Chomp's gota start somewhere

[chomper]

hi this will be my first aquaponic atempt i am excited but also concerned i thought i would show what i have done to start with .

i purchased a 1000 letre ibc and have cut the top off to make it a 800 letre tank and the choped top will be the first grow bed i also have a 1750 l/h pump
and got my hands on some scoria for the grow bed . i have done some calculations and i am not sure if they are correct but i thing the tank should drop by aprox 65 letres when the bed is full of water . dose this mean i have a 800 letre tank or a 725 letre ? will upload pics wheni figure out how.

[trout]

i thing the tank should drop by aprox 65 letres when the bed is full of water . dose this mean i have a 800 letre tank or a 725 letre ? will upload pics wheni figure out how.

Hi Chomper
Welcome to the forum

You are correct, but realistically the fishtank will not be filled to the
brim hence at most will only hold 700 litres.

The end result is that your fishtank volume will vary from 700 to
635 litres.

cheers Lou

[chomper]

have not worked out how to add pics to my posts but have where i am at in my album

[Castaway]

Welcome Chomper. Hope you are not related to Chomper Reid...

How you manage to post a photo is - below where you type your message, keep scrolling down and click the Manage Attachment button that will open up a new pop up window where you can Browse and select the photo from your Hard Drive. That it. Post your message and the photos get posted as well.

[Mantis]

That would be Chopper Reid Castaway. Please get our local southern local heros names correct

[chomper]

so far i have cut the top off the ibc and found all the pvc i need for pipework
also cleaned up the space for the ibc today gets good sun too i was checking all day . found a small bump in the road got to get the ibc ovet the fence cuz gate is too small

[Wendy in BC]

Chomper, If you haven't already, make sure you grind down that steel on the FT, or you'll have a problem when the GB has weight in it.

[chomper]

where should i grind down?

[Wendy in BC]

Hi chomper,

When you cut the IBC the metal rungs that were cut at the top of the FT have to be ground down to the top horizontal rung of the FT...... no jagged edges. When the top part (future growbed) is empty it does not come in contact with the cut metal, but with the weight of growbed medium (pebbles, clay ball, etc) it will contact the FT.

If I'm not explaining myself well, please look at my thread in new DIY canada/USA, under "one week new" thread, and you'll see pictures of my mistake and my half ass fix for now.

[chomper]

had a look at your ibc i see what u mean about grinding i think i will just place some woood underneath to prevent that from happening