First Water Test

Did my first water test tonight. Don't have any plants in the system so just wanted to make sure that the ammonia level wasn't building up to high. There is 6 goldfish in a 28 gallon tank. Here are the results.

pH 8.0/Ammonia 0.25

Nitrate 0/ Nitrate 0.1

Almost Finished

The system is almost up and running fully. I connected everything up together and working on the water flow to the grow beds. The only thing that is missing form the system is my hydroton (clay balls). Customs still has them. I also made some filters to clean out the rain water I collected and had sitting around.

Drilled holes in the drain to the fish tank to add more air to the water.

Hose added to the growbed
Hose added to the fish tankFull view of system. Need to tidy up a bit. And as u see NO HYDROTON

Reservoir with water pump inside

Plants in grow bed with perlite

Filter made with cloth and PVC pipe

6 Goldfish, Sponsored by CL aka ѕнєяяєℓℓ

Fish Tank

Opened for questions and comments

Auto Siphon Tested With A Bottle

Just wanted to test the auto siphon setup. I'm going to use this concept to empty the plant growbeds. When I set it up on the grow beds I'll have to figure out how long it takes to fill up and empty so I can adjust the timer for the pumps.

Time To Get The Ball Rolling, Supplies Are HERE

Got my supplies yesterday. Was excited so I opened up everything to check it out. I'll be setting things up until I get my hydroton from Customs, simple minded people, not too smart. Anyhow here are the stuff.

Getting A Head Start

I want my system to kick ASAP, so I decided to transfer some plants I have growing in pots into my growbeds. Additional to that I will also be plants seeds to start in the AP system. I think I may need alot more barrels. Here are some pics of the plants.

Let It Rain!

Well it was raining all day. Just stepped outside and found my 2 growbeds (55 gallon dump cut in half length ways) was filled with rain water. I'm going to use this rain water in my system because there is too much chlorine in the city water. Need system to be as safe as possible for the fish.

Celery On The Rise!!!

This is a photo of a 2 weeks old celery plant from a 3 inch cutting.

Top View

This is another celery plant that is growing. 1 week old.