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[quote="Bender"]Nice work rod. So what are you setting up along that new section?


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk[/quote i was thinking blue barrels length ways becuase of the space i have and maybe an ibc at the far end were you see the pile of sand i was thinking a chop sort of set up idealy i would like to connect up to my coartyard system get a bigger pump maybe but my problem is i cant get my head around it yet not good on the plumbing side of things yet it might help if i can see other peoples systems

Nice. I would recommend keeping the barrel/ Ibc system separate as it will give you more options with fish. You could keep trout in one and silver perch in the other. A chift pist system (or chop) sounds great. I think that is what I will be building when I move to a bigger place.

The best thing about this forum is you will get heaps of advice if you put up a design and ask for advice


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Here is what i was thinking what do you think i hope i am on the right track

looks good rod were does your drain lead mate

So with this setup you will have about 1000L of growbed space. Is the Ibc a sump or fish tank. I would use two IBCs one buried as a sump which pumps to a second Ibc above ground as the fish tank with an SLO which feeds the growbeds


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That sounds good Ben i was thinking of having the ibcs outside of the greenhouse were the mound of dirt is maybe sink it into the ground will have natural fall to go to beds the picture is just a rough idea i found it were they build dome greenhouses over it it seems just the right size for my greenhouse its a start anyway

give me a shout when your ready to brainstorm an play rod ill be there to give ya a hand

give me a shout when your ready to brainstorm an play rod ill be there to give ya a hand

yeah that looks good - pretty high growbeds without digging in the fishtank - and you would have to run constant flood with no holes in the standpipe to have a decent amount of water in the fish tank with that amount of barrel beds. Otherwise with timed F/D or power off the water from the growbeds would overflow the fish tank (thats if the fish tank sat at around 2/3 to 3/4 full - thats my guestimate.

Obviously a sump would fix that.

Hows the seeds going?

Great jay Starting a few off now ye i don't no allot at the moment about how to set up etc but Bens idea with two ibc s sound good to me i will have to just keep learning and hopefully my dream will become reality lol
also Jay I SEE YOU ARE A MUSIC TEACHER WHAT INSTRUMENT DO YOU PLAY? i play the drums and have been teaching myself bass with tabs just self taught i use to play in pubs in Kalgoorlie and New ZEALAND many moons ago

Thanks Hezzy i will do good thing you live around the corner

I studied classical guitar.

What direction does your new area face?

It's facing north the same as my court yard system

Not sure how cold it gets there - but you could put some cement blocks or water filled drums along the wall for temperature control and ambient night time heat emission across your wall there and build a greenhouse over it.

You could also go vertical up the wall with pipes.

Obviously CHIFT ? as your not digging down into your newly packed rock