Started building my system

[Bioritize]

Looking good

[Jeff]

They will get direct sun light mornings and afternoons. I have 12 LED lights, 2 per grew beds. I have red that LED grew lights (red and blue LEDs) works real good.
So, I will light them for about 6 hours per day. Each light is 8 watts, for total of 96 watts for all 12 of them.

Looking good! For the LED lights, did you make them yourself or were they bought online? I am looking to get a few grow lights for my outside system (when I cover it, of course)......and I am tempted to try my hand at making my own fixtures. I'm just curious what you did and what you use.

[MRowsh]

I am an old Electrical Engineer. I looked at the parts prices to put them together, it would have costed me few times more than buying them.
So, I went the cheap route and bought 12 of them. They are PPA48 blue and red only LEDs. I have no clue how long the driver last, but will find out.

I made more progress, grew beds 1 and 2 are filled with river rocks.

[MRowsh]

All right, I have had water in my fish tank for the last 3.5 weeks. Got bunch of minnows from my pond and put them in there to get the system going.
Planted some seeds and they are doing okay.
Had some minor problems with GB#1, so I had to redo the syphone.
So, God willing, I am in my way to some good stuff.

[attachment=3:1wx9nlfh]GB 1 and 2 filled 3.jpg[/attachment:1wx9nlfh]

Made fish food too. Grounded soy beans, corns, and mixed with HW flour and dry milk, chia powder. Then mixed all up with eggs, to include the skins. Dryed it in the oven at 190F. So, it is ready.
[attachment=1:1wx9nlfh]S FF 1.jpg[/attachment:1wx9nlfh]
[attachment=2:1wx9nlfh]Fish Food 1.jpg[/attachment:1wx9nlfh]

[attachment=0:1wx9nlfh]Growing.jpg[/attachment:1wx9nlfh]

[MRowsh]

[attachment=0:1115dyrl]Tilapia in the arrival box.jpg[/attachment:1115dyrl]