Backyard Aquaponics
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I had a 1.8m fish tank that one of my friends wanted so he offered me a jacuzzi and I swapped cause the tank broke one time and I fixed it, so to me it was like it's not the same tank any more. So lying around I had three bath tubs that I used in my saltwater spa at one time.

So this is what I came up with





The tub was a bit to high so I dropped it



The I started to make it nice



So I started it up but I had no grow media so i got the siphon to work well and then stopped to work on it for a couple of weeks the got lucky I got a couple pangasiuses and a friend of mine with a tilapia farm want to start with pangasius so I swapped him one for a hundred tilapia fingerling's so I had to start up the Jacuzzi again. I had to run it with a small power head filter from my aquarium just to have some form of bio in the system.

It's a 1100L/h pump with ceramic rings and filter sponge

Awesome!

Ok so this weekend I build a filter system but it turned out not to work to well and I decided to add another bath tub the one on top will run flood and drain and the bottom one floating raft.

This as far as I got cause I work when the sun is down.

Thanks Ron !!!!!

I'm glad you dropped the bathtup down and didn't leave it balanced on the edge... Looks like it should work ok..

Thanks earthbound bathtub is ful now and it look like it will stay, the other one is standing on a set of Hybrid plastic bin speakers

Did some piping today I'm not a plumber but it works. The bottom tub just need the styrene to be cut out and netpot holes made



Got some media for the top tub



Oh!! Ja I threw a bean in a pot and this is 4 days growth after germination

Some more done today









The cleaning will come when I am finish

Just a log on the califlower and the cabage

4 days old

Nice work. Well done.

Thanks DrLuke !!

I thought I planted them in rows ............ they're everywhere



The reason for the open end (no gravel) there is a dragonfly nymph in there will fill it up and plant when he's gone.

Got te holes in the styrene done (my way)

Looks great!

I like your way, I might have to copy it myself next time I make a raft, which may be sooner than later, as my raft is getting a tad shabby.