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So dug the hole hit my retic, mmm
Divert the retic continue digging .

Half way there

Tank is here yahoo





Then I built my grow bed stands an got galv dipped
Shop wants $450 for one
I built three for a total of $400








Now to build my trout cover so they stay nice an cool and it looks classy



Now how do I move it mmm



Like this I guess



Now after just over $400 worth of taps an plumbing


And beer time

Still have to finish the tank cover with shade cloth, and add one more grow bed to complete the setup

Hi Brent!

Welcome to the forum.

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Nicely done though

Was it expensive to get your stands galv dipped?

And I ran into the same problem building my grow beds. I welded them all together, and realised I had a 1m gap to get through. It was fun to do by myself.

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It cost 200 for steel , and 240 for the galvanising of all three

First of all welcome to the forum and what i good looking start, i noticed your pumping from your fish tank to the grow beds and that your tank has a corrugated base for strength.Now with the position of your pump and with the circular flow you will have with your inlet,a lot of the solids are going to want to settle out in the centre,again the fluted base is going to stop some of these solids actually making it there and they will collect along the bottom.
This is just my thoughts,how about placing the pump in the centre then modifying your inlet manifold,have a vertical inlet with a horizontal piece at the bottom,this will help move the entire body of water more evenly,the horizontal inlet making sure the solids migrate to the centre across the bottom.As your system matures and your stocking rises with more mature fish even there swimming will move the solids helping them make it to the centre.
I have smaller circular tanks with just the vertical inlet and apart from not aerating the water as your inlet helps to do they work very well in keeping the tank bottom clean.

G'day dasboot, thanks for your advice I placed the ribs lengthways to my pump and put the tank on a 80mm fall towards the tank this will hopefully help the solids slide down between each rib an head towards pump, specially when the fish get a bit bigger an start to stir up solids on the bottom,
Well I hope that's how it will work
Cheers HEZZY

Looking good! I've really got to learn me how to weld.

Will be keeping an eye out for the finished product, great stuff so far.

looking good Brent will drop in and see you today

Hi everyone, so my system is up an running with goldfish in it at the moment and I'm looking to get trout soon, is there anything I should be doing before this.
I've got veggies started about a week ago and giving them sea sol

looks good Hezzy89, looks like you piped under the house from one side to the other!

I guess you need to make sure its cycled before adding the trout, a bit of peeponics will help.

do you have a test kit? when the ammonia goes down and the nitrates are pumping you will be ready

Ok so I tested my water an it all looks good but my ph is very high how do I bring it down