Well,
Got the tote cut, cleaned, and set. Now filling. Let the fun begin!
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| Author: | Bogie [ Feb 29th, '12, 01:47 ] |
| Post subject: | Hi from kansas city! |
Hey folks, been reading, and reading, and reading........thanks to all for the great community. I'm in kansas city and starting up my first AP system. Here's the setup: 1 IBC i acquired from work I found these (http://www.maccourt.com/lowes/mortartubs/st3608.html) tubs from lowes that I want to use as grow beds 14$!! The IBC FT will be below my deck which is ~8ft below the GBs I will hopefully pick up the clay today. I have to look at the pump to make sure I can move 300 gph with 8 ft head. It's an EZ-clone 450gph. Haven't been able to find an accurate curve chart. I'm starting with 2 GBs until lowes gets some more. I really want to have crappie in the FT but not sure if I want to try them for my first AP experience. I don't really like fish....except for crappie. I have as much free soybean meal available as I need, so looking into using that as a source of feed. Anywho, I will create another thread in the systems forum with pictures when i get everything together. Cheers! |
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| Author: | Dave Donley [ Feb 29th, '12, 02:49 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hi from kansas city! |
Welcome Bogie! |
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| Author: | Bogie [ Mar 1st, '12, 03:59 ] | ||
| Post subject: | Re: Hi from kansas city! | ||
Well, Got the tote cut, cleaned, and set. Now filling. Let the fun begin!
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| Author: | Charlie [ Mar 1st, '12, 06:26 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hi from kansas city! |
Hi Bogie and welcome to the forum 
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| Author: | Bogie [ Mar 5th, '12, 14:53 ] | ||
| Post subject: | Re: Hi from kansas city! | ||
Thanks! Thought I'd post another progress picture. Here is my bell siphon.
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| Author: | earthbound [ Mar 5th, '12, 15:46 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hi from kansas city! |
Hey Bogie... Thats a big head for your pu7mp to push water, just make sure you allow for that when shopping for one. |
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| Author: | Bogie [ Mar 5th, '12, 16:12 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hi from kansas city! |
Yessir EB. I thought about several different options, but I really like the idea of just walking out onto the deck to deal with the beds. The pump curve to the one I am getting has it at 450 gph at 9ft of head. My tank is filled to about 225gals. Maybe a little overkill, but I should be ok. Edit: I'm at 8ft from tank bottom to where beds will be. |
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| Author: | DecalsbyJT [ Mar 6th, '12, 06:42 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hi from kansas city! |
Hey bogie... your pump head is measured from the water surface to the outlet height.... you dont count the pipe length underwater... jT |
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| Author: | Bogie [ Mar 6th, '12, 09:14 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hi from kansas city! |
DecalsbyJT wrote: Hey bogie... your pump head is measured from the water surface to the outlet height.... you dont count the pipe length underwater... jT I have since learned this. Thanks! I may bury that tote so I want to make sure ill be good. We'll see |
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| Author: | Bogie [ Jun 16th, '12, 11:41 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hi from kansas city! |
Update: Since i last posted, i had a yard drainage problem that needed to be addressed before I could continue with my system. However, with cold weather around the corner, i would hate to put all this work in and have to shut it down for winter. Financially, I can keep my grow beds warm but the fish tank is a problem. I have decided to relocate my fish tank to the garage, while leaving my grow beds on the deck. I have a pump that is plenty powerful. A 3" insulated PVC drain pipe will run from the beds to the garage and a 1" feed line will run inside the 3" pipe to feed the beds. Any thoughts or considerations? Been searching for some similar setups but nothing so far. Cheers |
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| Author: | Dave Donley [ Jun 16th, '12, 12:53 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hi from kansas city! |
Hey Bogie: I had my fish in the basement and pumped water up to the backyard where the plants were. The plants had a small sump of their own, and the fish had little gravel beds on loop siphons. Worked well, and I was thinking about such setups again today. The weather here is very quickly getting too warm for trout, and I think having the FTs in a shed that could be heated and/or cooled with a little heat pump would be great, both for Winter and Summer. viewtopic.php?p=129491#p129491 I remember someone here had a converted freezer in the garage and the plants on the other side of the garage wall, anyone remember who that was? |
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| Author: | Bogie [ Jun 18th, '12, 11:42 ] | ||
| Post subject: | Re: Hi from kansas city! | ||
I've attached my preliminary project diagram. I am currently rearranging the garage to accommodate the new additions (with my wife's permission). From the bottom of the beds to the fish tank is about 15ft of pipe and a fall of about 10ft - 12ft. I found a 1000gph pump at lowes that would pump about 450 at 14ft head, so I figure i could find one online for cheaper.....just used that for reference. As for fish, it has to be crappie for me......Maybe something else until i can grow enough fathead minnows. Cheers
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| Author: | Charlie [ Jun 18th, '12, 12:19 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hi from kansas city! |
Dave Donley wrote: I remember someone here had a converted freezer in the garage and the plants on the other side of the garage wall, anyone remember who that was? It was mattyry's chilly tank viewtopic.php?f=18&t=9917&hilit=chilly |
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| Author: | Bogie [ Oct 29th, '13, 13:56 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hi from kansas city! |
Hey hey! It's been a while, but I didn't get my aquaponics setup in time for summer. Instead, I quickly built a dual tower hydroponics system that fed my addiction. Attachment:
File comment: Hydroponic Tower tower.jpg [ 121.16 KiB | Viewed 2140 times ] I am starting now with my plan for next summer. I scrapped the tub idea and I'm going to build a GB out of wood. I will also be taking the two towers and putting them on each end (the square framed bases). I still have to pump the water from the tote up to the GB, and now even higher to the top of each tower. I am looking at a harbor freight pump: http://www.harborfreight.com/submersible-waterfall-pump-68418.html#pr-header-back-to-top-link Hope it will do the trick. Below is my GB plan......Thoughts/comments? Attachment:
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