Evening All,
My name is karlos, and I have recently been consumed by this new crazy addiction I am sure some of you will be able to help me with... called Aquaponics?
In short, I am 31 (nearly 32) full time graphic designer and marketing web geek, work hard, train hard in the gym and was in need of further stimulation. I also keep an eye on global events, especially in consideration to the economy, which moves on to the cost of food and from a health perspective - GOOD QUALITY FOOD
Some peoples new years resolutions were too, lose weight, join a gym, quit smoking, eat more healthy... well I never smoked but had already done those things last year. After watching a program recently on American Preppers and seeing a guy who converted his backgarden into a complete food production outlet, I got interested in aquaponics!
From then I have been reading, googling, watching youtube etc etc. Then whilst tending to some garden maintenance last weekend, I realized I had a few spare tubs in the garage and a lot of creative ideas. So I found myself at the garden place, buying a few more tubs, designing irrigation systems on the spot and getting home to bash together my first aquaponics system
It's small, It's not perfect, and it's on a fishless cycle at the moment, but it's been great fun, and I can't help waiting to get home to check on it, sample the water levels and just the water flow around the system. To the point where I think my four legged friend is feeling a bit shut out - poor fella! (he is half laying on my laptop now)
Anyways... enough about me, all we care about are the systems!
My system is small, designed to be a test case and already I have plans to expand it (in my head) but I thought low risk entry first and foremost. My old planter tub carries between 40-50 litres, so it will be my fish tank in time - only for goldfish though
- above it I have 4 smaller planter tubs, roughly holding between 40-50 litres of expanded clay - and currently probably a little over planted with my favourite veg and salad selections.It's a continuous flow system, based on my initial ignorance, and on the tubs I bought. I built the irrigtation system, then drilled several holes, then several more... and then a few more thereafter
- just a cheap pump which can move up to 1350 litres an hour, some aquarium gravel - and a nice bridge for the fish (when they arrive in a few weeks).My ammonia levels are slightly off the charts at the moment, but reducing in colour - and today I started to see my Nitrite levels increasing slightly
Anyway's the pics - it's hardly anything compared to what is on this site, but it's a start and it has me well and truly hooked
so thanks for the inspiration people 
It does hit full sun for the most extreme hours of Perth, Western Australian Weather - but I figured the increased temp would help the cycling process - I will be working on some shade/shelter before the fish arrive
So G'Day forum people! I look forward to your input, advice and fellowship lol
Welcome Karlos, you are not alone. Very unique system there, I don't recall seeing one quite like that before, it is a good thing 
- it worked ok for the two pots over the fish tank, but the other two planters were leaking too much over the spare tank, resulting in far too much water loss. In just two hours it had shifted about 25litres of water, so at 8.40pm I was outside, with a torch, a saw, and trying to hunt for any viable beams I had laying around. It was then the simple option kicked in and I am pleased to say water loss is now at an absolute minimum 