Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

Well hello troop!
I have been lurking here quietly while i assembled my system. 400 liter system with 20 goldfish. I will be adding 10 or so Brown Bullhead catfish in 2 or 3 weeks.. just waiting for the fish to ship. Anyway.. just wanted to chime in and let you all know that these forums are a fantastic read!!

Welcome Teknix. Pic's please?

pics will be up tomorrow. At work so i need to head home and snap some
And thanks for the welcome

Welcome aboard ... from abroad teknix..... glad you've come out of the shadows.

Look forward to seeing pictures of what you've put together.

Welcome to the forum.... Coos Bay is quite nice. Been there a few times.

Looking forward to the pics.

Sorry for the wait on the pictures guys.. I got busy as hell setting up my worm bed.

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Well you have been a s busy member teknix.... very nice...

them fish seem to be doing their part pretty well... nice healthy greenery going on there....

How long you had the system going for?

Looks good, teknix! Are those tomatoes, basil, parsley, marigold, cucumber, a pepper?

Rupert that system is about 2 and a half months old. It started out kinda rough.. we had it stocked with about 50 goldfish but considering they were saved from a feeder tank we had a pretty high mortality rate.. But everything seems to be stable now.. I am currently waiting for my brown bullhead catfish.. i feel like a little kid waiting for christmas

Thomas.. you nailed it.. you have quite the eye for this it seems.. you didn't miss one Wait.. i got some chives in there too but they are hiding
It seems that the tomato is trying to drown everyone out. Thomas, I wanted to give you a little tip with the nitrogen cycle.. you can boost that with some worm tea

Hi Teknix!
Welcome. I recognize the Rubbermaid--I approve, of course.

I don't quite understand the plumbing--would you explain? Are you doing flood and drain with timers, or what? And what are the pipes hanging off the roof?

Nice one Teknix, I do like those rubbermaid containers you guys have over there..

Keep up the pictures as your tomato bush starts to grow over the roof..

Good job Tek! It looks great!

(I recognize the fish tub - It is like if JP's and my system from last Summer had a baby.)

Janet, its a continuous flow system. So i have a 600 gallon per hour pump pumping it out of the fish tank into the 50 gallon GB.. then a simple return pipe that i capped off. I drilled a half inch hole into the cap which gives me about 4 inches of water in the bottom of my GB.
The pipes that are hanging off the roof were to heat the water.. sort of like a heat exchanger. This proved to be a problem since my water temp would fluctuate from 60 degrees in the morning to 80+ by mid day.. Needless to say the fishies were a little upset with me.
This system is our test system.. Just wanted a proof of concept next is going to be a 900 gallon tank for fish and tons more grow bed.. but i need to figure out the Greenhouse layout before we can get started.

Dave, we better not tell our spouses that we had a 'baby' together.