Hotrodmike
07-21-2010, 11:36 PM
Ok by law I gotta post ,right :P
Was asking Stucco some questions ,he kept sending me links to here but could not see the pix so had to sign up .
I do not have a system running but am in the process of getting everything up and running.
The most fun part is now ,,,,digging a hole to drop my tank part way into the ground so my GB's dont have to be so high and I can get a little bit temp stability . The tank was going into the greenhouse but size got in my way after finding a 1500 gallon tank . So for now it goes beside the greenhouse and maybe next year I can extend the greenhouse over the tank . It's a fun dig since this is Texas Hill country and the ground is basicly brown clay over red clay with limestone then more limestone then more red clay / limestone ,and thats just the first foot :o .
Well as soon as the hole is done I can get the tank and modify it get the pump & filter plumbed in . Yea I figured it better to ad a filter system with back wash for two reasons ; first I plan to run some raft systems and that water needs to be without solids and second we still have a good sized raised bed garden and a lot of container plants in the greenhouse that could benefit from from the waste in backwashing. Pump is a 1800 GPH
I'm sure I will have a load of questions as things progress and have a couple I will put in my next post . This project was approved by the overlord and she put me on a real short time frame :mrgreen: She figures if she has to figure where to winter all here tropical plants and move all here veggies around in the greenhouse , I better get my butt in gear
Have A Kind Day
Mike
Was asking Stucco some questions ,he kept sending me links to here but could not see the pix so had to sign up .
I do not have a system running but am in the process of getting everything up and running.
The most fun part is now ,,,,digging a hole to drop my tank part way into the ground so my GB's dont have to be so high and I can get a little bit temp stability . The tank was going into the greenhouse but size got in my way after finding a 1500 gallon tank . So for now it goes beside the greenhouse and maybe next year I can extend the greenhouse over the tank . It's a fun dig since this is Texas Hill country and the ground is basicly brown clay over red clay with limestone then more limestone then more red clay / limestone ,and thats just the first foot :o .
Well as soon as the hole is done I can get the tank and modify it get the pump & filter plumbed in . Yea I figured it better to ad a filter system with back wash for two reasons ; first I plan to run some raft systems and that water needs to be without solids and second we still have a good sized raised bed garden and a lot of container plants in the greenhouse that could benefit from from the waste in backwashing. Pump is a 1800 GPH
I'm sure I will have a load of questions as things progress and have a couple I will put in my next post . This project was approved by the overlord and she put me on a real short time frame :mrgreen: She figures if she has to figure where to winter all here tropical plants and move all here veggies around in the greenhouse , I better get my butt in gear
Have A Kind Day
Mike