Backyard Aquaponics
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Hey guys after some thought, I finally figured out a small scale vertical aquaponics system design. I wanted to post on here before posting to avoid making stupid easily avoidable mistakes. So I'm in a apartment, so space is limited.
SET UP-
One 5g HDPE bucket acting as a FT. It will contain 4g and have a SLO leading to a another 5g HDPE bucket containing river rocks or aquarium gravel or regular gravel. This will act as the bio filtration for the system. I will have a pump inside the media bucket pumping the water up to some HDPE pipe ( not to sure what the water will travel though yet, it must be chemically stable). The HDPE pipe will be about 3.5 ft tall and it will hover above the FT. There will be a about 4-5 holes to hold the net cuts, which will contain the plants. The water will be distributed by a rain system, where the water from the pipe hits a surface with hole and it will trickle down, like rain. I'm not to sure how I will support the vertical tower, but I'm sure I will think of something. The water falling though the vertical tower will fall into the FT and help the DO levels.

Any comments on the system will be greatly appreciated, since this is my first build I'd love to hear your opinions on it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcdwGlR5Si8
it pretty much looks like this but with HDPE pipe instead and its aquaponic haha