Backyard Aquaponics
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after working on convincing the wife for a very long time..... finally she agreed to let me bring an IBC home.

but me being me, i managed to sneak pass under her nose an extra 3


over excited in getting them set up asap with limited space to put them into (even though i rented a 3 bed house in a 680 m2 block). i just cut them up without thinking too much...

condition given to me is that she doesn't want to see any pipe or anything else unsightly, so outside filter etc is out of question for now.

anyway let some pics do the talking

front

2 fish tank + sump +3 GB
for now...

fill em up with rocks..

started off with washing them clean, then after about an hour or so, i realized that i still have 990 kgs to do

stuff it, just shovel em up..

pics

water turned super muddy.. i said to myself, if it doesnt clear up in a couple o weeks, i'll drain the lot..

so happy that it actually clear it self up in about a week and a half.

muddy, managed to install a quickie solid capturer and bio filter... well sort of.

planted some stuffs from b on 4/02/16

3 big capsicum trees transplanted from the dirt garden 2 days prior, they had a tough life there, every time a new shoot formed, it will be eaten or snapped the next day. never figured out what caused it. they were about 6 months old when i moved them as a trial into the AP.

cucumber almost dead.

That looks great, fishbee!

To get the wife off your back about the plumbing, tell her you plan to make it look like IceMan's Parents System:



Well, second thought... you'd better not...

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Sam

thanks Sam,

yes i shouldnt.....

better delete that pic..

i'll be living inside that box..

front look GB1

a week later same GB1

some yellowing especially on the eggplant, lost my initial spring onion.
cucumber made a comeback

two weeks after planting, some doing well , others not so....

straw-BEE-rry

Looks good mate!!





Don't show her this one then...lol