New kit, CHOP Constant Height One Pump

[Murray]

We have a new kit that is out and about, we have had it on test for some months now.
See it here
We have tried several combination's of tank and beds, but the current final combination has been running now for 4 weeks.
No fish for the first three weeks, now there are a couple of Sleepy Cod in there to test the waters.
Plant growth and cycling has been achieved by adding one teaspoon of urea each day and one cap full of Seasol. Cycling took only about a week, but that is not really a fair assessment, because some of the gravel media has been transferred from test system to test system while we tried different tank and bed combinations.
So it is possibly not true to say the system needed cycling. Just needed boosting to match the water, nutrient in the form of urea, and media present. Don't forget the plants.
The plants have had astonishing growth.
I will post some pix tomorrow of the plants.

Today I have added two more beds to the system.

Planted some corn and lettuce in the two new beds and watered them using a watering can of water from the fish tank. The two new beds are not plumed in as yet. I am awaiting the arrival of a new pump for testing on the system running 4 beds.
The pump should (hopefully) provide the right flow (for power consumption).

Aquaponics is a lot about balance, and the efficient running of a system needs balanced equipment for a long operational life at minimum running cost.

[Jason Palenske]

Really nice Murray. Looks like business is booming.

[djs-sa]

Nice system Murray, but what the, CHOP technology sounds like ur growing steaks in ur system,

CHIFT PIST is the way u should have gone with the name I think Murray.

What do others think????

[Murray]

Hi djs-sa,
CHOP is what it is at Practical Aquaponics, the other acronym can be used if people want to.
Our systems will follow the CHOP acronym. All our new generation systems will use the same type of workings until we come up with the next improvement, and there will be improvements.....We are working on it all the time.

[GaryD]

Hi,

I prefer CHOP......it's concise and it has a nicer ring to it than the other thing.

Gary

[djs-sa]

so where do we get the CHOP's from murray outa the fish tank or growbed lol

CHOP, I think does'nt go with vegies and fish

[Murray]

You are out of step djs-sa.

[djs-sa]

Explain Outa Step Murray????
Chop Isnt My Idea Of A Name And Its My View Ok

[Hamish]

Nice looking system. Might look at adding some of these grow beds once I move. Well done for progressing the design of your systems!

[DaveOponic]

Nice looking system Murray. With my Brunei dollars buying more $ Aussie I might even put in an order. It's impossible to find fibreglass tanks here. I bought a 1000 litre plastic fish tank made in Malaysia for $ 280. I haven't found anything bigger and even more difficult to find anything to make a grow bed out of. I have been using 200 litre PVC drums but have outgrown them now.