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badflash
05-26-2010, 05:53 PM
Give these & check with your local farm supply. They looks to be perfect for grow beds. Some have weep holes that need to be plugged & then drilled for drainage, but the weep holes could be used with a flood timer, but I fear they would plug up. I think cheaper ones may have no weep holes. They looks to come in 10" depths up to 10' long.

davidstcldfl
05-27-2010, 04:44 AM
That is one of the things (stucco) Jon and his wife, Cat, were nice enough to give me when I started. The metal stand is pretty strong. I think you can get replacement liners too.
This is a picture, from when I was first getting set up.
http://i931.photobucket.com/albums/ad157/davidstcldfl/pic020610_1.jpg

Jon said, if I put rock/hydrotron in it , to lay boards across the metal cross bracing , so that the bottom of liner would not sag.
I used 'plant modules' in mine to grow the vegies, I have a constant flow of water, aprox 3 inches deep.

http://i931.photobucket.com/albums/ad157/davidstcldfl/pic021710_3.jpg

badflash
05-27-2010, 06:09 AM
Looks like these could work for grow-out tanks for tilapia too.

davidstcldfl
05-27-2010, 07:51 AM
Looks like these could work for grow-out tanks for tilapia too.

That's a great idea Badflash !
I just measured the one I have.....figured it would hold, just over 90 gals. That's 'if' you made a lid and filled it within an inch or so of the top.
The base of the stand is a little wider then the trough, but still wouldn't take up too much floor space.
The price I found, for new ones, was a little over $100..... at one of the 'big chain' farm stores.

GreenPhoenix
05-27-2010, 07:59 AM
hey, I am curious.... what are the dimensions on that trough? I can think of an application to use it as a grow out tank for fw prawns in conjunction with dwc aquaponics.......

Phoenix

badflash
05-27-2010, 08:39 AM
Or Red Claws...

davidstcldfl
05-27-2010, 09:00 AM
Hi Phoenix.... :)

'Outermost' dimensions......Length (of trough) 10', width (of legs) 33 1/2"

'Inside' dimensions of the trough's..... 'bottom'.....length 9'-3", width 13"
'Top'................. 9-6", ....... 21"

Depth of trough (aprox) 11"

Overall height..... 18 1/2 "

txdurk
01-28-2012, 02:16 PM
I just looked at the nuk feeders at the local supply store. The plastic is so thin that gravel or water would tear theough it. In order to have either, I'd have to do some serious reinforcement. The price was good though.

davidstcldfl
01-28-2012, 02:22 PM
Hi txdurk, welcome to the forum... :D

The guy that gave me mine....removed the plastic tub, then laid some boards across the metal braces of the stand, then replaced the tub and added media.
He said when he tried without the boards, the plastic bottom bowed down between the supports.
The plastic on mine is pretty tuff stuff.

foodchain
01-30-2012, 04:24 AM
Do we have a link on these? My local store doesn't have, or doesn't understand what I am asking for.
These have a lot of different applications.

Thanks.

keith_r
01-30-2012, 06:43 AM
http://www.tractorsupply.com/galvanized ... -l-2172497 (http://www.tractorsupply.com/galvanized-bunk-feeder-10-ft-l-2172497)

any farm and tractor stores near you?

foodchain
01-30-2012, 08:44 AM
$150 out here. Would make a nice raceway for small Trout/Perch if you put a screen on top. Good for prawns too at the juevie stage if you put something in to increase surface area to allow for territories. Jig saw or hole saw and plumb to they will cascade to reduce costs and increase useable space. If I can find a better price, or get a buld discount I could use 5-6 of these.

davidstcldfl
01-30-2012, 06:03 PM
You can buy just the liner. But I just noticed they are more then 1/2 the cost of the whole thing... :roll: