Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

sorry, he's asleep now! hehehe

Seriously, as far as I can recall he only made one lot of mango cider. There have been a number of pineapple/apple batches and of course, the berry/apple cider that nearly took your eye out

Mangoes tend to be used in daiquiris with lots of rum and ice cream

have about 5 left in the fridge that are threatening to ferment. i'm all mangoed out , bout a tray last week for $12 (felt bad for charging the fruit shop $700 to fix his AC)

Wow! Wish I had your youthful energy! Good thinking. Get a genny!

dedication for ya! And to think there is unemployment i this country!

We could solve our energy crisis and unemployment figures at the same time with jaymies vision

and the obesity epidemic too, think of the size of your biceps

you could rig up a level and pulley system and make it the AB aerator 2000 !

telemarketing here we come

i know of an association that may be able to market it for ya

I cant believe you're serious J. I'm guessing that the amount of air you're pumping is less than the smallest battery operated air pump you could buy? I think you would have been better off taking a wheel off of your car, wedging a stick into the valve so that it releases air, and then dropping it into your tank. Set your alarm so that it goes off every hour, and if the power is still off go and repeat with the next wheel. 4 wheels + spare gives you 5 hours of air. In the morning wake up hubby, tell him you've got a flat tyre, and go back to bed.

Or a $20 inflatable pool hooked up in a similar fashion

which shop is open at 4am? half an hour out of town?

KE14, car won't reach the tank, and my tyres are full of nitrogen

About 3 months ago I brought one of those air pumps with the battery back-up. Recently a local forum member (the only one who has dial-up) said that he heard from a supplier that the battery was a dud and they didn't work. I tested it today while I had my system pulled apart for maintainence. It was still going after 6.5 hours, although probably at around half strength. The longest power failure I've had here was about 4 hours so I think at least the fish will be OK.

Very nice neat and presentable backup power solution...

http://www.vagabondsalvage.com/solarcart/sc01.html

came across it on www.makezine.com/blog

Well, after reading through this thread I have purchased the fail over switch bilge pump trickle battery charger & battery for my system and setting it up like VB, hopefully I never have to use it but toal cost about the same as a couple of hundred fish.

BUT I have a bicycle pump in a 'Break Glass in Case of Emergency" box next to my fish tank just in case

Oh dear - Rule no.1...don't try to take the mickey out of Jaymie

Think you just broke the BYAP cardinal rule there Bazz

...and don't think 5,000km is a deterrent, she is probably plotting a course now