Backyard Aquaponics
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Hi All
I fiddled around for the weekend and started finishing of the last of my brickwork on Monday.
I cut the light/maintenance/axis holes yesterday and of course I broke the one corner of my side wall and had to rebuild it…… again 3rd time.
The cut with the grinder was not deep enough and trying to break out the inside piece…&^%#$$%&*
I cut the other 13 holes with a BIG angle grinder and I am happy with the results.
I have to finish all the inside of openings with plaster to give strength and look better.

Great work francois

The only thing I'd be worried about is the lack of support for the bricks above the holes, are you planning to add anything to support them?

Sorry if you already mentioned you have

Hi All
Today I finished of the last of the building and finishing of my two walls
I got lazy and left the rest of my plastering very rough finish...
I want to leave for 1 or 2 days and then paint the inside white

Coming along nicely there Francois

looking great froncois ill be interested to see how your duckweed grows in limited light, i know it grows real well under the BYAp growbeds but i think this might be even less light i guess you could always do f/w crays (yabbies) in there too

Hi All
Did some paving with bricks and planted 6 poles for my raised fish tank and worm bed and dug my pump sump into place.

Did a few other things’ over the weekend, not all complete but I wanted to test and see if the rest of my system worked as planned.
So far so good……

i had to reposition my system....i did not want to move the washing line.
the new outlay i think is better.
i turned the dam and worm filter 90 degrees

Hi All
Today I added all my wood supports down the sides and painted the inside.

Very interesting. The white paint should reflect some of the sunlight into the beds down below.
What type of white paint did you use?

Looking very nice! Those windows look like they are going to let in more than enough light for the duck weed.

Hi Brain
i hope and think it will work.
the white also helps with the light

Hi iammr.bill
The paint i used was plascon exterier wall and all

Hi All
Today I washed/sterilized my grow trays half filled them with water and tested them for leaks
I also did most of the piping.
These are photos with all four of my trays in place and the piping.

the light under my grow trays

Spacing of your supports looks a bit far apart. Hope you have a few more to throw in there for the top beds.