Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

Been planning this for a while and the tank arrived today. I braced up the table in the shed and here tis


Filled and canister filter running



25 Jades ordered from livefish

you and jamey been collaborating
how big is the tank???

Its a 200L 1.2M long 500mm high and 350 deep. Canister filter should turn that volume over 4 times and hour, and have seeded the filter with some clay balls from the ap. Will throw a few goldfish in it tommorow.

nice, it looked alot smaller in the pics
I seeded my AQ filters with clay balls, they work a treat

We collaborate on a daily basis

im organising an IBC in the garage.... just gotta wait for the missus to go away for the weekend to put it all in...... once its there it cant move

Nice tank Richo, should do the job nicely )

Got 6 goldfish to start cycling the tank and went back to check on them when getting a beer and two have gone completely missing. I suspect a furry feline theif.
So first addition this weekend will be a good lid

then add a rotti to the shed

Jade tank at 15 and they are still feeding

Sorry I missed your post, I should subscribe to my own posts eh
What size are they now FF

Biggest 7 to 8 in long

Gonna have to harvest mine in the next couple of weeks. They look a good size in the tank but we all know what that means eh
Hoping that getting this time of year and overwintering them in the shed, will give me a head start when they go into the AP in after the trout harvest
Well its my plan

oh yeah, and this plan doesnt involve HSM's

9 goldfish going well , but one died a couple of days ago.
Got some sheet polystyrene and painted it black and stuck it to the back and sides of the tank. The fish calmed down quickly as there reflections disappeared from the glass
Got some K1 media on order for an ABF for this tank and another for the small greenhouse AP system

Cool will that be the only filter?? Or still use the other one too??

No, I have a canister filter running on it now and it will stay as the mechanical/bio filter. The ABF will just help with the bio, I hope

I need to getmyself another Air Pump for a couple of ABF's in the trout tank i reckon.....

What size PVC u using ?? u can get Air Disc's i was thinking bout using some 120mm pipe with a 90mm air disk in the bottom then just using some cutup Polypipe as medium.... same idea as whats in the byap magazine Ed 6