Backyard Aquaponics
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Maybe you are just a lazy impatient frack

Maybe it's just a dose of overly Male " I know better".

God knows I got a dose or two more of that than i should.

Nah - in all reality it may be fine as it is - but I personally would prefer to overengineer a bit that have to dismantle and do again (which is a serious pain in the arse). I also wanted to make sure with mine that even the stand that currently has clay in the bed, can take gravel if I want to change it over at a future time.

yeh, its the frack one

Hi Steve if using scoria or simler go for 3 now is the time to do it.
BTW do you still want some channel.
Regards Jim.

Steve just 2 bob's worth i think 8mm scoria is better than 20mm.
Regards Jim.

lol - I think its the amount he's using, not the size

I thought size didn't matter

I am leaving that one alone

It's surface area that counts ,, more room for bacteria !!!!!!

Right, so if you've been following cod fish's thread then you'll know that i went out to measure my salinity and found my pump almost stopped.

i had given it a freshen up yesterday.

notes to self:

trim grass so it doesn't overhang INTO tank

partially blocked pump intake grill acts as grass filter

40 watt rio pump will not insinkerate grass

grass in impeller drastically reduces speed

putting all the above into a complex formula has yielded the result of "if it aint broke, dont fix it"

As mention my measured salinity was 10ppt, now this is not a 100% correlation to NaCl conc, but i think it would be close, maybe minus a ppt or two for nitrate, KH and GH . my tank has also dropped to 50% capacity so on top up 5ppt will be closer to the mark

don't be a slack CENSORED steve. weld more supports to be sure to be sure.

Steve, can you check your salinity again after you top the water up please, I'm guessing that the amount of salt stays fairly constant but the ppt varies as the water level fluctuates, minus a bit over time through the plants etc
good catch on the pump, another reason for SWMBO why I must check my system every chance I get!
cod fish

SWMBO?

cod, i will do salinity tests on the new system when up and running, the old one's readings are probably skewed by the turbidity too.

F&F measures regularly and has posted a per month salinity LOSS in your other thread.

Monya, get bent

After a discussion with Joel and being reminded that I was the one that suggested one support was not enough when HE was building stands i HAVE decided to add another two

I am over there in 2 weeks, if you haven't done it by then i will friggin do it myself