Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

Hi all,

first of all a big thank you for the wealth of information available on this forum! I've been reading and reading and reading until my eyes hurt

Last year we had severe rain- and hailstorms at the end of spring, with very high groundwater after that, which basically ruined half of our veggie patch plants (rotten onions, sick potatoes, destroyed leafy greens etc).
So this year we've decided to give an aquaponics system a go!

I'm currently building my first aquaponics system to go in our small (3x4m) DIY greenhouse.
Planning on:
Growbeds: 3-4x IBC sides cut at 30cm + 4 custom beds of 70*200cm (wood with EPDM liner)
Fishtank: 2x IBC 1000L
Sumptank: 1x IBC 1000L + a couple of 220L barrels lying on their side under growbeds
Filter: Radial flow filter in 220L barrel (+ later I'll add a moving bed biofilter in 220L barrel
Pump: Superfish Pond ecoplus E 10000 (just under 9000L/h at 0m head, approx 5500L/h at 2m head, 68W)

I've added some pictures of what it should look like and will add some progress pictures later on!

Welcome to the forum . Nice job with the system images .