Backyard Aquaponics
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DF-I take it you didn't use the ute method?

electrical disconnect [do you need to go to school to learn how to hold side cutters]

what is the ute method?

-mikey

Well you start by loading the gravel in a ute or trailor, go to the nearest fire hose and wash it down, best if the ute/trailor is on a slope favorable to your efforts.

Works for me done some more the other day [for the glass house beds]

would a wheel barrel work the same way?

i was using buckets, and a pool skimmer basket. it was hard work.

Guess so!
Not quite as glorified as the ute method, but hey you can't have everything-unless your bill gates!hehe

i have a truck, don't need no stinkin trailer .

well, i don't have the funds yet to pay for insurance on a trailer,

a truck will do just fine!

Now all you need is a car wash ... without the detergent ....

hmmm i wonder .....

lol i have worked on carwash or 2 and most of them recycle the water so they might be less than impressed if you silt it up, im sure the filter system could handle it but it will knock it about

and if you ever use the streak free one wash dotn be fooled into thinkin its something special it not its just plain demineralised water (no minerals no streaks )

hmm sorry way off topic arnt i

but great to know!

i didn't know that before.
that's interesting, thank you

i know i know, you all have been just dying for an up date of my wonderful system(this is me being full of fish poo)

well, i went and built a small small system.

5 gallon bucket(fish tank)
2 gallon bucket(growbed)
90 gph pump
air pump/stone
all the tubeing
and a 1/2in house bib


so i build it, cocked the bib, waited a day for it to dry.
hooked it all up, got the timeing for the autosysphon just right(its sooooo cool! it is almost 1 min to fill, and 30 sec to drain, fun to watch i might add)
and i ran it for 1 day , my 1st AP system!!!

so i woke up yesterday, checked the system, doing great. i went to work, and came home about 5pm, and it was dripping water from the autosysphon bib!! aut-oo!

took a 2nd look at it, looks like the seal poppet off from all of the water head pressure. SUCKY!! so now it is drying and waiting for me to come and put some more *butterflies* around it.

i will give up pics soon, it is a realy kool set up!

-df

caulking needs to cure for a few days to really become waterproof. You might have to learn a bit of patience (sorry )

J on the mark!
also u need to prep an area to be caulked(*butterflies*) remove any possible release agents, like barriers, soap, tooling oil(shop oil),dirt
contaminants, or the stuff will not stick.
bare in mind sillicon stays in place because of suction as it is too thick to get penetration. also the caulking skin will cure in moments but needs many hrs to get full cure!
IMHO!