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81 cuttin
06-10-2010, 06:39 PM
I am trying to start a build. I cant decide if i want to do a 55gal barrel or a 275 gallon ibc tote for fish tank. I have a pond in my town that is full of bluegill, that anyone is allowed to fish for free. they are bread feed so they are use to eating floating food. If you have any suggestion it would be great. Its nice a warm here for 8 mos so i will set up outside. I have a raised garden now that me and my son started with old pallets. recycling is better then buying.

JCO
06-11-2010, 05:54 AM
Welcome to the show....pull up an easy chair, relax and stay awhile. New voices are always a welcome addition to our family..! Whatever questions you have on you mind, this is the place to get the answers :mrgreen:

81 cuttin
06-11-2010, 08:06 AM
ok I am going with the tote idea. found a guy selling them for 25.00 for a 250 gallon. Now what kind of pump will I need. Help please.

81 cuttin
06-13-2010, 12:17 PM
Ok 2 Beds, a 55 gallon drum cut in half. A top drum to pump water in and a flood drum under, it will feed into beds and a bellciphon to drain water out. Still need to figure out a pump.

JCO
06-13-2010, 12:45 PM
Check out these posts...maybe the will give you some ideas

water pump capacity (http://www.diyaquaponics.com/forum/showthread.php?280-water-pump-capacity)

Help the new guy :-) (http://www.diyaquaponics.com/forum/showthread.php?200-Help-the-new-guy-)) :mrgreen:

81 cuttin
06-13-2010, 01:45 PM
Thanks for info.

jackalope
06-14-2010, 10:47 PM
Welcome to the Forum 81 cuttin, I'd like to know more about those IBC's - what were they used for previously? I'd like to figure out a way to bring one back if I can ;)
I like the way this guy set up his IBC, but I would add a few barrels for more GB space and a swirl filter!

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81 cuttin
06-15-2010, 09:16 AM
looke under greenville,sc craigslist.

jackalope
06-16-2010, 11:11 AM
Found one right there in Anderson for $75.00 :mrgreen: Clik ;) (http://greenville.craigslist.org/for/1723638254.html)

davidstcldfl
06-16-2010, 06:18 PM
Hi 81 cuttin, Welcome.......sure hope to see some pictures soon.... :D

81 cuttin
06-17-2010, 08:14 AM
Yeah I seen them all over anderson, but work near spartenburg and they sell them for 25 ea. saving a few dollars.

81 cuttin
06-20-2010, 10:22 AM
Hopefully I will pick up the 275Tote tomorrow and start barrle building this week.

jackalope
06-20-2010, 03:29 PM
i'n I move down there permanent, I'll be buying some of those $25.00 ones for sure! :lol: :lol:

davidstcldfl
06-20-2010, 04:22 PM
i'n I move down there permanent,


'WHEN' you move permanently.....you'll only need to wear a sweater in the winter....for the 3 months or so that it gets cold.... :mrgreen:

JCO
06-20-2010, 04:37 PM
David, have you ever lived that far north? There will be need for more than a sweater...I assure you. :mrgreen:

81 cuttin
06-22-2010, 06:43 PM
yeah it gets old from mid dec to mid march. Around the low 30's is as cold as it will get in the winter. So thats maybe 20 days or so for the whole year.

81 cuttin
06-22-2010, 06:45 PM
I have found a hotel being remodeled and the guy told me I could get all the scrap wood I wanted. there is a large amount of 2X4's there. Great find.

JCO
06-22-2010, 08:02 PM
81 cuttin, I don't know where you are talking about 30 degree weather being as cold as it gets during the winter, but if it's North East Tenn, I would say you are mistaken. I live in NE Florida near Jacksonville and we had 17, 18, 19 and 20 degree nights here for over two weeks this past winter. :shock: :mrgreen:

davidstcldfl
06-23-2010, 03:27 AM
David, have you ever lived that far north? There will be need for more than a sweater...I assure you.
I grew up in Western PA....had the snow belt effect off of Lake Erie. When you grow up in it, you don't know that there is life 'other then snow'....lol.
I remember running out to get milk, out of the extra fridge in my Dad's workshop. Just to upset my Mom...I would do it barefoot. The snow wasn't bad....the concrete floor was COLD ! 'Now', I'm cold at anything below 75..... :?

I went back to PA, one winter, to go deer hunting with my Dad....durring the 1st week back here in FL, I wasn't wearing my jacket. Yes, everyone else was, but it seemed warm to me !

After Jackalope's tales of 'how cold' it gets, where he lives now and 'how long'.....I figure the winters in Tenn will be a cake walk !......the 'wearing a sweater' was just a 'razz' anyway.



I live in NE Florida near Jacksonville and we had 17, 18, 19 and 20 degree nights here for over two weeks this past winter.
I lived in Orangedale and worked in Jax.....for many years. I've seen it snow more then once while there. But some winters were mild. I have pictires of my son, at Christmas, where in the background, you can see the door and windows are open.

JCO
06-23-2010, 05:57 AM
I agree with the "anything below 75 and you are probably right about Jackalope and the sweater...it'll take a while for his blood to thin to the point that 30 degrees is cold :lol: :lol: :mrgreen:

Big Al
06-23-2010, 06:52 AM
hi davidstcldfl, yes winter in the snowbelt are great 20" to 60" plus of snow in a day and a half is something to look forward to. it was between 0 and 10 degrees for over a week this past winter. and rain at 30 degrees o'boy nice and slick, if you dont like the weather in northeastern ohio, just wait 5 minutes it will be different but i woulndn't leave it for nothing. there calling for 95 degrees today. but south carolina is very nice. anyhow have a nice day.

81 cuttin
06-23-2010, 07:58 AM
HAHAHA Yeah in the winter keep a tshirt and jacket in you car. It may be 30 when you wake up, but it will be 60 in the afternoon. There is not any snow in my area, just sleet and everything closes.