Backyard Aquaponics
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Hi tragic in your output line from the pump put 2 taps on a tee one back to the spar one to the grow beds then you can direct water where you want start with them both open and then close one a bit i would direct fish water back in via the spar jets just cut back a bit fish will love the swirling water

exactly, no bubbler required.

Also, most fish only people will give you the 4 change overs per minute and water changes line.

Not nocking it, its probably true for a fish only system, but most BAP'ers have a HUGE biofilter (their gravel beds) and the water change outs the [plants take care of

some one draw a pic, it speaks 1000 words. if someone hasn't already done it when i get home then i can

Thanks all, pic of pump, filter and what looks like some sort of breather/overflow pipe which i can't put my finger on. (The upside down u shaped thingy next to the fence.) The pump is a Demon 750W 2813rpm barnburner! Tim the Toolman would be in heaven. Talk about O2 exchange overkill.

I would say the upside downthing is the air inlet for the venturies in the spar

Was gunna take a punt at that FF. Looks like i need to do sum more reading.

Newsflash, my back fence neighbour who gave me the 2- 250 lt drums last wknd, has just lobbed on the doorstep with 4-225 lt blue drums and wait for it, one of those 1000lt drums inside the frame thingys. Can you believe it? He gets the gold star and the elephant stamp and goes straight to the top of my christmas card list. He doesn't drink so i am gunna have to do something else for him. Also let it slip he was a plumber in a past life. Have i died and gone to heaven or what!

He mentioned the drums contained acrylic acids which are not quite as nasty supposedly. I will split them, wash them and leave them in the weather for a few weeks i think.

Trade the plumbing work for some fresh veggies when the system is up and running

Id still use the spar as the fish tank do a lot of reading and think a lot its easier to do it once also draw a plan and put it up for coments

I don't even know enough to draw a plan yet FF but will use the spa, stuff is already connected and just needs some mods.

g06, this neighbour is my new best friend and by the end of the year he will be begging me not to give him lettuce and another 500gm silver!

When you go to buy fish kangaroo ground fish farm has silvers around 8 in for 2 to 3 dollars

Mate - I'd give that pump the miss. Buy something more suitable for the purpose - you will pay for it in the end through electricity savings. Might even be able to sell the pump.

Thanks FF, i guess things will kick off quicker if i am buying bigger fish. If i can get 50 for around 100 bucks dats ok cause i have not spent anything on tanks, pumps yet. It just seems to be falling out of the sky for free at the moment and i am a bit overwhelmed.

this is an informal thread, so I'm allowed to say BIG TOES!

My 13yo daughter Jaymie. So switched on she actually asked me did i want to crop them out! By the way, feel free to send sum of dat rain down here, we are starting to forget what it looks and feels like.

VB, i have no real knowledge here. Don't mind buying a more suitable pump. Would prolly hang on to the spa pump for the next BIGGER system, when i prove this starter one to she who must be obeyed. Do you think if i put a timer on the existing pump, i could save myself some dosh or should i just buy a smaller pump?

Very basic picture of what i am thinking.