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Just making one more step towards starting my Aquaponics system by joining this forum. I bought the IBC, waiting for the polytunnel to arrive, so expect to be up and running in two months.

Still undecided if I'm building a constantly flooded or flood and drain, advice is welcome on that one. I'm a regular gardener branching out and grow all the normal veg and salad stuff that grows in the UK.

Thanks,

Sollyman



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Welcome to the madness!!
I'm envious of your IBC-- I'm starting a three barrel system myself. I've been putting the pieces together... and I think I've got enough to begin the cycle... barrels, cut, pvc pipe & fittings... rack to hold it, test kit, pump, cuttings, seed... just need my media.

Pea gravel is going for $17.50 a ton, and I figure one ton will do my four grow beds nicely.

I have a couple of goldies and a pleco to begin, once I'm cycling. The goal is tilapia, but I want to feed us, eventually... so, I'm thinking a pond.

My goal is flood and drain, I don't have enough ooomph or water to go constant flood. Still looking for IBC's.

So- how's your weather? And... what is poly tunnel?

Hiya Sollyman, welcome to the forum. Don't wait for the pt, get that system cycling now.

Mine is all constant flood with great results,

Welcome to the forum

Hi and welcome,

The difference between flood and drain using a siphon or constant flood is a bell. You could experiment with both.

Constant flood is the easiest to set up

Hi Herbsinger42, thanks for your reply and welcome. As you can see, I wasn't back on the forum for 6 months!! My system is now up and running, and fully cycled. I decided to cycle with 10 goldfish and it took 8 weeks to the day to get virtually zero ammonia. Weather has been much warmer then expected for the UK in spring, between 0 and 15 degrees C mostly since January. I think it helped the bacteria to establish well.

A Polytunnel is a hoop house, I bought it for about $150 equivalent.

How is your system going? I guess you're cycled by now, did you get the Tilapia yet?

skeggly, thanks for your reply too. Due to the weather over here in the UK, the polytunnel was essential, especially through the winter

Sollyman



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