Backyard Aquaponics
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Greetings to all budding Buddists et all!

Like a lot of other people I got rather excited with AP's and started a trial system which has grown 100% in the last week. Original set-up, 2 x fish tanks stocked with 34 tilapia fingerlings, 1 x bio-filter, 1 x grow bed, 1 x sump. The system cycled but not before my wife planted a bunch of vegies and died quickly. As I work offshore it's difficult to have a 'hands-on' all the time. So far the vegies are showing reasonable signs of growth although the grow-bed is mostly in the shade, so will have to figure the best vegies to grow. The new system is similar to above described just larger in every way and now 2 x grow beds, waiting for grow bed 2 to cycle before planting. I have only been able to check PH which at the moment is around 7 - 7.5, dont have access to meters for 'rites n rates', they may be available in Thailand but I have no clue on that.

Looking forward to some good growth.

A special thank you to those people that put this site together and everyone else that has posted etc.

Welcome Nidge.. look forward to sharing your journey..

Do you have some pictures of your system?

Hi Slowboat.....I have attached some pics from the begining and up to the upgrade of this week.
The new upgrade uses two linked growbeds running off one Afnan syphon which feed in to 2 linked sumps before being pumped to the 2 fish tanks/bins. The vegies have been in the first growbed for almost 4 weeks, so I'm hopeful of some decent results.

Hi Slowboat.......here's a couple more pics of the fishtank and bio filter.......so much fun with all the PVC pipe.

Hi RupertofOz.....thanks for the welcome......looking forward to countless hours of fun with AP!

Hi nidge
Check this for nitrate nitrite test kid
http://seasunaquarium.com/shop/index.ph ... 7&Itemid=4