Backyard Aquaponics
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I have just built a IBC grow bed and I is functioning correctly, now I would like to connect my two 4 by 4 grow trays to it as well, need some help to figure out the best way to connect them ( fill and drain) to the IBC) any ideas? Currently using a bell syphon on IBC. Can I use a timer to fill these once an hour or twice an hour in summer? And can all three beds fill in one cycle? Thank all!!!

is your pump big enough to supply water to all 3 growbeds?
the other thing to look at is how much water it takes to fill all 3 growbeds, will this cause a big fluctuation in the water level of your ft? if so, you might want to consider using a sump.. so your ft either drains into your growbeds which drain into the sump to pump back to the ft, or drain from the ft to the sump, pump to gb's which would drain back to ft

I suggest another incorrectly large container as a sump. The risk you run draining the fish dry could be very high or consider a float switch to cut the pump off.


~Jtk07

Got a picture of your system?