Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

I was looking for Pandora in the last picture

So was I :blush:

Pandora says the gravel is too lumpy and damp to make a good bed. Silly people!

Well, at least the wasted lettuce isn't going to be a total loss. I know the tilapia will enjoy it!

The tank I was thinking of getting looks like the one you are using for a GB. Only diff is the one I am going to get is a 150 gal, cattle/horse tank, deeper. Yours looks more like the one for sheep/goats.
Kevin

The fish tank I have is the 150gal one. Go for broke--Rubbermaid makes a 300gal one, too.

those Rubbermaid tubs look like the where maid just for AP!

-df

and + , Know cat hair on your food which for me is a plus

The non-Rubbermaid ones are about half the price of the name brand. The 150 I am looking at is $88, and I can get a 6' round for $189, where as the the 300 gal (6' round) Rubbermaid is $325. Enough difference to allow me to buy some fingerlings to stock it.

You getting any hot weather back east? Sunday I was at work and the thermometer at one of the banks said it was around 106F, 40C at 2PM. Probably off a few degrees, but close enough to know it was hot, hot. Been this way now for about a week, the weatherman is predicting it to break the middle/end of the week.

Kevin

Where are these at? is it on a web site? wow i would probably by the 150 just because it is cheep.

-df

lol welcome to our nights, Kevin. it make for great nudist weather
its around 112 right now, but hey, at least are winters don’t freeze over.

and im still Rollin with out any A/C in my van, i loose about 10 pounds in summer. Luckily Halloween is coming soon

-df

The tanks are on sale at a local farm store (Farm and Home) and a local elevator (MFA). You might look and see if there are any ag suppliers in your area who carry them. (You might get them almost as cheap off of the internet, but shipping will eat up savings on one or two units.) I looked at one site called PolyTank. They had a number of units, but I didn't think I could save enough to have them shipped from Minneasota (?). I also looked at another one that is supposed to have a location about 60 miles away, they didn't quote prices on thier site.

Yeah, depending on where you are in the SW it can be real brutal, temp wise. Fortunately the humidity has dropped down some here, so it doesn't seem as hot this week as it did last week.

Kevin

Definitely check what your local Ag/Farm Supply store carries. The Rubbermaid is what was available here.

We're getting nice cool weather and low humidity for a change. It certainly doesn't seem like August. It's 84F, and only 25% humidity. A beautiful day!

ill look in the yellow pages, i have not seen any out and about.

that pant, and jacket weather. i start being uncomfortable below 90. and start freezing below 80.

I think I may have evolved into a desert rat. Darwin would be proud .

-df

just hit 108f here in Topeka, Kansas my fishies are hot 90f