@@RobsAquaponics I built the prototype and it works. The Bell syphon didn't turn off until I move the holes up to an inch above the base. I'm using an air bubbler pump in 4 steps. Air lift is inherently bad for starting the syphon but it's working, yay. Thanks :-)
+RobBobs Backyard Farming I am q new comment to Aquaponic farming in fact I have viewed quite a few of your videos and have adopted some of your ideas. I have suffered a few losses with my fish but currently I am having some measures of successful moments . In regards to the vegetable's it's just dismal. My question is how do u control the insect, white fly, root rot, etc. I have not had any success with lettuce, tomatoes, sweet pepper and minimal success with cucumber. Any help with the controlling of these pests would be greatly appreciated thanks. Toussaint
+Toussaint Brown Hi there mate. It can take a while for a system to mature so if it's fairly new it might just be a matter of time before you see better growth. How long has your's been up & running? I haven't had many issues with white fly but have seen folks that have use the yellow sticky cards to trap them.
I just found your channel and subscribed a few days ago. I have been binge watching your videos. I really enjoy your graphics and how much info you give about your setups. Please keep up the great work. Thank you.
Good video, you're always very thorough in your explanations. I wonder, have you played with shaping the PVC with heat to make gentle bends in the pipes. They can be filled with sand to prevent collapse and then heated with heat gun and gently shaped. I've managed one or two with pretty good success. Enjoy the springtime!
Hi there. I haven't played around with pipe bending yet but might do in the future. So far I've found a fitting that does the job OK. Glad you liked the clip mate. Cheers.
Wotcha! I find that by mixing some sinking pellets in with my floating pellets the fish stir up any sediment that has settled in the corners of my IBC tanks.
Hi Michael. I found the old FT in the aquaponics never had the build up if I ran the water to the base of the tank. Always had one corner that needed a clean every now and then. Like the idea of mixing the types of pellets. Cheers mate.
If the solids get chopped up by a pump, they are harder for the radial flow filter to separate out. Also, having a pump in your fish tank increases the chance of the tank accidentally being pumped dry, should the water return from the grow beds get disrupted l. If that happens, the fish will die :( Better to keep it in the sump tank.
You could also adapt the top tee of the solids lifter to incorporate a surface skimmer by drilling or making the angle grinder slits from just below the determined water level and up. Not only does this help keep the surface clear of scum,slicks and debris but in a bottom blockage event the water level rise is not as dramatic and the possibility of losing stock over the top is minimized. If you use floating feed make sure the holes are not to large to lose feed and incorporate a floating ring feed holder if needed, basically a mini hoola hoop from left over poly pipe.
Thanks for that. Have been thinking about adding a skimmer in now the feed rate is increasing. I have some threaded foot value screen that should do the job. The screen should be large enough to collect the scum but keep the feed out. Thanks for the heads up on the feed ring too. Will come in handy for when small fish are added into the system. All the best mate, Rob.
I have seen rainwater leaf diverters used as scimmers in commercial aquaculture systems but for the cost and 90mm standard they are a bit overkill for small backyard systems. Could probably just get away with the holes or slits in the tee, but if you wanted to incorporate a catching/screen a diy shroud made from a peanut butter plastic jar or similar could do the trick and some scourer pads. idk i try to keep systems as simple as possible. Surface scum will be drawn under water surface tension like a bed sheet so all it really needs is a dozen or so small holes. And since you more than likely inspect your system on a regular basis, management isnt really a problem. Still havent gotten around to making my ibc system, they are kind of hard to get without a car tow ball and trailer. Peace :)
+Southpaw Davey Have grown rather attached to them. They're starting to lose their paint so might need to replace them soon :/ Cheers Dave & have a great weekend panning ;-)
The water flow is all that's needed to pick up & deliver the solids to the filter. One of the down sides of having a pump in with the fish is that if a hose r pipe in the system becomes loose it would e very easy to pump the fish tank dry. Sorry for taking a while to respond Wayne. Cheers.
Is it possible to use the existing ball valve on ibc tank as an slo? You could still bring it out and then up to "surface" Level with a T. And take it out from there.
Coming from aquaculture background this entire system is very in efficient. In aquaponics you are getting a small fraction of the flow and using way bigger pipe because you are not going full syphon which creates much much more sucking for drawing in solids and much better turnover rates and higher o2 levels. You don’t need the t fitting to prevent syphon Of the entire tank. Get rid of the t fitting and go with a normal elbow. You’ll get 6x more flow. All you need to do to prevent syphon Of the entire tank should your return pump fail is drill a small hole 2” below the waterline in the pipe. If the pump fails and water starts to drain once it drains down a little the air enters the small hole and breaks syphon stopping water flow. You can get up to 650gph flow from a 3/4” pipe lol. You can get up to 1250gph from a 1” pipe. 1650gph from 1-1/2” pipe etc.. we’ve been using 1” pipes with full syphon in aquariums and sump filtration for 40+ years wo issue. What you want is a modified and inverted duriso stand pipe setup. In tanks we face the pipes upwards to break syphon but you san run it all the way to the bottom in the same manor and just put the hole whereever you are comfortable with your sump being able to take the extra water wo overflowing. Now once you do this take all the money you save on plumbing and buy a bigger pump that supports the additional flow. You’ll have much cleaner tanks, much cleaner sumps, and your fish will thank you for having 6ppm o2 instead of 4-5ppm. If you do it right there will be no need to vacuum out the bottom of the tanks cause t sucking will be strong enough to draw in everything.
Hi there. The outflow is limited the inflow of the pump & due to the size of the radial flow filter (RFF) & bioreactor (BR) a higher flow rate would decrease retention time. The design of the solids removal will be changing in the future as I'll be moving to a twin drain set up with a smaller 1" SLO pipe taking the solids to the RFF filter. BTW, the water in the water in the FT is solids free with only a slight tint to the water which comes from the freed & kelp added. You can check out our other clips to see this for yourself. 😉 Due to your experience you'd know the following but will leave it here for others reading. Both the RFF & BR require a certain amount of retention time so they can do their job. Retention time is time the water spend inside a filter/tank/grow bed. The RFF needs the water velocity to slow down to allow the solids in the water column to perpetrate out so needs a retention time of 5 min to do a good job. The BR requires a certain amount of retention time for the water to stay in contact with the media so the bacteria can process the ammonia & nitrites. Cheers.
Rob Bob's Aquaponics & Backyard Farm yes and no.. dwell time is important to a point of being completely impractical. The only time low flow is really desired is for complete denitrification converting nitrates to nitrogen as reduced flow and contact time reduces oxygen neither of which you want as it starves the plants. There is no 5min dwell time window. It’s flow vs contact time vs media density, which technically requires 1ft of media contact for 1 gallon of water moved at 1 gpm of flow if you were to actually try to accomplish complete one pass filtration, Which is actually physically impossible to do cause it half life’s through the filter which best possible outcome being around 92% of complete filtration on one pass. Again this requires super slow flow of 60gph per 1 cubic feet of media. Problem is as this slow of a flow you rob almost all the oxygen from the water entirely. With these physical realities it’s much better to run higher flow and cycle the water more times per hour to achieve full filtration. The filtration potential from higher flow drops in percentage of amount filtered much slower then the time taken to filter the same amount at slower partial amounts. It all balances out and equalizes around the 6x turnover per hour mark for the best amount filtered per 24h rate based on efficiency for nitrifying bacteria to convert to nitrates. If you want to run some denitrification you slow the turnover to 3-4x per hour and with proper media and proper amount you can achieve a full cycle for given water amount over 24h. If you need more mechanical and solids pickup you increase to around 10x per hour. At this rate nitrification actually remains constant due to the increase oxygen level providing for more bacterial colonization. Essentially what you have is more bacteria that are healthy vs less bacteria that gorge themselves. However the end result is the same and they process the same amount.
All I've read on the RFF suggest that the longer the retention time the better with some commercial systems running a retention time of up to 20 minutes in their solid settlers. I didn't mention a retention time for the MBBR it's flow is dependant on the flow rate from the RFF as it is in sequence after the RFF. Feel free to look at other clips on the system to see how it's configured & how the MBBR is configured with air pumped in via venturi to get a better idea. Cheers.
Hi Rob, I'm a newbie to aquaponics and am learning a lot from your videos. I have 2 questions, how how does the water flows from the aquarium to the filter? I don't see a pump between them. Also I saw a lot of cap on the filter, why drilling holes and putting these cap when they are not connected to a pipe? Thanks Yannick
Hey Yannick. This explanation might help, ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2FTlha0c2aA.htmlm53s It starts off with the benefits of having a sump tank & the role the solids lifting outlet plays in keeping your fish safe then moves onto how they work. Do you mean the cap on the base of the solids lifting pipe? If so that's to stop small fish escaping into the filter. Hope that helps some.
Really appreciate your videos .😁 big thumbs up Just a quick question mate if you don't mind can you please tell us what's the name of those fish thanks and the barrels u used for the filters. Cheers 👍👍👍
Hey Julian. The company that makes them has gone under or been bought out as their website is gone. They aren't the best tanks for keeping fish so your better off searching for a local tank manufacturer that has tanks specifically built for aquaculture. Sorry I'm not much help there mate.
Thanks for all your videos brotha I’m learning a lot. Just curious if a SLO would be compatible with an indoor tank that had substrate at the bottom such as sand or gravel?
That would depend on the flow rate I would think. It would have to be set off the base by a bit as well to stop the substrate clogging the grate on the drain.
Would a bottom feeder fish help keep your fish tanks clean like in a smaller fish tank? the only thing would be keeping the perch away from the bottom feeder fish as they might want to nibble on him. Maybe a cage-like apparatus that goes inside the tank that separates the fish from the wall of the tank by about 4 inches all the way around inside. That way the bottom feeder would help clean the walls and the perch won't bother him. Might be too much work for what it's worth
Walls of the tanks are fairly clean. There's only the small section of the wall that gets the morning sun that tends to get algae on it. Cheers & have a great one.
Hi! i love your explanation. I am planning to do something like that with my 15 gallon aquarium. Will it work the same way? where can i find more information on the metrics of that principle?
I have seen folks drill holes in glass for aquarium plumbing but can't recall seeing anyone use a SLO. Would like to know how you get on if you have a crack at it.
Hi Rob, thanks for your support, why don't you take the water coming from SLO direct to grow beds, to use solids as a fertilizer, isn't it, by the way I'm new in Aquaponics
Sorry for missing this. The solids waste can build up in the media beds causing issues down the track. The majority of the ammonia is in the water so the beds are still getting the majority of the nutrients. Sorry for taking so long to get back to you.
@RobBobs Backyard Farming I see your spring has brought with it, a large algae bloom. Perhaps you should install Freshwater clams in the sump tank to eat any fine algae through filtering near the pump. They do not die if they lose water since they can survive a day or two. Plus if you got any friends that fancy clam meat, you got some clams to serve :P Since I recall you weren't so interested in the idea of Snails, but Clams shouldn't be that big of an issue since they are easy to collect once you need to move them and such.
+bo ter berg RobBob did something in his FishFarm, not the aquatic farm where he took a net and filled it with shells bought from the store or picked on the beach. Well, either works which he placed under running water of the filter to the sump tank or so. That naturally adds a bit of calcium to the water, think that is the best approach my self. As for frogs, I dunno about them. Guess they could work for flies and such but if I had a drain system, I think a carnivorous plant that wants moist soil in a root pouch would work a lot better to deal with fruit flies, flies and such in general. Think they would thrive with the nutrient rich water coped with the amount of insects attracted to the flowers, fruit and such. Just make sure the soil is well, Very lacking in nutrients. In other words, a poor soil so it doesn't mess up too much with the chemistry of the water. Well, that is my take on it. Freshwater clams have the advantage of dealing with fine, floating algae that you don't really see with your eye. Hence why I suggested them, they act like a natural filter and if you place them near your pump in the sump tank with a uneven surfaced rock which they can cling onto or simply a shallow bucket with sand that they can dig into. I think the would happily filter some of the algae. Any potential off sprouts(spawn) can be easily deal with in time. Ah well, that is my take on things.
+Helveteshit Hey mate. Don't really have much of a problem with the algae other than where the sun hits the side of the FT through the opening at the top. As soon as the 90% shade cover goes over that section of the system it won't be much of an issue. Have visited a local chap that has large fresh water muscles in his system & they do really well by the look of it. Would like to toss a few in myself, just need to ask him where he collected them from. Cheers mate.
+RobBobs Backyard Farming Generally if you just search "Country Fresh Water Clams" and replace country with yours, Australia. You would get quite a good idea of where to get them. The only thing to take into consideration if you take them from real waters is that you have to quarantine them one or two days with UV sterilized water so you kill potential parasites and what not that might live in them. So there is a caution thing to take into consideration. If you are lucky, you can also buy them from an aquarium/pet store that might have them but that chance is quite a lot slimmer.
Hey Liam. Have thought about it but haven't really got a safe spit to set them up in the system at the moment. I'm thinking under a raft bed would be best. Cheers mate.
+stevencox75 Have a look here www.bitsouttheback.net/p/bits-out-back-store.html, or send him a message on his FB Page facebook.com/Bitsouttheback and Rob will be in touch, :-)
Hi Rob, noticing that some of the solids seems get stuck at the bottom portion of my SLO pipe, or maybe they’re just not getting lifted fast enough.. i’m thinking of putting air stone inside the pipe to kinda boost the lift. Have you tried doing it for yourself? do you think doing it would help lift solid wastes better/faster?Thanks! 😊
When installing a slo is there a extra pump needed to keep he water running constantly to the filter or is it just gravity that keeps the flow to the filter kinda like a siphon but with less suction?
The water coming into the fish tank is enough to move water up through the base of the SLO & out into the filters or what ever you have plumbed next in line Zach. 👍 The "T" fitting at the top is necessary though or it will create a siphon & drain the tank. Cheers mate & happy building.
Hi Rob... i am just wondering how do you improve suction on a SLO. Does it depend on the flow rate? or should i use a smaller pipe diameter to get more of a suction?
I got them second hand Aaron & have since found out the mob that makes them has folded. They're not the best dimensions for aquaculture tanks as it's better to have a minimum of 2:1 diameter to height ratio. That will help the water movement & also aid in getting the solids to the centre for collection/removal. If you're here in SEQ I can share a few suppliers with you if you like. Hope that helps some.
@@aaronarmstrong5850 You could try this mob. I was told they're based just south of the border but am not 100% sure, www.watertankfactory.com.au/types/aquaculture-tanks/
Hi Rob, just a question I'm planning on converting my three fish ponds into an aquaponic system. All the ponds are in the ground and are all the same depth/height. I plan to use the middle pond as a sump. My question is: Since they're all the same height, can i use a SLO to move water from the sump to my fish pond instead of using a pump ? The only place i plan on having a pump is from the sump to the grow beds and from the fish pond to the filters to the sump. The filters are above the ponds and sump so i have to use a pump there I hope iv explained well enough for you to understand. Cheers
Hi there. The outlet pipes from the fish ponds will need to be lower than the top of the sump pond to allow the water to flow in but other than that I can't see why you couldn't set up a system that way. 👍 Hope the build goes well for you.
Hey lol 😁 I'm using siphon-solid lift outlet instead of overflow -solid lift outlet Cause my tank is on the ground level Does siphon remove the solids please ans?
Actually my farming is done on a pond made of sheet ,so can't make hole for overflow,instead using siphon😅 Higher level to lower level. My filters are below ground level😣😐
Rob thanks for your response . My system is running about one year now with the fish and ten month trying to grow lettuce cucumber and tomatoes. As I say insect just destroyed them. I tried Spinage and sweet Basel which I considered to be successful. I must find a proven method if controlling the insects before planting again. I am not familiar with the hello sticky card, is there another name for it? l will have to do some research. Thanks.
+Toussaint Brown This is one brand but there are many out there. Some of the smaller leaf chewing insects are attracted to the yellow, they get stuck & the job's done :-) www.amazon.com/Yellow-Sticky-Aphid-Whitefly-Trap/dp/B000I6K3JY Hope that helps mate.
Hi Rob, going through your playlist. Could you put in a group of the algae-eating fish?, I know they are generally small and prob will get eaten by the other fish, but as a way to keep it cleaner?
I have seen a number of folks use them GK with no issues. I wanted to add a pleco or 2 here but was told it might get a bit too cold for them in an unheated tank through our short winters.
Rob Bob's Aquaponics & Backyard Farm I'm very into the fish keeping hobby and I would like to say that there are other algae eaters that can deal with colder temperatures, perhaps maybe not plecos but there are many different types of algae eaters, although if you were to get one it would have to be as more of an ornamental fish than a food fish
gatekeeper88 Of course, if you want something to withstand as low as 65 degrees Fahrenheit then something like a weather loach or a Horsehead loach would suffice, on the other hand if your lowest temperatures are around 74-75 degrees Fahrenheit then you have lots of options like zebra loaches clown loaches, although all of these would require you to get some sort of sand or substrate on the bottum, that being said if you were to get a pleco you would have to add substrate as well as driftwood so loaches are better, although I would make sure that your other fish wouldn't eat the loaches first too, I dwelled on telling you some Cory catfish but they would just be too small, Still another fish you could go for would be a channel catfish which can withstand crazy temperatures but would thrive at a low of 74-75 degrees Fahrenheit, the plus with channel catfish too is that you can eat them. Sorry that's a lot to take in but basically your typical algae eaters will be plecos catfish or loaches with a couple exceptions so if you don't like any of the suggestions I gave, looking up any of those three types of fish and sifting through to find the cold water ones. Good luck from Canada!
+TheRedRider100 Hey mate. Am not 100% happy with the filter in this build. Think I could of gone with 2 x 50mm/2" lines in like I did with the fish farm. Not getting enough velocity & a fair amount of solids are dropping out in the long delivery pipe. Have you seen the earlier clips on the smaller RFF's? The RFF on the fish farm & the next one I build will just be up scaled version of this one. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mKWXkf9j5Qc.html There is a formula in the description of that clip for working out retention time of the filters to allow the solids to drop out of suspension that might help with your build as well. Hope that helps a bit mate.
Hi Rob, I ran my first system for more than a year, all went very well till a freak accident happened, all the fish died while i was away... very sad... however, it gave me a chance to modify how my solid removal part of the system works... One question... how tall is your stand pipe in the filter, relative to your solid removal pipe in the fish tank? thanks mate.
+Angela Tsai Hi Angela. In this system it's just over 300mm/12" lower than the top of the SLO in the Fish Tank from memory. Is a bit late to be flashing a torch into the tank sorry but I think that's a good guess ;) It's not really a big issue as the water will only drain to the lowest level of the pipe that runs through the side of the fish tank. That's one reason I like to have a shut off valve on the pipe leading from the FT to the RFF. It allows me to stop the water so I can clean/work on the RFF without waiting for the top 2" of water to drain from the FT if that makes sense. Hope that helps.
+RobBobs Backyard Farming Thanks a lot Rob! Work in progress here... :). I watched all your videos and truly enjoy it. Looking forward to seeing more! Cheers!
hey mate nice work-ive got 2 round ft 100lt each with slos that have straight pipe on bottom with slots -works ok but dosent keep bottom perfect-how clean is bottom of your round tanks-only have about 25 jades and don't seem to be generating enough ammonia as the nitrate reading is mostly nil-plants seem ok but should i get more fish to try and get nitrates up to 30 to 50 ppm?-My jades have doubled in size since i got them few months ago and seem happy-just not giving me enough ammo!what are your thoughts.nb instead of going to the trouble of making a conical bottom in radial flow filter i use paul vans idea in reverse to clean filter and put large round disc same size as bottom of barrel ,on bottom then open bottom drain so it sucks dirty water from bottom surface first.Bev Dittberner
+Bevan Dittberner Hey Bevan. I find having the SLO inlet in the centre keeps the base very clean. Helps that I have the inlet pointing clockwise along the wall of the tank so the solids move to the centre eventually. If the plants are looking healthy I wouldn't worry too much. The fish will produce more waste as they grow & the feed rate increases. With the 2 x 1000L tanks you could stock more AS LONG as you have enough bioflitration in the form of grow beds or biofilter to handle the ammonia processing. I have the same fitting as the base of the SLO in the Radial flow here as well ;-) I find it does a great job at getting all the solids out. That job is on the list for this afternoon actually ;) Cheers mate.
Hello Rob. I made my solids outlet like yours...but it doesnt seem to work. The water does not rise in the pipe. It only rises to half way. Do you have a solution to that?
@@themartian8041 I'm actually superposed to be having a break from YT & FB at the moment 😉 Just had a thought, is the outlet from the SLO higher than the exit pipe level in the FT ?
Rob. I have an ibc system 1 growbed 300L. Tank 700L with pump in FT. Bell syphon and 9x 15cm barra. What would your suggestion be for solids filter when i dont have a sump?. Thanks
Hey Todd. Probably the best way would be to have a filter sock or sponge under the water outlet into the bed I think. You will need to clean i regularly or the solids will just spill over the top. Hope that helps some. Rob.
+Christopher Dampier Hey Christopher. I got them with the system I bought 2nd hand from Paul Van. He picked them up from Strongform here in Brisbane. strongformindustrial.com.au/products/products/industrial-tanks-sizes-60l-1000l/ They also have distribution outlets in NQ & Vic if that helps any. Cheers mate.
Are your filter barrels the same height with your fish tank? I got a problem as my fish tank is shorter than my barrel however its wider in diameter. Need your advice... :(
Hi Barry. I found increasing the flow rate intl the fish tank helped move the solids more. The only T I have in ours is at the top to stop a siphon forming. Cheers.
Hey Rob thanks, sadly I can increase in the input flow rate beyond the amount the slo can remove that it overflows and drains the system . I find I have to keep reducing the amount going into the tanks Which of course then means less solids being collected and murky water. I have 1-1/2” input and 2” slo into a 3” drain. Any thoughts. Thanks in advance
You can have it in the middle if you like. 👍 I noticed that most IBC tanks had solids around the edges so decided to pop ours there. Cheers mate & thanks for the support. Sorry I missed this question, have been a bit busy.
How high can the exit pipe be from the surface of the water before the s.l.o stops working? Looking at trying to set up a system that uses siphoning rather than an electric pump to move the water... in part in case the electricity goes down, and also because of the increase in our energy bill...
The SLO will dictate the height of the water as it is the only outlet in the tank. Water will rise up the vertical pipe, along the horizontal until it reaches the outlet hole & moves to the next component in the system. Hope that helps some.
@@RobsAquaponics it helps. Just trying to figure out spacing and placement and how much height we could reasonably expect to have if using a slo for the fish tank and a Siphon for the sump... have you tried a manual water pump using something like a water-wheel to power it? Something where the water from the fish tank falls on the wheel which runs the pump?
I'm a novice to all if this. Is this working without a pump in the fish tank and only from the pump in the sump tank and thereby pulling the solids by just recycling the water hourly? Also, are you still taking water off the top into the filter as well?
Hi David. The water entering the fish tank from the sump is displacing water (with solids) out into the filter. From there it can go into a grow bed or sump depending on how you have your system designed. BTW, our system runs 24/7 so water is constantly being cleaned for the fish. Some systems will also include a skimmer at the surface of the water in the fish tank that will take water out to the grow beds. I hope to have some clips up going through these steps in water flow as soon as I find the time. Cheers. .
The pump is located in the sump tank & pumps up to the fish tank. 👍 The link below will take you to where I explain how SLO work in a more recent clip. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qXtvljDYkfI.htmlm43s HTH some. Rob.
Hi Rob, there is nothing mentioned about what happens with the water after it goes through the SLO. Is there another pump that pumps it back to the fish tank after the solid have been removed in the SLO?
Hi Dane. Best way to explain it is to show you ;) This clip runs through the way the water flows through the whole system ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-raLv4RAUte8.html&list=PLBcWprMIwYYi3Y3tUNUMWhO-g_ZhWfijY&index=3 Hope that helps mate 👍
Rob Bob's Backyard Farming & Aquaponics than you.i had watched that video, but I must have ducked out of the room right as the SLO was mentioned. I'm getting very excited and looking forward to seeing up my first system soon, so I'm watching all your videos. they are a really good watch. thank you :-)
have you thot about putting snails or a algae eater in your tanks to keep the algae down and to give you a little more food for your plants/fish i know my fish eat the snails i have in my fish tank provides a little more protein for the fish to :D
Hi there. Don't get much algae in the sump or fish tanks. Only in a small selection that gets the morning sun. Used to have snails in the system but they all disappeared a while back. Think running the pH so low all the time didn't agree with them Cheers and all the best.
Not necessary but I do think they are a good idea. My next aquaponic clip will be looking at different ways you can set up a system showing some with & some without sumps Lucas. Hope to start working on it once I finish the clip I'm editing on growing ginger. Cheers.
@@sambell9480 😅 Sorry about that. Just put my glasses on & re read it. I got the tanks 2nd hand. Unfortunately the folks that made them have gone out of business. In all honesty, these tanks are a bit tall fro their purpose. Your better off having a 1:2 height to diameter ratio to help the water move better. If you search for aquaculture tanks you should have a number of suppliers pop up. Hope that helps more than the last response. 😉 Cheers Sam.
Hi, I'm curious. After installing the pipe and filling the tank, does this suction happen automatically? Or when the water overflows over the T fitting?
Eden hit the nail on the head Nickolas. Water flows in the top & pressure moves it through the opening in the base of the solids outlet in the tank so it can leave the tank. 👍
Okay, cool. I enjoy my flood and drain system. Its very easy. But this type of system using the Solids Lifting Overflow opens up other ways of system design. Thank you for the replies.
This clip may give you a better understanding on how our system is set up, ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-raLv4RAUte8.html Thought it might give you a few ideas. Cheers. Rob
I'm too busy at the moment to reply to all the emails I get sorry. I only have time at the moment to reply to supporters & those that purchase my guide & message me through that. This playlist may help answer some questions, ru-vid.com/group/PLBcWprMIwYYj8zCdbSzPJOR3HRXpxuBwf Hope that helps some mate.
@@LR-sl4qu People trying to sell you gear generally are very helpful. 😉😁 I do this for free, other than the fraction of a cent your view gave me if you don't use an ad blocker. Cheers & happy growing.
