2013-02-17

Fish Tank Completed and Tilapia Digging!

So the fish tank is now done and stands in the system base filled with water and some of my tilapias just to see if pumps, heater and things work. Also a couple of those tilapias i moved to the new smaller tank have been digging nests and things i my bigger tank but they get disturbed all day so nothing happens there. Thought i would move them to a less crowded tank to see if that helps them spawning but no luck yet, guess moving them maybe stressed them a bit coming to a new tank and all.

I will also start connecting the grow beds today with some pipes and stuff to get the water to flow from the tank to the beds but also from the beds back to the fish tank. The tank to grow bed will be connected using some hose i have and the drain back to fish tank will be done using some smaller PVC pipes i bought over at Aquaristic.net for both this and some other projects.

Bellow are some pictures of the finished tank (no fish or stuff on this picture, ill get one up soon) and also 2 nests that some of my tilapias have made in my bigger tank.






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4 comments:

  1. J. Webb19/04/2013, 21:11

    Any chance at an update on your system? I have enjoyed watching its construction and would love to see the completed system!

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  2. Unknown27/06/2013, 09:45

    Ser riktigt bra ut. Håller själv på att planera mitt system och det här gav bra inspiration. Var i landet finns du?

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  3. Gustav13/10/2013, 21:03

    Tjabba! Såg att du reggat dig på Backyard Aquapondics så läste lite i tråden och hittade länken hit. Håller du fortfarande på med detta trevliga projekt? Ska precis börja och trycker det vore trevligt med någon svensk som har lite mer koll på läget än jag att växla ideer med, framför allt angående akvariedelen då jag ej har någon större kunskap om fiskar och hur de sköts hoppas du kan se mitt namn/email här och kanske kan skriva, annars är min mail gussve242@gmail.com
    Ha det gött Tom
    //Gustav från skåne.

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