Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

Hi guys, after much asking form Nat i have finally managed to take some photos of my system. been going since christmas 2011 so far only one death but he was trying to swim upside down when we got him home from the hatchery, so 20ish silvers at the moment, had some marron but the buggers ate them , eh thats life.

Nothing in the middle barrel yet untill i decide what i want to do with it

have Spelt wheat in the new bed (guess which one that is) we put about a dosen grains in it to begin with just to see what it would do, when they reached about 3 inches i sowed it like i would in the ground and they are germinating well, theres barley in the other side of it but seems to sprout and die (just can't get anything good from a supermarket these days)

Just wondering if that is a new pic, cause I thought I can see a cucumber You two look like cereal gardeners to me lol, well done
Thanks for sharing guys.

the pics of the yard are a few weeks old but the ones of the aquaponics are from this morning.
There are 3 or 4 cucumbers on the one in the aquaponics and a few more in the ground, we let one of our cos go to seed 6 months ago and are now finding it in the front yard aswell as everywhere else

photos

Nice work Freebz and thanks for posting up for us

p.s. great to meet you guys at BYAP too

Is the silver thing with black pipe coming out for the barrels and the wall box things do you have photos of making them and how did you do the drains for the blue barrels and whats the box with the orange bit hanging down is it for filling up the tank?

more photos pleas

I love the fact that most of your yard is for vegies! If i could, mine would look similar.

Awesome stuff guys, and great meeting you.

Nice work guys... Don't you just love Perth sand, it's a battle growing in sterile sand....

we built the house and are on about 2M of fill which makes the whole gardening thing a bit fun, lots of sheep, cow,etc. to give the ground some nutrients.

the silver thingo is actually a 4 way tap adaptor feeding the 3 blue barrels and the wooden pillar box (made from leftover floorboards lined with builders plastic, never again!)

the black box with the orange float is a stock trough auto filler that i have tapped into the retic, makes for hoseless filling YAY

the barrels drain through a standpipe into a 40mm adaptor down to a 25mm poly pipe for the return (wanted to be able to move them if i see a need).

oh and some photos as requested

Is that stainless steel?

i think it's brass, it's a holman 4 way tap adaptor that i picked up from a rather large hardware chain with green buildings.

Maybe have a search on the forum about brass.

As the water becomes slightly acidic it will start corroding the brass and accumulating in your fishes flesh. Or so the story goes.