Backyard Aquaponics
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hmmmm.....

Doesn't look as funny now it is on its page of its own so:

the toebidity scale reads from 0 to 5

Have to put that in the AP toolkit "the AP toebidity test meter"

hehehhe i laughed at tafe the other day. Am doing an electrical connect/disconnect permit.

Apparently there is an australian standard FINGER whose dimensions are used to make sure holes are small enough to exclude fingers!

LOL

will post a scan of the page if i remember

you guys make me crack up
even though i have know idea what a daschund is(ill probably be once you tell me), but i did get the standard finger size, steve plz post if you can.

thank you,

-df

its a sausage dog

ooo ok i was not saying it right. English is so tricky, or trickie.....urg

-df

ill try to use my German shepherd next time

well i went to hook-up my 3/4in auto syphon hose to my 3/4in plastic hose BIB, and started to fill my grow-bed, trying to find where i want to have the top of my auto syphon, but any where i would put the bend(top-bottom) the grow bed was slow to fill up, so my auto syphon did not kick on at all .
so i have a couple of options ;

1)wash all the gravel, and hope the extra mass would make the GB Fill faster, like ice in a glass.(no money spent)

2) buy a bigger pump(to expensive)

3) buy a new GB, Smaller hose BIB, and a smaller hose for the auto syphon.(still spending money)


1 & 3 are more likely, my free 66l GB that i got, is only 13in high, and has rounded bottom, round corners. so the enter spot for my auto syphon BIB leaves 1/2 of standing water( the round corner prevents it to be flush with the bottom) .

i am asking you should i just scrap my GB and get a new GB with 90deg Corners? or would the standing water not be a problem at the bottom?

please opine, kinda want to know if spending the extra bucks for a new GB is worth it.

and what is the best way to wash gravel?

-mikey

Get someone else to do it!?!?!?

DF, A little standing water in the bottom of the growbed is fine. Mine keep about an inch of water.

Can you use a slip-fit reducer to loop the siphon? Keep your growbed, keep the fitting in the side of the growbed, but right after you exit the growbed, put a slip-fit reducer in, and make the loop of the siphon with smaller-diameter hose. That way, you only by the reducer and a length of smaller hose.

DF,

Autosiphons need a little playing around with to get them right. It took me ages!

Persevere.

for shure

Janet thank you for all your thought, your solution is so much simpler, and better. but unfortunately i forgot to check the board before i went shopping. oops.

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Up Date


ok, some good thangs have happened in the past few days.

i was chillin with one of my buddys, and i started talking about AP, and my Build. my friend used to have a pond, where he had Gold Fish, and 2 Channel cats. then he told me he'll be right back, so i sat there and he came back with a 350gph pump in hand, and he gave it to me. SCORE!! a free fully working 350gph pond pump. so cool, now i have 2 pumps, 130gph, and a 350gph. awesome day.

i also went shopping.

i ended up getting, and 18g(68L) Tote for my grow bed(on sale $4.00). a new bib. but the only thing is Pet Smart is the only place around to curry aquarium safe sealant. but there out . so my build is on Hult until i get the sealant.

i guess i can waste the time on wash my gravel. i took me 5 hours to wash 25 pounds worth, is that normal to pend that much time on that little? i am still getting a little cloudiness and brown color