Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

Rupe - is rectangular in shape with tops that come off. I'll take a pic for you sometime.

F&F - probably a bit harder with my stuff due to having the tops that come off - though certainly doable.

Why the water doesent go right to the top only glue 3 sides [not the top]

After last nights mini-cyclone, was a surprise to wake to a sunny day... and the forum down...

Oh well, let's play with the hydro..... levelled off the first table....

Attached the bell end...

Here's the "bell" end for those that might be interested...

Threw the second table up... ready for cleaning... :rolls:

A pic of the bell end inserts....

Lined the second table up with the first and levelled it...

Gave it a very quick clean... rain threatening (again).... and stuck the second bell end on..

Still needs a bit more cleaning... and minor level adjustments...


But basically ready to plumb in the pumps and nutrient bins...

Looks like it could double as a runway rupe, maybe cover up before Elk spies it, or you may have a visitor.
Looks very nice though! Have fun.

Thanks Faye - taking shape nicely Rope, keep this up and you will be way ahead of Steve in no time

how do you reach the plants in the middle? And Hydro costing versus aquaponics, which is more viable.

I have been tryng to clean the root mass out of a garden bed from broad beans, and its broken off everywhere. How important is it to get ALL the roots out, thinking it would cause anerobic conditions if not cleaned thoroughly???

Work from both sides Jessy....



Bit hard to judge so far Jessy.... I'm recycling the trays, so no cost there... probably would cost about the same new as buying a BYAP system by the time you brought new trays, pumps, plumbing etc...

And I've got a 25kg bag of concentrated powdered nutrient which should last about a year (about $200).... butr will have to dump and refresh periodically... so xxx amount of water cost.... plus net pots (cheap)....

Compared to maybe a couple a couple of 25kg bags of fish feed over the year.....


Probably about the same all up.... but less water usage, faster growth and yield(hopefully), and fish to eat.....



Most people haven't been too pedantic about it Jessy.... but have thrown a heap of worms into the growbeds to help with the breakdown of old root systems...

Thanks Rupert,

Well, a bit like a kid at Xmas today.... bunch of pressies for the mega system...

60l/min air pump... Thanks Stu (Monya) from http://www.thefishfarm.com.au ....



Followed by a delivery which I wasn't expecting until Monday...



5 x 50ltr bags of hyrdoton, and a couple of 100ltr bags of vermiculite (Grade 2 - for seedling raising, and Coarse Grade 4 - for net pots)

About 20 self tensioning yoyos for the tomatoes, a bluelab truncheon (ohwah) and about 40 80x75mm net pots for some larger plants....







Was kind of hoping the stuff wouldn't be here until Monday... Figure at least one day this weekend is totally devoted to the TV....

GO THE MIGHTY HAWKS

Where did you get the hydro stuff from?
Been playing with the NFT and air lift pump. Didn't realize the hight you could get with an air stone.

Yeah, urprising isn't it... did post a pic of the ailift pump at NatFish... got told it was totally inefficient....

Hydro stuff from my trade account supplier (Sydney) ...