Above is the view looking into the fish tank, its pretty clear with no fish or plants in it! It has been running for about a week now. I made a few minor changes but nothing drastic. I will certainly make more as the system grows. One of the things I am trying to work out, is being able to scale the system up and down without causing shock to the system.
Right now, I have the system set up to feed three grow trays, Two are mounted on the wall to the right in most pictures, one is above the fish tank itself. Because I am messing around here, I have each tray set up that I can use it as an NFT, Ebb/Flo or drip. Hence all the pipes running around. The footprint is about 16 square, 4 X 4.
The theory here is, those three grow area's, act as one giant filter... This system is setup a bit differently in addition to that factor. The stand pipe in the back corner is actually an air lift pump, the total height from the floor to the top is 6 feet (2m) From there water is directed down through the three beds, which can be isolated or bypassed (again, as this is testing, I gave myself options) There is a tank on the floor that the stand pipe is resting in and an overflow from the fish tank to that tank, that is in case the standpipe or either of the trays on the right, should leak down. The other bed would only leak into the fish tank. Some funky plumbing to lift water off a shelf, over to the corner, the UP 6 feet, to be distributed to 3 different grow beds!
Ohhh, and did I mention that this is SUPPOSED to run all by itself!
Anyway,thats what I am cooking with, funky fish filters!
I do have better pictures, or at least better angles and closer in some cases. This is not a very large area, part of the reason I am using a tiered system.
Tomorrow, I add fish and hope for the best!
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