Thanks Travis, That make more sense now. I tried to do the modified barrel option where you don't use the 2X4 spacer for the flood tank. I don't know if...
Greetings, Well, we got a little over 3" of rain yesterday, no problems with our outdoor system. My coverings worked great and the fish tank didn't flood....
That's good the hear! Greg H. ... From: "Garth & Kim Travis" <gartht@...> To: <barrelponics@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 14:58 ...
I picked up a 20 gallon tank and now I'm thinking of all the possibilities. One is tomatoes and peppers for salsa. My question is is a small set up like mine...
Bonjour à tous! [:D] I have been living in Costa Rica for the last 15 years but I am originally from Quebec. If ever any of you comes here in Costa Rica,...
What is the best option to expand a barrelponics system? Let me explain! You build a basic barrel system as the instructions. One pump, 4 fihses and 2 half...
Hey Roger, That is really no problem. There are several was you can do it. One is by using a common fish tank of anywhere from 250 to 500 gallons for that ...
One think first! Thanks to answer my question! Your "monster" 540 gallons you used in your latest barrelponics edition project, did you have to go commercial...
If a person couldn't afford or get their hands on a tank of 500 or more gallons. Why couldn't they just either dip a pond in the ground or find something of...
HelloRoger,  I have a 4'x8'x2' 3/4 treated plywood tank I constructed and  in operation for past 4 years ,still in good shape. You can use large timbers...
The cheap way is to dig a hole whatever size you need, line it with 2 layers of used vinyl billboard signs, put something heavy around the hole to hold the...
Greetings, Or, you can go really big like we are. But then you rely on pumps, not flood tanks. The problem with flood tanks in a big system is the amount of...
Living in Costa Rica it happens, more than from time to time , that the light goes out. With aeroponics I know that plants will die really fast however, with ...
Just because you can buy something in a store does not make it legal to possess without a permit. I can buy a fully automatic weapon at a store I know of in El...
Depending on the heat and light, plants can go about a week before not being able to recover. There is a lot of moisture in the gravel. Fish stocked at the...
Aloha, I have 3 cherry tomato plants and a couple of beef eaters that we put into our system 6 weeks ago. The cherry tomatoes are very good and the big ones...
Greetings, My system will be backed by solar panels and batteries as soon as I am finished building it. This is why power consumption is so important to me. ...
Maggie, Can you post some more info on the windmill and how it will function in ur aquaponic system. Manufacturer, designs, costs. I am looking at windmills ...
The tank was so simple and inexpensive to construct. We made a frame from 6x6 treated lumber 4ft. wide and 8 ft. long and leveled it on the site. My son then...
Let's not be to quick to think because the pump runs all the time that it is necessarily a bad thing. Remember the very nature of an aquaponics system is...
Greetings, Another material that works for cheap tanks is tpo roofing. We scrounged thousands of square feet of the stuff last year, works wonderfully. Watch...
Greetings, I am sorry, I never meant to say it is a bad thing, but I am really trying to keep our power usage as low as possible. Our pumps are 400watts...
No problem. In fact the whole reason I came up with the flood valve system was for places where electronic technology doesn't readily exist or is far too...
Greetings, My husband retired last summer after 30 years doing electronics, the last 19 in the oil field, so electronics seem very natural to us. The timers...
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