Backyard Aquaponics
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well the tank is 300gallon and the grow bed is 4x8x 14deep, i am sure i will be adding another grow bed same size and maybe a blue 55gallon drum cut in half which i do have already.. but first we will see how everything goes... its a bit taller than i wanted but i will work with it for now.. i might need a step ladder.. ha ha will be back with more pics...

G'day aquadave
how tall is it ? at least you wont do your back in
it must be time for anouther beer that 1 looks empty enjoy
have fun any starts agood start

Awesome looking fish tank! Looks familiar, just can't put my finger on it...
Gonna block termites somehow? Other than that, looks like a great beginning.

Rick

I have one of those as a fish tank. I sunk it about 2/3 of the way into the ground (I've got sand so digging is easy) makes it easier to have the grow beds at a comfortable height, I'm short.

i thought of that but i have a lot of stones out here and it would take for ever.. that is out for now.. it is like 4ft tall the legs are only 3ft but then u add the box on.. ha ha well you know the rest.. i am thinking already what to do with it .. later on when i have 2 grow boxes i will just do leafy stuff in there, that will work for me... o and termites i have not thought of that ... my buddy told me i should to paint it .. maybe i should now... yeah that beer was almost done .. and i had just a few more after that ha ha

Still reckon that if you spend some time setting that tank into the ground it will help with the height and temperature control. Time well spent I would say.

i will give it some thought ... maybe i could get a few guys to come out and do it for me.. HAHA .. i think it would be a good thing also .. maybe i could rent something to help with that also ...


well i think i have everything i need to do the plumbing... i got a 800gph pump today and 20 bags of grow rock @ 35.00 each and only $20 bucks to Delivery the rocks so like $780.00 just on rocks .. so this better be worth it ha ha .. will be back with more pics when i start working on it... maybe this weekend i will begin ...

ok i just got my bell syphon and this is what i got from EBAY ... it is looks good .. here is 2 pics for you guys... thanks to the person who found that....

ok i am back with pics it has done a few cycles already .. here is 2 pics for you guys if you care ...

we do care

And looks like it will do the job nicely. How much water goes missing from the FT when you pump to the GB?

Can not have enough pic's or videos. Looking good!

i am only missing about 20gallons or so i dont think even that much...which i think is good i was thinking about that when i made it ... before i put any rocks in it almost used 300gallons of water.. i also have a 110 gallon tank as stand by for a sump.. i want to add on more grow beds soon...

here is a pic of my peppers i grew indoor with my aquaponic system .. i pulled this off today.. and going to be doing more very soon some are not the very big but i ate a med size one today also and it still had some heat for sure made my head sweat....

Thats good - I like it. Have fun with it and post more pics when you can

well i dumped in most of the water and the fish have made it so far .. i transplanted the pepper plants and so far they are looking good.... i just want to make sure they will live.. i had to leave them in the buckets the roots are coming out of the bottom and i did not want to miss with it so i put it all in there