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well here it is..

i have been working on this for months... between RAIN, Rain and more rain at the start to now dry.... and the inconvience of work.... and a number of other things...

HERE IT IS!!!!!

i went for a gleaning day through the local industrial area and got more 44 drums than i needed...some wheel rims (ford ones cos they were throwaways ) 2 beds...palllets etc

the drums were dug into the slope (24 degree slope to the south) and filled with water to keep them there.

pallets placed on top and 1/3 ibc and 160 lt bunnings containers and a bath as growbeds.

lots of plumbing bits from the demo yards and local (annoyed) hardware store.

countless hours of reading this forum and numerous questions asked..

and so here it is......


yes i know its purple.... the only paint i had left ...looks better in the house...

here is couple more photos...


the beds are now full of drainage gravel... and the whole thing seems to be working well......(may regret saying that!!!)

A very interestingb looking system indeedy! - looking forward to seeing folowups!

Looking good i hope thats the same jimbeen bottle i would hate to think you had to empty to many

A wild turkey bottle would of worked better. But the rest looks great.

the empty ones seem to be breeding around here.... there is plenty of them...

purposely didnt take photos of the straight lines of my design....mostly cos there isnt any..


dont mind the feathered one either duff.....

I count three JBEAMs
Jettisoned Beverage Empties, Autosiphon Mountable
or
'justable Ballast / Emergency Anti-bouyancy Modules

One deployed, two in Standby mode

Rick

Really
Nice elaborate setup ALH will be great to see it going and growing
I'm with Duff on the Bourbon Choice

the system has been running with seasol and half the beds planted out for a couple of weeks.

the water had been collected and sat in the fish and sump tanks for over a month..

and today i did my first water tests...

the results are....

ph 8
ammonia 0
nitrite 0
nitrate 5

so...
when would be a good time to introduce redclaw to the sump tank???
an how much longer would be advised before introducing silvers??

time to increase the emptys..... hehehe

I generally wouldn't recommend introducing Silvers until your water temp > 16... which it may well be up your way anyway... and larger then 80-100mm

Have you thought about Jade Perch.... you could get them through before winter ...

thanks rupe..

i can get 100mm redclaw and silvers for $1 each, here locally.. and not he place with the two headed fish!!!

cant get jades here... that i have found... no-one seems to breed them close to here..

i was not sure if my tests showed the system was ready yet.. i will do another test tonight and post it..

here is a newish update of the system...

now with stones and plants..

all doing awesomely...

i was wondering if it was better to get the air stones as deep as i could into the fishtank... so i devised a little device...

of course.... it may not really be needed...

Gemmells standard bathtub warning: Watch for chips on the enamel and leeching of nickel into the water. Can give more info if you wish.

Otherwise looks like a good project. Dunno how your kids use the trampoline at such an angle though

thanks gemmell.

i had read that from you before... and checked the tub for any chips prior to filling with stones...

i have 2 more tubs which will be put into service soon... i only purchased them because they were intact..

as for the trampoline.. well man have you not heard of extreme trampolining????

btw check out extreme pogo sticking on you tube...