Office -> Fish room conversion

[mrPickles]

Yea, was just trying to save a little room in the sump and maybe a little electricity. I've done a couple systems now, so I'm confident I'll get this one figured out.

 

[mrPickles]

The wood is pearling as it soaks up water. Mesmerizing.

 

[mrPickles]

Not sure why the previous one dropped the slow motion. Nor can I figure out how to delete the previous post. Mods feel free to delete it.

 

[mrPickles]

Well, I finally have water flowing through all the pipes (and not leaking). It's still a little loud, so I'll be trying to get some rocks or hydroton or something under the 4" L where it drops a foot or so. That's where all the noise is coming from, as expected.


jjohnwm I was able to get the flow to a place I'm happy with for now.




Unexpected benefit is the bottom 4" pipe leads to a 1.5" reducer so it holds more water than the rest. I can do some nft and some dft The bottom row should work much better for seed starting and smaller plants. That's my hope anyway.



I got 4 geophagus sveni and 6 silver dollar juveniles, and they're all doing great so far.




As far as plants, I just have some house plant starts growing so far. Will get some veggies started soon hopefully.

 

[mrPickles]

Bonus gif of silver dollar yeeting an algae wafer.

 

[mrPickles]

Added two Green Severum and an Electric Blue Acara to the tank.

 

[JsTO97]

This looks great. Have a pic of your aquaponic set up ? Trying to do the same thing to reduce water changes. What are you planting?

 

[mrPickles]

This looks great. Have a pic of your aquaponic set up ? Trying to do the same thing to reduce water changes. What are you planting?

So far a few houseplant cuttings, lettuce, spinach, tomatoes, cucumbers. Everything has grown shockingly well. Tomatoes and cucumbers are flowering really well.

I need to get some adjustable mounts for my lights, but i'm going to start the empty slots in the system since everything is doing so well.

they're doing the trick for now.

 

[JsTO97]

Wow. That’s awesome. Did you find it helps reduce water changes/Nitrate reduction?

 

[mrPickles]

Yea, I haven't changed water in a month and the nitrates are hardly even registering. I've been topping up with RO water since I haven't changed water in awhile. You also have to make sure that you keep a good rotation of plants going. If a really established/large plant dies out or gets removed, you have to watch closely as there won't be as many nitrates removed.