jayendra wrote: Hey there. Nice to meet you.
I live in australia in a cooler area during winter.
You can see my systems if you like in my signature.
What are you planning?
I checked out your systems  , if things go well and I scale things up, I'd like to setup an IBC system in the garage as well but I've got lots to learn up until that point.
For now though, I'm looking at building a system in the kitchen to support some herbs / lettuce and anything else I can grow in there.
I have been looking at the aquaponicals as a means to 'get my feet wet' though I enjoy building and tinkering with things so I may just start a 20 gal long to 55 gallon aquarium build - using a DIY vertical growing setup.
For fish stocking, I'm looking at decorative fish, however, I'm undecided which route I'd like to go, likely a tropical tank. Just trying to determine which species and their associated biome features (pH and temperature) would best match growing veggies.
I've started a thread in the hardware section: viewtopic.php?f=8&t=21714
But maybe I'll start with some questions here as well!
- Are aquariums safe to use for AP? Should I be concerned about the silicon leeching anything into the water that could be absorbed by the plants which would eventually be used for consumption? I would be purchasing new - unused tanks rather than used ones that may or may not have had aquaria based chemicals in them.
- PVC - I've seen the question posed a few times regarding the use of PVC that it should be the rigid PVC (food safe?) Is this the typical white PVC you can find at most hardware stores?
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I'm sure I'll be sending a ton your way!