Westfield Primary Aquaponics Setup

Burnsy

mattyry wrote:

thats a lot of leaf eaters??

True but the gardens are pretty extensive so probably no different to most that don't use any type of bait.

Burnsy

Wow, it has been a year since I posted here, how time flies! The system has been ticking along with little if any love until yesterday when I found the tank had run right down in water overnight. Some head scratching and fault finding found the original ebara sump pump had failed. This would normally cause no issue as the second grundfos sump pump is up to the the job on it's own. However, one of the bains of my life - the plastic wrappers off juice box straws, had not only limited flow on the grundfos but had also jammed up both non-return valves meaning the sump pump could not keep up with the inflow from the tank. Subsequently the sump was overflowing every cycle.

Stripped and cleaned out the non-return valves and pumps. Removed the rocks and sludge out of the bottom of the sump and a new replacement grundfos will be installed today for the ebara.

arbe

Just goes to show when you dont keep tinkering with your system that it will just keep humming along - unless those pesky plastic wrappers get in the way.

Any new pics Burnsy?

Burnsy

arbe wrote:

Any new pics Burnsy?

Not really, looks the same as it did last year in the photo's Faye posted, just not as well planted out.

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