We built our first AP system in April-May 2009. I forgot to mention it in the video, but the credit for the design for this system goes to our friend Paul Range. My husband tweaked it slightly to fit our backyard. Much thanks to Tim Mann of Friendly Aquaponics for his advice in improving the system. Our goals in the next few weeks: 1) Make an inexpensive plastic greenhouse to keep the roof run-off out of the system, and also cover the fishtank. 2) Get some aeration into the FT. Specifically, .5 cfm @ 40? supplied by a Deep Water Air Pump by Tetratec with 6 airstones. 3) Replace the gravel with styrofoam rafts (painted on top) from Lowe’s. 4) Level growbeds (currently 8 inch height difference) 5) Change plumbing to bypass dump tank. 6) Order 100 channel catfish fingerlings from Dunn’s Fish Farm. (By the time they reach a combined 15 lbs of weight, we should have our next backyard system built and we can transfer some over to that, or advertise them on craigslist, or something else…)
Video Rating: 4 / 5