Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

Monya, ill warn ya from the outset, its ADDICTIVE!

i started with a shittly 1.5 foot tank, then impulsivly bought a 4ft tank, then bought the tall one you see in some of my pictures, then i bought another 4ft tank..............how many are we upto now?

i thought you must have had a fair few tanks, just with all the different types of fish you have. It's like anything eh, when you are good at it, and interested and it's rewarding, it can become addictive.

The getting good at it is part of the fun lots of reading and observing and thinking Belive it or not this hobby is proabably barely two years old

Aquaponics was the next logical step, actually i frist stumbled across EB's original site (before the forum was born) while looking up info on bacteria and cycling. Back then it was nested quite a few pages deep in google searches I saw the new forum as i used to bounce the aquaponics concept off a few people every now and then, and EB's site was my "show and tell"

if I hadn't have read earth garden magazine I wouldn't have even known about it..... I am stoked I did

life's like that huh? do you ever wonder "what if i didn't see something or read something?" I mean , what would i be doing now if i wasn't so obsessed with aquaponics ? The mind boggles.

i would still be trying to think about everything other than work cause my work sucks. At least now, it's something constructive to think about and spend spare cash on and something to justify having broadband internet!!!!
Thanks for moving the posts, was getting a bit banterish wasn't I

topics can move into general chat easily, at least here we can continue with out feeling bad What is work for you Monya ?

until I stuffed my back (got a big disc bulge that won't go away, possible surgery later this year) I was renovating old houses and building a warehouse, doing gyprocking, tiling, painting landscaping etc. Now I'm stuck doing friggin paperwork, with a project 95% done that I can't touch for fear of putting myself back in bed for a month.

Not all bad though, indirectly I work for my folks, and although I clash with the old man , it does give me a bit of freedom, and I can drop by the forum when I need a fix during the day...

oh yeah, pictured is a catch of strong fish, flathead and flounder and a mulloway we caught night fishing with an underwater light on the Yorke Peninsula.

Spew about the back! Gee your systems gonna look sexy with all your experience. Mine..........i have do delusions, it will be very functional, but probably look like a dogs breakfast.

lets wait and see, I will probably make a meal of it...

This is what got me into aquaponics... (the pic below)... I want more tanks but the wife forbids me!! Ideally I would like a 7 or 6 foot tank to breed redclaw to slock a larger system (breed them, eat them etc). I will just wait a bit then spring it on her (I already have the light fittings for a 7ft tank, and an external filter will only cost $90...

I was looking into different designs for biofilters when a friend told me about this site - the rest is history!

Wish I was in Oz I'd come build your system for free Monya. Karma has always rewarded me well though patience is a neccessity.

I put my back out and it put me out of being physical for a long time. feel for you mate, very hard to see work you can do but can't...

exactly,
one day I'll take some photos of stuff I've done around the place here, stone retaining walls etc, that's why my back is stuuffed and the work I was doing. It's hard because I have all the bits, but I have to wait for able bodies to dig holes, lift stuff etc cause I can't afford another month off work...
Thanks AA, it's good to see your back is better and you are able to do the great stuff you are doing now.