Hey guys, definitely going to be adding plants this weekend. I was able to get my build done in less than 5 hours. That includes the two trips to Home Depot and the entire build process. I have posted a few pictures of my day below.

Anyone happen to be in the Tampa area that knows any gardens that have fruit/vegetable seedlings for sale? I want the HD plants to be last resort. As for fish, figured I will pick up 8 goldfish and 2 small catfish. I'll make sure to pick up the maxi grow with iron to get that all in the system. In the mail today came my freshwater aquarium test kit. Planned on taking a reading after a weeks worth of cycling, unless I should sooner or later.

A problem I did have was a leaky bung fitting. Any tips? I have a tube of bathroom silicone, but don't know if it is safe to use in a AP setup like this.

The pump I am running is 800GPH, which I know is overkill, but plan to use it as I expand. I was only able to get two cycles in before the sun called a close to my day, but my cycle time is 1 min from trickle to full blast siphon drain and 4 more minutes after that surge for the siphon to break. Is that quick enough? Should I speed it up? Haven't times how long it takes to fill, if I were to guess I'd say 7-8mins.

Pictures:
Start of the day


End of day


Behind the scenes




Put a little to much water in... Wops!


Leaky bung cap... Any solutions?



All in all. It was a great project, I had a ton of fun doing it, and I recommend it to anyone! It was easy as pie, now for the hard part... actually getting something to grow!! Can't wait for the next step in this AP adventure!