Greetings, Life is insane, but at least I am never bored. Less than a year to go until Garth will be giving his notice and staying home on the farm with me....
That does sound about right. Maybe I'll try to call over first and talk to somebody in the warehouse. Walking in the lobby certainly didn't help me out at...
I'm in Arkansas .. and several places offer them for sale. Building supply places sometimes offer them .. usually used for trash cans etc. .. also feed and...
That is weird. I could get just about all I can haul away, should I want them all. Some times the person to talk to is the dock manager since in many places ...
Yeah, I tried that. They said they only special order them, then use them till they fall apart. Further, they had no idea where I could find the failed...
Phone book. If your near a major metro area, check there first, as that is where they will send out the trucks from to load all the soda machines and convence ...
Why not go to your local Pepsi / Coke bottling center, and see if they have any surplus syrup barrels - might set you back all of 30 min and $10. Granted you...
I just ordered a barrel from these folks last night. With shipping to Sacramento, the 55gal tight-head barrel cost less than $40. If and when the merchandise...
For pumps, switches and motors, I like these folks: http://www.surpluscenter.com/ The prices are right, they ship promptly and they have all sorts of neat...
Hello roux7000, I currently use well water and will be using lake water when in Kenya. There are some products available at the pet store for dealing with the...
Hi Travis, I was wondering where you got the water for your system. Are you using river or pond water or are you using municipal water? If you're using...
Hello Kat, I will snip your message to address the questions and info. ... I actually have kept my fish while moving in 4 of these tanks as well. Bert on the...
My current 4 tanks hold 250 gal each. The old swimming pool idea came up and it was one of those 3 feet high by 12 foot across. It was one of those heavy...
That all depends on the size of tank. How large a system are you wanting to build? ... be rated and I know the volume of my tank so I will test that and ...
Thanks Trav that is crystal clear for sure. Each pump is supposed to be rated and I know the volume of my tank so I will test that and adjust what I need from...
Hry Kat, how much water do you think you need to move? A good place to start is turning over your fish tank at least once an hour. If I had some more details...
Thank you all, I was looking at Northern tools and they had one submersible I thought might work but again I have no clear idea how much water it should be...
Just uploaded a bunch of photos in the photo section. Ok everyone, I posted mine lets see some of your systems. Trav. P.S. I will be adding some to the links...
Just put some information that mey be of some use to you all. I would suggest downloading it onto a CD if you want it. I have a huge amount of info and will...
... Hey Kat, I do both actually. Basil, carrots, turnip, collards, beans, tomatos etc. are usually direct seeded and then thinned and moved once germinated....
Being as you arent going to be using a standard formed liner, you can kinda squish a round pool into a rounded rectangle if that would work better in your...
I set up a curculating tank to start cuttings in that worked really well, just plumbed it with the small sand filter in place . We havent set up the ...
Oooh I have one of the walls left, wrapped neatly away. Liner gone to dump... what a nice large tank that would make. I am using the woven poly for the floor...
Evening, We have been accumulating parts and pieces to set up our system. There are freecycle groups all over the country for recycling stuff too good to go...
Hi, Just wanted to ask the new small group if they could list links to supplies for the aquaponics. Pumps , green house contruction supplies, fish food,...
I have just set this group up and hope it will be useful to all who have downloaded the Barrel-Ponics manual. Hopefully we can see what others have done with...