Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

Looking good mate, will come for a look when I return, cheers

bear thanks mate your keen eye could help me sort some bugs out .OK update fish have settled in they are eating like crazy just like Gwen said they would .it you are wondering who Gwen is she is a beautiful woman who sold my fish to me if you ever get the chance to meet her you wont regret it ,pm me if you would like her details, i would post them but unsure of selling products and things on here , im just just recommending her ,

i think i should try to explain my system i have an icb plus a blue drum cut down to about 300 mm i am using a kids pool pump to run every thing the onga filter was from a pool i purchased and never used, i am currently cycleing 900 litres an hour it could be more ,i have had to tee it off and put a ball vale in to steady flow to my secondary grow bed to add to filtration . There is a pipe coming from my main grow bed i have put a tee piece to help with the water flow and air ration. the pipe going to grow bed obviously is feeding the top part of the icb then the water that goes down the t intersection goes down back in to tank to help with air and filtration . i can only hope that i have done this correct .

in this photo you can see the pool filter /pump, the pump has no filtration cartridge , the onoga filter is for trapping solids and other unwanted things in the syestem

small problem i have a little bit of green algae on my tank sohuld i cover the top to stop so much sunlight coming in

Put a lid with 90 per cent shade cloth on the tank and wrap the growbed as well. Should solve most of it mate.

Hi kyster how was the trip, we are back home. Any update on your system?

Every thing ok your way mate?

all good bear plants are going mental i now have a sump and a cat fish living in it , i have put the sump in the ground i need to plumb it properly the cat fish was harassing my perch , i will post pics soon

Good to hear from you mate, give us a yell if you need a hand cheers.