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PostPosted: Feb 10th, '12, 01:07 
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Hello,
I have changed my plan of building a green house, I will use my indoor swimming pool that have not used for few years. Plan is to build a tank inside there with the size of 5ft X 4 ft X 8ft
There are tall windows all three sides that not attached to the house. So, I can place the grow beds next to windows.
Will have 4 grow beds with sizes of 3ft X 8 ft X 2 ft (18 inches will be filled with river rock,

For water pump and air pump I have been looking around, as of now I am looking at this one:
http://www.aquacave.com/Sequence-4300-S ... -P498.aspx
and for the air pump this one:
http://www.growwurks.com/ecoplus-commer ... watts.aspx

Are these okay?
Also about the air stones, which one is better and how many of them should I get?
http://www.growwurks.com/ecoplus-8-air- ... 16-id.aspx
or
http://www.growwurks.com/ecoplus-large- ... -4-id.aspx

Thanks ahead for all the good comments and sugestion.

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That's a lot of water flow for 4 beds, we use pumps with about half that flow rate for systems with 4-6 beds of about that size.

Might be a bit of a cost saving for you..


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Thanks for your input. I will try to find something smaller and ask again. If you have a model number, that would help.
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I think I found a good one.
Check it out please.

http://www.aquacave.com/Reeflo-Snapper- ... 3C765.aspx

It seams this one has a better quality. They are offerring 5 years warranty on it.


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What is the difference in the water pumps like

reeflo
dart
Barracuda
hammerhead

are these just labels, or has something to do with their design?

If there si a difference, which one is better for aquaponics usage?


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you may get a faster response and by more people if you ask in the hardware sub forum.
here is a sticky post dedicated to reliable, and hopefully cheap pumps viewtopic.php?f=8&t=1409


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