Backyard Aquaponics
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mine has alarms but they pissed me off, and I all ready know when it's hot and/or cold without the freaking alarms but if you download and need a hand to set up message me and I will send my landline number

Will do - thanks Paul
Nigel

I've got one that the media moves around a lot and one in the pool with a couple thousand bio-balls that does not allow the media to move much. Both don't block up. So far anyway.

Thanks Duff. yeah, am hoping that the moving media will help break up solids that get lifted by the flow - will have to wait and see.

I assume that water flow over your bioballs is enough to break solids up or you'd be getting blocked for sure, I would have thought.

Can't make the airflow more than 40 Litre/min or the damn thing will take off like a rocket !

OK - I'm going to call it a technical success, but the reality is that the Nige Biofilter Mk 1 failed.

However, some thoughts last night, helped along by some Coopers, may have resulted in the way forward.

Observation: The media was all pushed up against the top mesh disk by the air (see photo below). Halving the airflow by removing one airstone did not fix the situation. Air and water is moving up through the filter, but I'm not achieving the 'moving bed' that I want happening in there.

Proposed Remedy: I think I need the surface of the water below the capping mesh, not above it as it is in the current configuration. This will allow the media to lift to the same point that the air escapes from the water, and allow the media to then rise and fall rather than be trapped against the mesh.

This will take me a few days as the cure on the aquarium silicone I use to hold the mesh disks in place has a 72 hour cure.

Also, should the filter work, I'll endeavour to get a video up on line. Haven't done it before so anything could happen

When you get to plan Z you can start plan AA Plan AB etc Nigel

Thanks for the vote of confidence, Mate !

Yeah, that's why I labelled it Mark 1, gives me infinite opportunities

BEER IS THE ANSWER !!!!!! Do's anyone remember the question?

Didn't get a floating Temp sensor,.............for now but got one of these http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Digital-Aquarium ... 2ea9ffa581 this one is the one with longest cable, will do for now until we sell another JD, hows the Chilli Filter coming on?

Hey CD - Where abouts did you get those massive airstones from?

Do you have a link to the nerdy wireless thermometer!

Here Milne, http://www.oregonscientific.com.au/cat- ... tions.html
But you need the Oregon station to run it by the looks

Thanks wasent there somewon in wa a couple of years back had some stand alone remote sencors with just a little receiver

Hi Guys - sorry, haven't been online for a few days.


Nocky - really well - the changes I recommended above have worked. Have taken some video and just need to lose my video-to-web virginity to show it working beautifully.


MrOrange - ordered them from http://spectrumaquaculture.com.au/about - they're based somewhere in NSW - have ordered from them twice and they're pretty good.


Mile, do you mean on the forum ? Or somewhere else ??

OK - here's the filter with the 'moving bed' action that I wanted. Managed to figure out the video conversion and how to upload it to YouTube - here it is.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4iHJTiNNGc