Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

Well as mentioned in my own thread, wife wanted a little system so got stuck in a created a starter, bathtub $50, sink $5 pump left over from my failure, also have the bad idea solar pump with lights incorporated, runs for 3 hours good for aeration an nice to look at, actual pump is a 1200lph and runs about 1 hour on and one off with a 3 hour break when solar pump turns on. We are going to run Goldies in here and sold her two Freshwater Mussels as well, but she hasn't paid up yet have blue metal in tub and filter sucking through that, and sink grow bed is blue metal medium (is plenty of blue metal down this way ), not a big GB yet but tiding up the area a bit, and that is the famous beer shed in back ground, still in conversion stage will put more pics up when veggies are in and garden surround and maybe Gazebo cover

Sorry Mod's one more pic of the night light's and solar pump in actionwill try without flash when finished

So its her system, did she do the digging?

No OB, that was a story in my own thread, but by the time she pays for mussels and digging, I will be a happy man will try and fix pics, they always look like crap when I post them,

Good to see the family taking an interest Nocky, Your missus might be able to add more GB's later.

Is the plan Gnash, we have salvage guy scanning for suitable materials, also she is building a cottage garder around it (I think) may even try fruit tree

Well added some Goldies and yes you can see 2 freshwater mussels in the pic as well, she still hasn't paid for them yet

Good to see you putting in the effort for the little lady Nocky, I'm sure the devotion has been duly noted and just rewards will follow

we can only hope
cheers Ell

Well if its a small growbed and lots of nutrient uptake, Passion fruit is the ticket. Mine is going bonkers, leaving my toms with no food. I have 400 lbs of tilapia and 1 passion fruit vine and some wandering jew are hogging all the nutes I produce. Might save future digging if the climate is suitable

Veggies are in, trying some Baby Broccoli have 4 gold fish, 2 biggies and 2 small and finished filling around the tub, water is a bit murky as just finished reorganizing the pump, as you can see by pics above I had the pump hooked up to 2 bits of pipe running to the ends of tub, the pipes kept getting blue metal in them, I did cove the ends with bigger rocks, but blue metal still managed to block the ends, all is fixed now

Just an update pic to show difference from start first pic at top of page, and now. Just the marque to put up now and she will be happy, veggies are doing better than mine after a week as well

Yours may be a bit damp

Laugh as you may, but mine are now taking off

This little system is doing great, hustle and Busle the Mussels have buried in and baby Broccoli is taking off, more work has gone into the famous beer shed behind, but cover will be over soon and missus is going to plant some (gay) flowers etc around, so more pic's soon and maybe 1 of the grand opening of the shed