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soul162
PostPosted: May 27th, '12, 12:22 
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This is my front porch barrel ponics system, it is my 1st system. I had a lot of fun building it, as well as a few headaches trying to get things just right. I believe after a few modifications and a couple times of moving the bed location, I found this is the best place for it, as I do not have a backyard or much of a front yard. I do not get a full day of sun, my bed does not see sun till about noon, but gets full sun till it goes down, which is about 7pm right now. the system is consists of a 60 gallon barrel, 54 gallon sump, and a 54 gallon bed. Ive just added 6 albino channel catfish 2 inch fingerlings, and 9 Goldfish. Please any comments or criticisms welcome. if you see anything thats just a plain stupid idea, please let me know. I am very new to the world of aquaponics but on discovering the united states food system and how things really work, I found this to be a wonderful solution to eating healthy and not breaking the bank shopping at WFM. Now I will end up breaking my bank to continue building these systems. I hope my 1st system is BYAP approved.

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soul162
PostPosted: May 27th, '12, 12:26 
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more picture of the system, i will also be adding 3 vertical towers within the next couple weeks. i will continue to update the thread with more pics as the system as it expands and grows.


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a few of my goldfish, the channel cats tend to stay on the bottom patrolling the barrel, making sure everything's ok. :D


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Hi Soul,
Nice system you have there. Very neat.
Now you to can sit back and enjoy the world of Aquaponics the way the rest bof us Aquanuts do.
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Thanks Bryjjk. I am adding vertical towers this weekend, so I will have some pics of the progress by the end of the weekend.
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Nice work.
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thanks dr luke. im adding a couple new pics of some new additions. hope you guys like.


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File comment: i added a cap on the end of the input pipe, and drilled some holes in the cap which helps create more oxygen bubbles for the fish. notice the bubble cluster over the on goldfish, if you look close you can see the fish inside the bubble.
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File comment: i added the vertical tower but dont think i left enough root space, i guess well see. i also made a natural lattice. will be adding one more tower.
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