Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

yeah, im from the south, usa.. big accents here


you are correct, instead of having the drains from my GB in regular pipe, or going to a tank, i figured i can use NFT pipes returning it to the FT.. works out good,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYABJy6a ... er&list=UL



here is a walk through of the system, maybe explained a little better.

Just in case people thought we may now be moving ahead with this, here's a little teaser of part of the "IBC of aquaponics".

http://backyardaquaponics.com/Travis/IB ... 0V3111.pdf

Please don't pick on any text errors because it's still the first rough draft and there will be a lot of changes still to come, especially to the text.

Thats 26 pages from what will probably be about the middle of the document I reckon. There is a whole section at the start with intricate details about building a single IBC system, as well as basics of IBCs, AP info, nitrogen cycle, etc..

Other things I'd like to add are links at the start of each persons system linking directly to the forum system thread. There will also be planting guides, glossaries etc at the end. Then a few pages of links directly to good youtube IBC videos...

Man soo much to put in there, check the page numbers at the bottom of the sample pages, and I reckon we might be half way through perhaps....

We will be contacting everyone we have included in here when it's almost done to get permissions from everyone. If people don't want theirs in the document then we can easily pull those particular pages..

Whats the timeline for this EB. I should have mine up and running in a couple of weeks

Looking good EB

Not gunna be done in the next 2 weeks, I would think 4-5 weeks or so. Still be able to add new ones for the next little while... I want to add zsazsa system too, if he doesn't mind....

Man so many systems out there....

What a great idea guys,
I have a small IBC system that you may find interesting. Ill get some photos sorted over the weekend.

Very nice work EB. Going to have to check out some of those systems that I've missed up until now. Doing some more work on my system this weekend. Will try to get more pics up including the microcontroller for the valve system. You are more than welcome to use anything I post.

Kinda makes you want to go and set up an IBC on the weekend doesn't it?

Yeah it does Faye, as I have them in the driveway, on the back lawn , the place looks like a recycling joint.
I'm itching to get it put together but there is one girls netball on sat, then I have to drive to Bendigo on Sun to pick up other daughter and mates from their volleyball training.

Bloody kids

Who's the handsome chap on the first page? I hear he us available for modeling if you need a cover model

How good are some of those systems,
will have to do a bit of a catch up on some of them.

good job so far EB

Regards
Matt

i just found a source for ibc's nearby.. hopefully they didn't contain anything that would make it a deal breaker..if it works out, i know where i'll be looking for ideas!

Ebay
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Water-Tank-1 ... 4cf71548c1
IBC queensland .99c at present

I love the section on Snake's system. Complete with Johnny the snake, roo and dog! And another pic in the .pdf with a pony for scale. Made me laugh...