Backyard Aquaponics
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ill put it here in order to get more critics and input (advice's)

pond is triangle in shape, havent figured out how much it fills though, i need to do some math first



I got 2 85ltr tub( left and middle),and a bucket (right), pump wit 4 outlets that goes
To each tub and bucket and another one back to the pool.

Tub 1, mostly a celery bunch that haw been growing and eaten alot for the past 1,5 yrs and a taro fmily thats there just to fill it up.


Tub 2, was full of kangkung , now the home of some Mint cuttings ad some hibiscus cutting( experiment that so far goes very well)


Bucket with dwarf papyrus, this one is a constant flow tub with no media since its root are very big, first time was only a plant with 5-7leaves just being hold down with some Stones, now its full


3rd outlet that goes to the pool, you can see one of the 2 adult tilapias that are waiting to be eaten there haha. Water is clear only the sides is full with algae, buts its
Good since the tillapias kinda eat them also . The red bellied pacu's are kinda hard to see in the evening haha


With beter lighting
From the front


From the back


The mint cutting, 4days old


Hibiscus cutting about one week old, new growth is visible


The bell siphon, made from an old 500ml bottle


The new media for new tubs( expansion) smaller pumice pebbles.


there is now a 2nd bucket filled with blewah( some kind of cantaloupe) and sone kangkung again

fishes are 2 adult tilapias, 18 red bellied pacu(10cm's now), about 7 (medium sized now) catfish.

oh yeah and the 2 tub now also holds 2 corn plants (just experimenting )

G'day David,

Watch the mint in your growbed. The roots will take over and cause problems.

thanx arbe,
yea i read it here alot too, ill try to put them in another place when theyre abit bigger, so they can have their own place , ive tried them in the ground/soil, but never works. now wondering in AP

I'd be more worried about the dwarf papyrus if its part of the flow, I think that was the plant that effed my top pond.

yea the dwarf do drink alot, i know that too i top the water weekly like 2 cm more or less

update..

the tubs have surrendered to mother nature, all cracked and bursts open. changed them all to 4 of the same tubs (anti-break- pvc tubs), and the mint got their own tub

photos will come.

and i've been busy building 2 half barrels stand to go to my new house (still renovate the house, and the garden, and i have gotten a permission from the mrs to have 2 barrel and a fish pond in our 3x5 garden )

oh and the most important, doe to some electrical problems, all of my fish are dead (electrocuted)
luckily found just in time, so they all didnt go to waste, instead to our bellies

went to the "barrel market", here they sell all kinds of secondhand barrels (plastic and steel) and they made pans and pots from used steel barrels.
bought this one for about 20 aud, free cut in half

Cut, ready to go... got to be happy with that...

so this is the stand, i personally cut them myself, welding is not my thing so i let one of my guys do it ( i work in a plastic injection factory where we make our own moulds so lots of stuff at hand) 4cm L-steel( at least thats what i called them) free, welding electrodes also actually

tub laid down for measurements


reinforcement for the bottom


voila!! , last finishing, reinforcement for the sides


it is done painted green , now let to dry.

the broken down tub ( no uv protection i guess)


new tubs(buckets) about 50 liter buckets i think


celery, next to it is corn and mint in one tub (hibiscus cuttings in small bucket too)



dont mind the mess in the front , after the electrocution havent got time to clean it yet

cherry tomato and cantaloupe tub, next to it is the taro and some tomatoes also and a "Piper betle L. Var rubrum" we called it here red sirih. (medicinal plant)


cherry tommies seedlings


mini corn

another one of the cherry that i "planted" (whole cherry in the media )


the pond situation, filled with guppies now, tomorrow will buy some goldfishes .
no edible fish yet