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Hi guys, im Highwaycruiser from the GONG, ( wollongong ), ive been learking in the background watching everyone and all the threads now for over 10 months, no im not a stalker.... , ive been getting heaps of idea's on AP and made my own willie bin system, sorry no picts, and it worked well with ornamental plants, and now im desighning my own large scale with at least a 8000ltr tank to house barra and golden perch with maybe 8 large gb's......im taking my time with the desighn and wanna do it right the first time, so i'll just be hiding again and watching and learning..... you all have done a great job with the site, keep it up guy's..

Hey cruiser, welcome to the forum.

Nice to see a few more people in NSW getting on board lately.

See you're up in the "gong".... PM me mate and I'll give you my phone number so we can have a chat sometime.

Post your questions up and we'll all be glad to help....

Pictures and/or diagrams aren't compulsory..... but we might not talk to you if you don't .....

Just kidding.... welcome

Hi highwaycruiser,

I'm also in the gong. about to setup a small system over christmas (1 bath & low sticked IBC). This is in preparation for a larger system 4500L tank to be installed in Feb at my in-laws at Wallacia.

Hey Skygazer... thought you were out on a farm out Western Sydney way...

So the farm at Wallacia is the relo's place.... any idea when you might be getting the system there together?

Seems to be a few members lately between Nowra and Newcastle....

Think I feel an AP meet coming on somewhere along the lines....

hi guys, thanx for welcoming me, you guy's are like fly's on s****t, i only posted like 20 minutes ago... here is my proposed plan, any thoughts would be greatly appreciated....

hey, what happened to my pict....lol

just worked it out, it wont allow me to post a bitmap pict.grrrrrr

Just go to "Paint" and resave it as a jpeg....

ok, i'll try that.....thanx, and got ur pm, thankx for that.

here goe's, hope it works this time.

Wow, looks like all your lurking has been beneficial.

Got a great design together there mate, and have taken all the principles (including safety) into account.

Can't fault the concept.

Are you going to buy a pre-made tank with perspex window or are you planning to make one yourself?

on a good night it would have been 20 seconds

Hey G'day Highway cruiser! n00b here as well hey.
Based a bit further north tho, but just not quite barra weather.
Awesome setup tho, def very 1337!
Espec luv the shed climate control. Your gonna have barra for dinner before ya know it!
The lockable water tank gets rid of the need for a fence and ya buried plumbing will make it a nice garden to walk around.
What are you going to use for shed flooring? and are you going to build a shed over it or add it to an existing shed?

Anyway gotta join ya in dishing out some kudo's.
Only been here a little while and the sheer amount of clever little tricks people have posted is insane. Big cheers to you all.
I like McGuyver style fish keeping.
If ya can build it yourself then you get a good idea of how it works and how it needs to be better.

Hey Mario, nice to chat with you mate....

Those Tilkey "budget troughs" I was telling you about are ...

http://www.tilkey.com.au/listingview.php?listingID=22

1870 * 1050 * 320mm ... $130 – 600l budget trough black (green is $20 extra)

The budget trough would need some side support .... see Les' system....

http://www.backyardaquaponics.com/forum ... .php?t=755

or Aussieponics' system... he is using them as well...

http://backyardaquaponics.com/forum/vie ... php?t=1280

g'day don, ive just got the plans back from councel for the shed, it will be concrete floor, just like a huge car garage, all the out flow pipes will be insulated with r2 insulation batts, like in roofing stuff, set in the concrete floor,which will create a thermal barrier, in-turn helping control water temp, clogging wont be an issue due to the size of the pipes,and nothing a plumbers snake wont fix....
ive put alot of thought into the desighn and dont wanna take any short cuts just to show i got a system running, wanna do it right the first time.and yeah,controling the heating inside the shed will also help controlling temp in the main tank, ie: less heat in the tank, equals less electricity, the whole system is desighned to keep electricity cost down in the long run with maximum efficency...