Well it is slow going get my 2nd system done, it will once again utilise IBCs for the tanks with bath tubs for grow beds. I got the steel for the frames this week and a mate from work is going to weld them up.
All going well it'll be cycling in the next month.
Being winter not too much has been happening with my 1st system, growth has slowed as expected the fish seem happy enough though.
The Bok Choi seems to like the AP system.
Hi LV,
That's a serious bok Choi........and the fish are looking good, too.
Why do you still have them in the laundry basket?
Gary
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That was just for the photo and to check on them all took a while to catch them all. I just wanted to make sure they were all ok and the easiest way was to put them in the basket to make sure I got them all.Originally Posted by GaryD
I wont do it again don't want to stress them too much chasing them with the net.
Hi LV,
Yeah......some of ours have been moved around too many times......something I'm trying to avoid in the future.I wont do it again don't want to stress them too much chasing them with the net.
Gary
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Some updates on the second system I'm doing.
Fittings for the grow beds, still not sure on the set-up whether it will be siphons or stand pipes.
The barrels, these will get hydroton or similar to reduce weight.
The oulet on one of the blue barrels.
Sump tank (IBC) with a blue barrel for duck weed.
Bathtubs and stands set into place.
Been working on my system today, the 25mm threaded fittings don't allow for a lot of leeway in the bathtubs. So I cut the bottoms out of some old pots and made a spacer to try and centre everything.
The 50mm to 24mm reducer is different from the one Affan uses, I'm going to try and find one with a taper like his.
The bathtubs had some chips in the enamel so I smeared silicon over the area.
Hi LV,
It looks like everything is coming together nicely.
Gary
"All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." - Arthur Schopenhauer
www.microponics.net.au - for candid dialogue on integrated backyard food production.
www.urbanaquaponics.com.au - the home of the Online Urban Aquaponics Manual.
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