Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

If you want to get really fancy you might want to look for a fiberglass or lexan tank. There are some manufacturers here, and I am sure in Australia too, that build them for the chemical industry. They use them to hold materials and mixing things that would have problems with other tank materials (chemical reactions/etching, etc.). The darned things are super expensive, but would be great if you want your set up to be as beautiful and educational as it is functional.
Kevin

thanks for the input moke, but im afraid that super expensive is out of the question

i havent given up the idea of using the well liners i just havent looked inot it far enough, i reall need to get a look at the location again and wont be able to do it till after we move

good news is that ive been told that i can have the bond from this house all to my self and whilst its only 650 bucks or so its a good start ireccon

Cheers
Pete

delgrade, i wouldn't think you would be picking up ibcs for $170 these days. Anything under $220 is cheap now, unlike 18mths ago when you could get them for a greenback.

i think i got mine last winter (i think, loosing track of time, might have been before that) for about $70 +$10 delivery

Wow, so I'm sitting on a gold mine with the half a dozen $50 one that I bought.... ANyone in perth want an IBC....

hehehe
prefer to get one of your new jobs EB

how many did you say EB ? and How much ??

im not 100% but the guy i see at the weighbridge in guildford has some for $170, but im usualy driving and not in the habbit of causeing acidents so its just a quick glance

i hope they havent gone up too much, ive still got a month and a half till we move and then i have to wait for the bond to be given back ... and then i have to get myself organised and get prices and draw up a plan for the better half

CHeers
PEte

I still can't accept the idea of *paying* for ibc's (colon shaking head in disbelief colon) all 4 of ours were free (colon naa nee naa nee naaeneee colon)

you swap some rocks for them J?

A slab of carltion midstrength will buy you a n ibc here in esperance.
Ex roundup use so should be ok, I should shut my mouth til get enough for myself!

hmmmm i wonder if my uncles buy it in bulk (they are all farmers) .hmmmmm

niloc, roundup is particularly bad for aquatic animals, i'd think twice about using it. or be VERY sure there are no residues left........................

an ex roundup ibc is the last thing i would use for growing fish. even if the fish survived i would be anxious about eating them. be careful is all i'm saying.

maybe i'm just paranoid though.

Round-up is nasty stuff, and I don't believe that it degrades in the environment as fast as Monsanto would have you believe. Don't go near a Round-up IBC. Yuck!

I would tend to agree with you - anything linked to Monsanto is bad karma