Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

alot of people do grow plants in their closets......

yeah. but they all use "special" lights don't they?

well last afternoon, night, and this morning was spent moving my friend out of his old house, and in the process, i scored an old fish tank airreater(?spell), a small heater, and the best of all a 66L(13in High, 25in long, 14in wide) that will be my Grow Bed! im so excited i cant wait.

i have a fish tank area that is 20in wide, 20in wide, 28in high, im going to try to find a trash can to fit there.

im trying to up load this pic i took, but i have dial-up. ill post them next time im a work. thank you

-mikey

i just went shopping yesterday(Thursday) and i got;

a 32 gallon trash can(fish tank, hoping to get 25 gallons of water at the lowest)$11

a 170gph pump(at 3 feet i think ill get 130gph)$22

1/2in pump tube(from pump to grow bed)$15,steep price

3/4in for my auto syphon, and over flow.$20, really wish i didn't pay that one, and just got a water hose.

air stones, ect..$11


1st off let me say, yesterday and last night my A/C was out for the hole house, man i had a bad time.

i drilled a hole for my 3/4auto syphon fitting hole on the bottom of the grow bed. then i when to seal it, and the cocking i used(the one i had in the garage) was not water sealant . so when i filled my grow bed, it was leaking all over .
frustrated, hot, and sweating my own pool of water. i went to wal-mart to get more cocking

water proof cocking$5

just to go back home to sleep.


tonight after work, I'm going to get my AP build on. i am hoping to get it to start cycling tonight or tomorrow, very exciting!

-df

remember to use Fish-safe caulking or you might kill your fish. Also, Patience! The caulking needs to cure before you can be sure it will be water-tight.

i forgot to look for that on the tube, well i look for that at home. thank you for the reminder jaymie!

-df

DF, i just buy the caulking thats rated to AS:4020 (the australian standard for potable water) i figure that if its safe for humans its safe for fish most roof and gutter sealants are now rated to this.

stay away from the kitchen and bathroom sealents i think they have an antifungal mixed in which fixes the fish real quick!

pics!

ooo ya the penny is for scale....

Sorry Dankfish, the official scale for AP systems is Daschunds or small children only, not coins

"Mice" have been allowed in circumstances where the owner has neither a daschund or small child and only if the neighbours have been approached and declined the use of either their children or daschund

and toes!

toes are fine, as long as there is a daschund in the room. In fact, toes are pretty ubiquitious around here, have we seen yours yet?

That's what I use to see if the gravel is clean enough for the GB - dip the toes in the water and see how many you can count when they are at 300mm :shaking2:

Isn't that "ToeBidity"?