Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

Thanks Guys,

yeah im really happy with it, i will add another grow bed to the front of the other two when i get around to it.

Good to hear the tea colour is normal.

I just had another look at the photo's and noticed the red stuff blocking the open ends of the ibc frame. Just curious what you used? As I am going to need to do something similar for my system.

Looks like electrical tape to me Sam...

I cleaned mine up and painted with Cold Gal, will go rusty for sure.. especially on the east coast.

superveg, our ibc frames have been in use for 5 years with no major rust problems

I stand corrected
I'm a bit of a perfectionist I guess, If I have bare steel it needs to be protected
Probably got that from growing up in innisfail.. everything goes rusty up there..even the dog

don't forget the mould

and what doesn't go rusty, goes mouldy

Yeah its just a bit of electrical tape, i put it on to stop little hands from getting scratched on the rough metal. A good tradesman would have grinded all the cuts nice and smooth but i couldnt be assed and i hate using grinders.

My little Platy's are still alive so thats a good sign, we are getting a heap of rain at the moment and its suprising to see how well the plants cope with it in the grow beds, i assume this is just because of the superior drainage in a grow bed as oppossed to planting in the ground.

Have to go shopping at the tip shop this week and see if i can find something to make a lid out of for my fish tank, i am thinking of getting a couple of old window fly screens and securing them to wood and then nail some bamboo screen over the top.

Fish should be here in a few weeks so that is a bit exciting, all the family just shook thier heads having no idea what i was trying to build a few weeks ago, now there is a consistent "oh thats cool" with all the visitors, and "So you built that?"

i just realised "ground" is the more betterer english ey not grinded :-)

the rain will also clear your water. all the sediments in it will settle out very quickly

Really? why is that do you know ?

not sure, always happens though. worked in the pool too

mine has just cleared up perfectly after the rain, had 3 egg whites in it too though...

yeah, the rain is amazing for settling out my pond. I have no idea why.