all sort's in my growing trays.

it works very well.

[fishfood]

Man one impressive set up

[GaryD]

Hi Francois,

I agree......an impressive set up.

We look forward to ongoing commentary about its progress.

Where is Port Elizabeth.......Bahamas?

Gary

[Ravnis]

all I can say is WOW!
Nice setup

THe tank looks like its wire frame with a liner in it. If that's the case, what kind of liner are you using.

[francois]

hi all

THANK you very much.

a lot of hard work.

i designed and build my own system.
started of with the basics
and doing upgrades to the system going along as required.
i want the system to run itself.
problem free
i have a full time job (my own boss) but still have to put bread on the table so my time is restricted, this is just a hobby.
me myself (plumber/sparky/-----from a to z)
i do all that is required to keep my project going.
quiet a hand full.
i call it walking the road.(apprenticeship)
learning from your mistakes in practice/reality and going forward.
improving and trying thing's making your system better and learning the ART of aquaponics


yes ravnis it is a hydrex wire mesh dam and tilapia liner.

photos
before and after the wind
lots of back breaking work gone in a second

but we will carry on
once the bug have bitten no return

thanks again
francois

[drewb]

wow that is impresive for just a hobbie...just wondering how the first lot of pics link into the other pics. sorry if i have missed something.

Cheers Drew & Bec

[francois]

wow that is impresive for just a hobbie...just wondering how the first lot of pics link into the other pics. sorry if i have missed something.

Cheers Drew & Bec

i had just finished whitewashing my 96 sq.meter tunnel and about a week later the wind damage

[GaryD]

Hi Francois,

Did you sustain much damage?

Gary

[francois]

morning gary

basicly my plastic tunnel framework and some plants
broke my spirit for about 4 weeks (basicly just leaving the system to run)

plastic not much of concern now summer
my temp. is +- 5 degree's lower with plastic gone
my mor.temp.+- 20deg afternoon +-30 deg.
more manageable

my system runs very well with little hickups

[moose]

There appears to be 2 systems in the pics one with the black tank feeding into a raft system and a grey tank feed into the troughs filled with rocks. Very interested in construction methods on black tank with wire and liner. Is the final tank downstream from the black tank primarly a sump or does it also have a filtering function. Looks very impressive.