Backyard Aquaponics
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Hello APeople

Even tho i cant really get my system set up and running for a few months yet, there is a chance i can pick up 2 x 1000 ltr ibc (ex greywater tanks apparently) tomorrow at an auction...super cheapsy ( both tanks for less than $200 maybe- which seems cheap for 2000ltr capacity when compared to new tanks of same capacity ).
Also, being square they really suit my position/space, so hope theres some good news on these puppies...

I know its short notice but i just found out about them, and was thinking that if the general consensus is these are good for AP, i may have a crack at bidding on them--and maybe aquire a great basis for my eventual system

anyhoo, hope there are a few longtime AP folks trawling round tonight that have some good advice...

cheerz

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i'm only new to AP but i used to of them in my system for grow beds and have had no problems, and that price sounds pretty good too.

From what I read here ,, good as buried grow beds ,, suspect over ti9me if exposed to sun-light.
I'm sure that those who have used them will soon give you the headsup

I have been useing them for 3 years no problems

A little more detail may help ,, you used them as snake cages under the house?

This all sounds pretty positive so far....except for the snake cage bit hehe...

and the exposure to light thingy......maybe its better i just hold off and get a proper uv stabilised tank when i can....though i thought these ibcs woulda had to be UV stabilised food grade plastic to cart drinking water in?

The lighter the plastic the more it tends to breakdown in the sun.

Hmm, thanks all...since i have no space where the system is gonna go to bury them, dont think i can take the chance they'll break down..that would be a tremendous pain in the...and i have no wish to have an immediate HSM...

..might just give it a miss then and see what the universe has in store for me down the track vis a vis FTs etc...

cheers,
will start a new thread when i start collecting some actual components..

damn, if only i could find some square tanks that volume....i might have a talk to a mate whos a shipright and see if he cant figure out some fibreglass solution for me instead?....

If you paint them they sould withstand the sunlight. what were you going to use them for, the fish tanks or the grow beds?

As long as they are coloured and not translucent they should last OK.
Even the translucent ones last a few years and as long as they are not being carried around it shouldn't be a real drama

Thx 4 that... i want them for my fish tanks if was gonna use.....want bathtubs a la Worms's set up for my grow beds and yabby tanks underneath...

oooooohhh...unsure now , as there is one that is black ( prob no good as wouldnt see fish well in it? ) and one white/opaque one......don't know what to do, just seems like a fantastic price if they worked/didnt leak to get two base components for little $...

i guess if they did leak i could fibreglass the insides?
thats my main concern.....

waitin to hear back from my shipright mate who works with fibreglass to see what, if anything he/we can do about custom tank building and how much $ to do that....

IBC are great, used them in my system, one buried and one with a wooden cover inside a green house so UV is not an issue. Lot of pictures in the link below.

Easy to plumb and cheap.

Impressive setup FF....especially like the yabby add-on...love those little critters..

hmm, maybe i bloody will bid on at least one of em....tho mine will be out in the open a bit more, tho your timber facade seems to solve that issue quite nicely....

cheerz

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Just make sure you know what was in the IBCs, and give them a good scrub out.

Yeh the yabbies are fun. My little bloke loves them... but not so much when I get them out and they walk around the back lawn.

The wooden cover was cheap, just old untreated floorboards from a scrap yard.

Good luck with the bidding, hope it goes well.