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RupertofOZ
PostPosted: Mar 29th, '08, 22:00 
Well they say all projects go through several stages before completion...

Concept, planning, acquisition of materials, commencement and ultimately commissioning....

Well today (finally) marked a project milestone with commencement of my Hydro-AP Mega System, with the "first turning of the sod"... so to speak... (see last posts)

Sometime ago I decided to utilise a good sunny un-utilised area and an under-utilised "lean-to" along the side of the house.... initally with the idea of setting up a small hydroponics operation.

First I thought I'd just attach some hydro trays to the lean-to ...


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RupertofOZ
PostPosted: Mar 29th, '08, 22:04 
I figured I need to construct a floor under the lean-to area to house some pre-filtration for the NFT ....


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RupertofOZ
PostPosted: Mar 29th, '08, 22:08 
Few sheets of "green tongue" ....


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RupertofOZ
PostPosted: Mar 29th, '08, 22:13 
A 600ltr "Otto" bin and a feed trough I picked up cheap will act as a sump and pre-filter growbeds, probably with tomatoes.....


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RupertofOZ
PostPosted: Mar 29th, '08, 22:19 
.... along with a couple of crates I had, which will be lined with ply and a liner..


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RupertofOZ
PostPosted: Mar 29th, '08, 22:23 
A late night bout of insomnia led to the impromptu purchase of an 8000ltr fibreglass tank (for the princely price of $300).... which had to be picked up and removed.....


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RupertofOZ
PostPosted: Mar 29th, '08, 22:26 
And transported home.... being 4mtr x 2mtr x 80cm, meant a car trailer...


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RupertofOZ
PostPosted: Mar 29th, '08, 22:29 
Needed to repair a couple of "drainage" holes the previous owner had very kindly drilled to drain the tank :roll:


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RupertofOZ
PostPosted: Mar 29th, '08, 22:32 
No sooner were they patched and cleaned up... it rained... of course...


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RupertofOZ
PostPosted: Mar 29th, '08, 22:36 
Acquired a couple of other tanks to add to the project. One a 1500ltr tank which will become the sump tank and the other a 300ltr tank that will be a growbed...


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RupertofOZ
PostPosted: Mar 29th, '08, 22:38 
Cleaned them all up ...


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RupertofOZ
PostPosted: Mar 29th, '08, 22:42 
Decided to go the whole hog and use the whole area along the fence for hydro trays.... This meant a few trees and shrubs would have to go ...


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RupertofOZ
PostPosted: Mar 29th, '08, 22:48 
Originally I was going to use about six 800ltr "mega" bins in the garage as tanks... that meant I had to clean the garage up and add a few "extra" power points and lights...


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RupertofOZ
PostPosted: Mar 29th, '08, 22:53 
These darn shrubs and stumps just have to go.... hummm... next door neighbour has a bobcat :D


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RupertofOZ
PostPosted: Mar 29th, '08, 23:00 
Waiting on the neighbour to bring the bobcat over... grass keeps growing.....:roll:

Here's the overall position of the hydro trays... 5 tables in total... each 6mtrs long and 8 channels wide....

Two side by side at the southern end (3087), one along the middle fence line (3147), and another two at the northern end (3148)


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