Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

This is a student setting up a system at a sustainability network cafe and garden.
Hopefully finished by earth hour
3 x grow beds , 3 x half sumps , 1 x fish tank

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Awesome stuff! Can't wait for finished pics!


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looking good mate

More work done - cladding almost finished
Filled dumps to check for leaks



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Well done, I must drop in and check it out on my way through next time. Love the cladding. What are you going to stock with once cycled?

Heads up for Gippslanders, there is a Vegie Garden Open Day on Saturday 14 March from 10am to 2pm with six gardens in Maffra (mine), Sale, Stratford and Briagolong. Details can be found at http://www.wellington.vic.gov.au/Lists/ ... arden-Tour and you can get the info booklet by emailing the contact person.

At my place you can see 'The Fish Farm' (only yabbies and vegies but no trout yet as NO2 is still spiking), 'The Chook Condo', raised vegie beds, hand built wood fired pizza oven, metal art & mosaics...

Made some good progress this avo - fish tank in - cladded and levelled - Pipes cut for slo - pipes measured and cut for feed to growbed.
Now my young apprentice will come in and smash out a Saturday of rock cleaning and barrowing.
Q: do you think the small amount of left over olive oil residue is a problem?



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Thanks for the share Joc!!! Sounds like a blissful avo - My cousin lives in Mafra and is also building an AP system - I might forward your details if you don't mind

This system will have a few large perch initially from my system - has to have something when the mayor turns on the pump for opening day - but it's cooling down here atm so I think some trout might be the go ....


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Hi Jayendra, happy to connect with your cousin in Maffra and check out their system too

Cheers

Jo

Had a good day today - cleaned rocks - finished pipe work (except NFT), switched pump on and now cycling - finished fish tank lid





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Look'n good Jay

We finished the capping and glued the pipes
also washed 1.5 beds of white river pebbles.

Only things to do are:
NFT tube
Fish
RFF filter
Backup system
Plants

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15 trout in today, rocks finished, NFT needs levelling






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looking good Jay!!

This is probably a dumb question, but it looks to me like it is a gravity feed system coming from the ft. Would I be wrong in assuming this? Also, what are the dimensions for the beds and tank? Because that looks like a system my wife would let me build when we have a little more room.