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Hello from Southeast Georgia.
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Author:  Charlie Mac [ Apr 5th, '13, 01:06 ]
Post subject:  Hello from Southeast Georgia.
Hey ya'll :wave1: . Greetings from Southeast Georgia. I'm brand new to aquaponics and have built a 3ft wide x 6ft long x 1ft deep grow bed over a 300 gallon 3ft x 8ft x 2ft deep stock tank. I think I'm going to have to put a larger bell and siphon though. I used a 3/4" stand pipe and a 2" bell and it will not drain fast enough. It takes forever.
I saw Austin's video and our GB's are similar and he was using 2" pipe for his drain if i'm not mistaken. His seemed to drain at a good rate of speed.
Does anyone have any words of wisdom for an entry level aquaponiac?
Author:  J.B. [ Apr 5th, '13, 02:03 ]
Post subject:  Re: Hello from Southeast Georgia.
Hey Charlie Mac,

Glad to see more folks starting up systems this spring!

To answer you in my Intro thread, yes, I was surprised at the sheer weight of gravel I had to wash and carry from my driveway to the GBS, two 5 gallon buckets at a time!

I use a 1.5" stand pipe and 3" bell in my 4'x8'x16" beds. No Issues so far.

J.B.
Author:  FloridaChris [ Apr 5th, '13, 02:18 ]
Post subject:  Re: Hello from Southeast Georgia.
Hey Charlie Mac,
Welcome. You may need to cut more slits in your bell siphon. A video that really helped me get my sihpons going properly was this video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4i-jZoy ... =endscreen

Put some pictures up when you get a chance. Everyone loves some AP porn!
Author:  kellenw [ Apr 5th, '13, 03:05 ]
Post subject:  Re: Hello from Southeast Georgia.
Welcome aboard! As far as words of wisdom... hmmm... Welcome to the addiction? :)
Author:  DrLuke [ Apr 5th, '13, 05:50 ]
Post subject:  Re: Hello from Southeast Georgia.
kellenw wrote:
As far as words of wisdom... hmmm... Welcome to the addiction? :)


Run!?
Author:  Charlie Mac [ Apr 5th, '13, 22:12 ]
Post subject:  Re: Hello from Southeast Georgia.
Thank you all for the advice and the warm welcome.
Author:  kellenw [ Apr 6th, '13, 03:35 ]
Post subject:  Re: Hello from Southeast Georgia.
DrLuke wrote:
kellenw wrote:
As far as words of wisdom... hmmm... Welcome to the addiction? :)


Run!?


:laughing3: hehehe....
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