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    Re: Building Gary's system

    Sam, I think he bought the Danner MD9...950 gal.
    The air pump is from Pentair/aquatic eco systems. It's their brand 'outdoor air pump'...#9730.
    (2 cu ft. @ 1.5 psi)
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    Re: Building Gary's system

    We added a long trough along the fence for more grow bags....

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    Re: Building Gary's system

    OK...here's a few pictures of this system after it's been up and running for awhile.
    Hope this helps, for you snowed in gardeners, suffering from 'cabin fever'...

    This is in one of the 5 gallon grow bags. At the time of the picture, this plant had about 30 tomatoes. This picture is just part of the plant....



    Kale...




    Collard greens and red okra....
    Note: you can see the shade cloth cover has been installed. In central FL, this can be enough to keep the frost off the plants.

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    Re: Building Gary's system

    Here's a short video of the system...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUko3dsE ... jSNYdjaiHw
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    Re: Building Gary's system

    Quote Originally Posted by davidstcldfl
    Here's a short video of the system...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUko3dsE ... jSNYdjaiHw
    Welcome to the jungle! Wow, that has definitely filled in! How many pounds of fish are sustaining the plants? Do you know the amount of feed per day?
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    Re: Building Gary's system

    Thanks Dead Sled..
    Not sure of the pounds...about 40-ish fish. The average size isthe size of my hand. Feeding them kind of light...about 2 + cups of food (Aquamax 4000)...plus whatever veggies I toss in.
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    OK, It's not aquaponics...but they are eating aquaponically grown veggies


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    Nice looking jungle birds! Do they eat fish as well?
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    Re: Building Gary's system

    Update: start of the new addition....





    There will be 6 troughs...each 25 feet long.
    There will be another pump in the sump, feeding the troughs, with the water draining back to the sump.
    Note: the sump is a 'clean water sump'...the water flows through a swirll filter and media beds before it flows to the sump.
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    Wow! Gary's system is really getting big! What type of plants are going in these grow bags?
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