Backyard Aquaponics
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This is a great tool to look in your pipes/fish tank/or just in to anything else you might like....
"THE BOROSCOPE"

I've fund a cheap one on ebay for £50!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ring-USB-Car- ... 27c137f74f

Really..... Good luck....

Thanks Rupe, it's always good to know you are in support of new ideas, design, adaptation and eventually evolution!

Sorry Bioaqua.. but I don't see any real "new ideas, design, adaptation.. or evolution" in anything on that site...

Looks like a pretty standard... but poor... permaculture soil garden to me.... but frankly I've seen a 1000 soil gardens that had healthier plants...

Not sure how you think that this represents an evolution in AP... let alone it having a commercial basis...

Is the system run to waste... or somehow recirculating?

You don't see? I understand...it took you 10 year to discover the benefits of a TIMED F&D system!
....maybe one day you'll understand this one too...

I was not talking about having this on a commercial basis anyway....it's for my personal pleasure and my portfolio (V.A.C system Vietnamese style! and a few more twigs and you'll have a way more eco-friendly than any of your hobby craft systems)

Thanks for sharing this link BAF. Loads to learn. Gone over the pictures, look good and have a question on the media... it looks like they used mud/compost soil mix stuff in growbeds... doesn't it de-color the pond water? One of the questions from the farmers is Can we use soil as a medium for AP growbeds like the way Aztecs used mud in the Chinambas?

Hi NA



It was a good discusion on the matter here viewtopic.php?f=1&t=11544&hilit=crusty

until it turned souer.

Paul/EG/Crusty have given a detailed description on his variation of soil grow beds (Earthan Beds) here
http://www.earthangroup.com.au/earthan- ... -together/


cheers

Always interesting to see how someone else has done something. I enjoyed the link BA and considering the materials he used I thought he did pretty well. I would have changed the drain to make the water level more adjustable without having to dig the pipe out or pile up more soil but not a big deal.

Wicking bed it's a well known methods, and yes it adopt soil too, Paul from earthangroup show some interesting stuff which is not a run to waste system, he stated that the water colour was brown due to tanning and other soil particle.... and it's something I myself looking in to.
Plus there is the mycofilter and other aquatic plants that had to be integrated to make a natural system work in harmony.

You dont even understand.
Theres much you dont seem to understand.

Which one did you get Yavimaya?

This is the one I was looking at mainly because of the higher resolution and 6 leds.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/The-First-5- ... 4f1&_uhb=1

That looks like it would be good for most pipes Sleepe. Are you just thinking about this for general use in case there's a problem or are you looking to see something else within the piping?

I am planning on making a RFF with a biofilter alongside/combined I want the endoscope to look at the bottom to check on gunk buildup to see when it needs emptying. No doubt it will be useful for other things too.

Wow, thats nicer than mine sleepe and cheaper.
I wouldnt expect too much from them though, i wasnt from mine and im still a bit disappointed.


http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/330959332235

Fair enough, if it doesn't work it will get relegated to the toolbox for fixing the car.
I might have to go with Bioaqua's suggestion and drop a waterproof torch in on a bit of string.