Backyard Aquaponics
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Video of design 2.

Forgive me for not understanding... but what is the point of this in AP?

Maybe very little. This was mostly for the turtle tank and for the AP system was to help with more movement in the tank because the small fish don't stir the bottom enough and I don't want to turn the valve full force from the pump. I am working on version 3 to see if I can get it even better.

Also this was more of a "just because" and had the DIY PVC version months ago and wanted to make my own. The ABS filament was $20 shipped and just costing me my time to make it work.

I find it interesting and a bit of a challenge to take something and somehow make it work on how I think it it should and redesign it my way.

I made these Mecanum wheels doing the same thing.
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2167

http://makezine.com/2010/04/16/3d-print ... num-wheel/

Some of my wood is starting to warp from getting it several weeks ago and not doing anything with it. Over all size of unfinished grow bed Frame 51" x 96" (130 x 224) Still light enough to move at around myself at 100lbs (45kg)

Not sure about going vertical or horizontal with the layout and the IBC pallet of dirt needs to be moved before it grows grass and looks like a mound in the yard.

I'm thinking more towards vertical like the last picture, but move it down more towards the dirt pallet. I don't need 10 feet between the beds and the deck. Also it won't stick out as bad into the yard. I could gravity feed the beds now with them being this close instead of the CHOP2. I lost on having them farther out into the yard.

Still have happy fish and a pleco outside.

Water temperatures dropped near me and after using one of my aquarium thermometers it showed 54*F(12*C) I pulled the pleco out. Used a large bag with the cold water from the IBC and put it into the corner tank with the fantail gold fish with temps in the 75*F(24*C) I let the two temperatures adjust over a half hour then started doing the water acclimation. So far so good.

So the eductor used $20 of material or the material cost $20 of which you used some?

I maybe used 30 cents worth of the $20 plastic for the part. The other bit of the plastic is for other projects. ABS is not usualy used a lot compared to PLA so it may sit for a bit at the hackerspace.

Little thing I'm working on. Probably not needed because it will be expensive to run. Ghetto riged inline heater. Over all cost a little over $60 with controller. I Could have done this cheaper but I needed a new cord because I don't want to run 10 amps off 18awg(1.02mm).

That is far from ghetto rigged.

OK this is maybe a little safer.

$0.20

What sized eductor is it and where did you get the 3d file from?

Eductor was a design that I created based off how they should work. It does work but could always be better. This is the 1/2" or 12mm version that I am working with. The 25mm version is going to take forever to make (8-9)hours to print.

here is a video of version 3. Good air bubble spread using a airline tube into the flow of the water.




In a few days I will upload the files of all versions.