Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

Yeah they can be a pest. I only just put this together and have yet to make the small mods.
I will drill some small holes in the bottom tub just below the level of the bottom of the top tub for aeration and this morning cut up an old hessian bag to put on top instead of cardboard , which I think breathes better

These foam boxes are free from you green grocer and fish mongers etc.
They are light and easy to modify.

A cut-out in the bottom is covered with shade cloth/fibreglass fly wire. This is glued down with roofing/gutter silastic. A row of small holes is melted into the top edge, using a heated bicycle spoke or wire. These holes can also have fly wire/shade cloth over them to stop critters entering. You can stack to increase capacity. As I have back problems, I have opted for the small broccolini boxes. Bottom box has a tap in its side. Could not be easier... I think!?

Now that looks awesome

I always paint polystyrene if it is going to be outside, it tends to break down in UV light.

Actually I go one step farther and I cover them in cement render which once it is painted hides the fact that you have old greengrocers boxes stacked up in your garden.

I use them as garden planters, some of them I carve shapes into and others you can glue together with PVA glue and once rendered and painted they look very expensive! Until the builder puts his boot through them.

Dunder, you should work as a consultant to people that are pack rats. You can assure them that the stuff that you throw out for them reeaaalllyyy has no purpose, because if it did, you would have already found a use for it! Then again, you would probibly would find a use for 75% of it, maybee more...

Thanks for the tip on the Worm Harvester chillidude , I will def give it a try. I have been composting with worms for some years now , but normally just get them out with a garden fork and then sift them.

Dont think its a leopard slug, though it may be a different type than im used too. (sorry if this has been answered, havent read the last 2 pages yet.)

I find that in a pond scenario that large goldfish will suck the guts out of snails and slugs like this - that they wouldnt normally swallow straight away - after they have broken down a bit and lost thier slime coat/ started to fungus up, you will find empty slug skins quite often in a pond.