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 Post subject: 2 IBC Fishtank
PostPosted: Feb 23rd, '12, 19:14 
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Just wondering, can I use 2 IBC's as fishtanks so I get a 2000L FT, and how would I plum this in?
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Slo in each going to GBs
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 Post subject: Re: 2 IBC Fishtank
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would you plumb the two IBC FT together? or treat them as separate units, and each have a SLO going to the GBs?
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I would treat them as one unit.

I would like to grow marron and fish and also have the opportunity to upgrade in the future to have fruit barrels and also a flower planter box.
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You will find examples of both being done on the forum. One big advantage in treating them as 2 is that if something happens to one of them you only loose half. (i.e. Disease, pipe failure etc)

I am sure someone with more experience will chime in, but both are possible and will work.
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How do you pipe them in?
Im thinking of getting a grow bed from BAP
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Ive been through this very situation a while back.

Read through this to see how it turned out for me -
viewtopic.php?f=18&t=9772&start=60
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aquanoob wrote:
would you plumb the two IBC FT together? or treat them as separate units, and each have a SLO going to the GBs?

Id have seperate slos going to either diff GBs or the same. Share a common sump. Or as Charlie said go 2systems.
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Kangaroodog wrote:
aquanoob wrote:
would you plumb the two IBC FT together? or treat them as separate units, and each have a SLO going to the GBs?

Id have seperate slos going to either diff GBs or the same. Share a common sump. Or as Charlie said go 2systems.


I'm all for this approach, as I think it'll be a biatch to plumb two IBC together and separate with SS/plastic mesh (if you are attempting to get the flexiblity of cultivating multiple species) and attempt to stabilise volumes that way. SLOs -> GBs -> a common ST, basically will mix the water in there (temperature/nutrients etc) anyway.
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I have plumbed 2 IBCs Fish tanks together and have 2 individual SLO's running to a common line to the Grow beds.
There is 1 pic in my thread that sort os show what I have done.
http://www.backyardaquaponics.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=11052&start=15
Sorry for the large pic size....
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