Aquaponics water test/troubleshooting.

[aquaarche]

I buffer mine up with hard water but I maintain a 6.8 - 7.0pH on average. Got a good harvest of tomatoes last season 15 per plant.

I am shooting to set up a 1000 liter fish tank and a 4X16 foot float beds in ferros-cement. I will setup a three part filtering system using three 30 gallon drums, cyclone filter, particle filter and bead filter for bacterial conversion of the Ammonia and Nitrites. I will also put over it a hoop house with plastic on top and netting front and back and sides. fish tank will be mostly in the ground and light will be restricted as much as possible to the water so the UV does not kill the bacteria. The bacteria seems to be light sensitive.

My camera was finally repaired and returned so I plan on having pictures and videos of the construction and setup. I will jump start the system with the water and gravel from my current system.

[flienlow]

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develop a two part filtering system. small cone swirl filter to catch the large waste and second filter for the finer particles then send to your flood tank.[/quote]


Where do I get a cone swirl filter?

[aquaarche]

you will need to build one yourself.

go here download and watch the video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39xT5xzN ... r_embedded

then modify to to your size system. If small 150 gallon fish tank then use five gal pails, mine is half their size I will be using 30 gal drums, the second fin filter use 3M round scrubber pads for a floor cleaning machine and other mesh type matting cut to fit and clean as needed. if you are using gravel then no need for a third bead filter because that is for bacteria

you can see all three filter at the above link but they only detail right now about the cone filter.