Hello all...

This forum is a great find for information as I start the first aquaponics build!

I have been running a hydroponics for some while now so have got the basics with nutrients and systems, but I'm keen to develop my skills in the area of aquaponics and have just completed the building of a growbed complete with a correctly functioning siphone, so now need to get it ready for action.

I currently have a well established fish pond (slightly bigger than the GB) with 6 large goldfish in it which I want to use as the nutrient souce. After reading up on cycling I was wondering if it is possible to connect my growbed directly to the pond at this point - with the goldfish in it - without causing harm to them. If this isn't possible, do I get the cycling done and then somehow "switch" to the goldish pond?

Thanks in advance.