AquaPanix

My thoughts and progress on trying out Aquaponics.

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Latest Posts

I will try to keep the site up to date with the goings on and thougts about this project. I am totally aware that nobody cares but I want to keep track of things for me. lol
  • Update

    We have some small greenery!

  • Plants

    We got the plants…well seeds anyway lol

  • Electronics Layout Thoughts

    Some basic notes on the electronics and how they need to be laid out.

  • Update

    Not a ton of updates this week

  • Update

    Quite a weekend! This will be quick and then I will edit it later.

    • Added the beginnings of a bio filter
    • Upgraded the filter with a deeper initial catch. This should make the system more efficient.
    • Upgraded the in tank fish -> Filter piping with a longer extension (to cover more of the bottom) that has holes drilled in it
    • Added 15 (minus one floater) fish (this may have been premature as the water still gets too warm. I think because of the filter tank.)
      • Cooled the system with ice and with ice packs. Wasn’t really enough.
    • Tightened some things up to minimize leaks
  • Update

    Made a little progress this weekend including creating a basic bio filter.

  • Back to life...

    First of all… I may go back and spell check that last post. Wow…I may have been drinking that evening. [Done] To catch you up though… I got divorced (not since the last update but close), bought a house, got a promotion, got in a car accident and replaced my car, took up kayaking …its been a very busy time. However…this weekend I:

    • Got the parts out of storage (i.e. sitting in the backyard against the shed)
    • Hosed them down and got them physically back in place
    • Re-plumbed the lines from the sump to the tubes
    • Got the flow set so that the flush works
    • Built a holding box around the fish tank
    • Plumbed the return to the fish-tank
    • Plumbed the skimmer to the filter
  • MIA

    Where have I been all this time?

  • Stick Two

    Cut the second stick of planting tube today.

  • Thoughts and Ideas

    This is a place to stash other ideas for the build or the system in general or even just for how to populate this website / blog.

  • Tanks

    Finally got the tanks for the system. It remains to be seen how they are going to work out but I am hopeful.

  • Net Cups

    Not a whole lot done on this day but I did get the net-pots built. I suppose in a future iteration I may cut the pipe holes larger to sink the cups lower down but whether or not thats necessary is something to find out later on.

  • Lets start building

    This first day of building I got the A-Frame built and one tube set up from end to end. Other entries will cover other parts of the build.

  • First Post

    This is the first post of my notes. My plan is to keep a running memory of what I have done, want to do, should have done, how it’s working, etc… on this initial Aquaponics system.