Update of Our Aquaponics Build at Sowles Well Service May 28th 2013

Donald Beres Jr

Published on May 28, 2013

 

Recorded on May 28, 2013 using a Flip Video camera. This one is another short one. My batteries were about drained. I just wanted to show you all I got the major part of the sump pit dug today. And that I straitened up some.

Well I got to run because I am under the Gun.

 P.S. Sorry the Video stopped suddenly because the Battery died. I was saying I'll have to take the one thousand gallon tank down and add some more dirt and then water it down and pack it down into the dirt box. I should of known better, but I am doing this all on the fly after work And I am tried after the day is done. Again I'll do better as I get some extra time. CYA !

Well I finally got it over here for ya's guys. I am stuck for cash right now so I'll need to find some more. I need to order some stuff from off the Web.  Mostly uni seals. I'll need to get some treated plywood  three 1/2 inch x 8 ft x 4 ft about three sheets; to line the sump pit.

 I still need more cement blocks about 12, and some 2x2 patio blocks about 8 to put a floor into the sump pit for the tanks to sit level upon. But I did get most of the grass cut today  May30th 2013. And then the mower started to act up. I think we'll need to flush the fuel lines or clean the tanks out even. It's a Big mower a Dixie Chopper a good mower to have for large lawns. 

I truly need to get my seeds going too. Maybe I'll get to it this weekend. Sunday maybe. Well I have the advantage of the Ponds water to jump start our system here. But for one guy it is a lot of work to do. Especially when you are disabled somewhat. But I am lucky to have the tools and equipment at my disposal as some of you may not. Hopefully you have a couple of strong backs and a weak mind or two you can tap into. LOL

It shouldn't be long now. I'll get something done here soon, but I am worn out already and I haven't even begun yet. But this I hope is the hardest part of this Aquaponics stuff; the build. I hope anyways. Well I talk at ya's soon.

P.S. I posted these videos first at youtube and leave them there a day or two. So I can search them out and then place them here. Plus it takes these older computers of mine so long to upload videos. I am ready for bed by the time there done. And I have a bad memory as well.    

 

 

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Update of the Aquaponics Build at Sowles Well Service~ May 20th 2013 {Part I of IV}

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Update of the Aquaponics Build at Sowles Well Service~ May 20th 2013 {Part I of IV}

Donald Beres Jr

Published on May 20, 2013

 

Recorded on May 20, 2013 using a Flip Video camera. Well these next few videos are chopped up some my battery was dying and I am still under a 10 minute limit plus I don't have any extra editing software yet. But I said I'd try and post when I get something done so here it is. I will however place them all in the same Blog Posting so you can find them.

 Update of the Aquaponics Build at Sowles Well Service~ May 20th 2-13 {Part II of IV}

  Donald Beres Jr

Published on May 20, 2013

 

Recorded on May 20, 2013 using a Flip Video camera. Sorry I have still got a Ten Minute Limit on my videos and I lack the editing skills and software to edit this videos, but I am working on it too. Yea I got out of square a little I was using a rope and not string so That may of through me off a bit. Funny how things work my other cousin came by after the Cattle Panel was up today and Gave me a big spool of string. Well its good cotton string and I'll use it to tie tomatoes and beans etc. I had to trim three minute off this video to get it to load from my FlipShare software.

As soon as I get the uni seals and the NFT Pipes glued to the same length and all the holes cut I'll put water in the one thousand gallon tank. But before all that I 'll need to get the six Inch drain install as well as the sump pit and all the filtering tanks. Well I got to run because I need to make some more dough.

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 Update of the Aquaponics Build at Sowles Well Service~ May 20th 2013 {III of IV}

Donald Beres Jr

Published on May 20, 2013

 

Recorded on May 20, 2013 using a Flip Video camera. I am sorry I am not that skilled yet at making these videos but I'll keep trying until I am. Here is the 400 gallon Fish tank and my zone tanks. I am also doing all this on the fly after work as I don't drive my cousin picks me up and take me home at his convenience and I don't always have the time to get everything in here But I will try and update the videos at the Blog later when I get the spare time to think and plan. Well I go to run because I am under the gun.

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 Update of the Aquaponics Build at Sowles Well Service~ May 20th 2013 Part {IV of IV}

  Donald Beres Jr

Published on May 20, 2013

 

Recorded on May 20, 2013 using a Flip Video camera. Here I am showing my taller sump tank and describing what I still need to do to It.

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Update of the Aquaponics Build at Sowles Well Service~ May 16th 2013

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 Update of the Aquaponics Build at Sowles Well Service May 16th 2013

 Donald Beres Jr

Published on May 16, 2013

 

Recorded on May 16, 2013 using a Flip Video camera. Oh Happy Day! The Big tank is set and ready to be filled. We have the Greenhouse rails. Pressure treated 2x6 and 2x4's. They still need to be installed upon the poles and the end will need to be temporarily braced until the Hoops are installed.

We are going to be using Cattle panel fencing to create our Hoops As they are cheap fast and easy and they appear to be much more sturdier then the single pole Hooping.

There is a posting here at the Water, Plants, and Fish? Blog Called Greenhouse~ "Homemade with Cattle Panels" : http://waterplantsandfishgrowyourown.... You can Kind of see what we are trying to duplicate here in this video. Well I will be posting this new Video there soon I got to get a shower because I stink.

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Well Mother Nature Got me again today rain rain go away come again some other day Little Donnie Wants to Play with His Aquaponics Garden. Yeah a I am a little off or out there some times but aren't we all ? You got to live a little.  

Well I will get some help tomorrow and we will see about getting the rails up and Maybe get some more bricks and some re-purposed wood for shoring and leveling the beds and NFT Piping. I will also see If I can't get some wire run and buried and A Box to power the Green House Lighting. I will be trying to find 6 mil. Plastic at least 50x25 for this House and If everything goes well and I get some more support and help with this Venture. Then I will invest in a standard Greenhouse cover. 

I am still looking for Fish and If I missed out on the seasons offerings. I will go Sane the near by creeks or start off with a ton of cheap gold fish and use them for feeders later. I spotted a metal through over at my uncles. I'll see if I can't talk him out of it for a worm bed to raise some Red Wigglers to eat the algae that will grow in the rock beds [the flood and drain system] part of our build, but I won't need them for several weeks or even a couple of months. Which will give them time to reproduce and get acclimated to the trough. Then I'll see if I can't find some good buckets and try to build a couple of Solider Fly traps also. These both will help fed the fish as they grow and offset the cost of feeding them. as both of these are free and easy to catch and gather quickly out here in the country.

I talked to my cousin also about building an old time Ice House since we have all the available requirements to build one. The dirt mounds and a pond near by. There will be more talk on this later, a combo Root Cellar Ice House would be a nice thing to have if the Grid every did go down fully or for a longer length of time.  Or if the prices jump off the scales overnight.

Well I am still a ways away from pluming and turning the water on. But I do want to start my seedlings this coming week. Maybe that will set a fire under my butt, will see. I have got to run. I am way behind posting into my other Blogs, but as I have said before. I do believe this to be a greater priority just now.

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Hey All How you Doing? An Update of the Aquaponics Build @ Sowles Well Service

Update of the Aquaponics Build at Sowles Well Service May 14th 2013

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 Donald Beres Jr

Published on May 14, 2013

 

Well the grass has been cut and the yard is dry and I have built the dirt box. Which will raise the one thousand gallon water tank up to the three foot level at Its bottom and about eight foot tall at the very tip top of the tank. Which will allow me to gravity fed the grow beds and everything else below the eight - to three foot level of this tank.

I wasn't able to get to the lumber today and I will need to cut the tallest corner pole level with the top of the dirt box. I will leave the other three to lock the tank in position when It is empty. It could possibly be knock off the box by some of these freak winds we have been getting around here as of late. No worries once It is filled and cycling.

I will put some water in it to check the levelness of It about two inches and if that looks good I filler up.
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The Dirt that Filled the Dirt Box

Donald Beres Jr

Published on May 14, 2013

 

From the Video of May 14th 2013 Aquaponics Greenhouse Build. This box of dirt is a stand for a one thousand gallon water tank that will supply this green house in case of a prolonged power outage. I might think a bit on a little windmill for two reasons one to aerate the system and two to keep the one thousand gallon tank filled in case of a power outage. This will be part of a blog post eventually here soon. You will be able to find all this garden's build postings here plus many others done by many other Aquaponics Farmers.

Well I got to run and buy some Lottery Tickets for the Mega Ball & PowerBall. Tonight It is my turn to win.

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Well while I am sitting here still waiting on my Videos to load and become available for posting here at Blogger I will go ahead and tell ya all where we're at with the Aquaponics Build.  The greenhouse poles are in and ready to be plumbed and packed. I have to get some uni-seals about fifteen to get started. I'll get them Online I think. I will still need to line up Fish, decide on which ones and what size. I still need to start my seedlings going, but I want to make sure I have enough of the system plumed and cycling correctly before I start the seeds to growing. As I am planning to use Pond water to water my starts and jump start the system here. I expect they will have no problem catching up if I can get them in the system by the end of May.

I still have a lot of work to do. Leveling and cutting holes for the NFT system of the Build and I will need to raise the Six foot by 15 inch swimming pools to about  20" inches off the ground. These will be the DWC part of the Build and I need to set and level the Flood and Drain troughs, the Fish tanks, and much, much more. I'll need to find some old planks 1X4x10's most likely to place under my cement blocks to aid in this leveling process as the wood chips are a pain at times to get leveled.

I still need to place a sump pit in which most likely will be a trench. I'll dig it with the Mini-Excavator. Then I'll frame it out with some pressure treated plywood. This trough will be the lowest part of the system and the one thousand gallon tank will be the highest part of the system.

Well I have got to run I need a shower and some time to surf the net and post some twittering.

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Update of the Aquaponics Build at Sowles Well Service May 2nd 2013

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  Donald Beres Jr

Published on May 2, 2013

 

Ah here we go the Garden thats what you wanted to see. I have a lot to do when I get some time. I'll be building a mound of dirt or wood chips supported with cement blocks and a couple sheets of 3/4 treated plywood top with 2 inch foam sheets which will hopefully let the tank self level. I am raising the tank so as to be able to have the ability to make it gravity fed which will limit the amount of electrical power to push the water around to the tanks and beds. Well wish us luck this is a big project and it won't take much to change it over to a commercial or small business Venture if it works out some of our youth takes an interest in it. TTFN CYA Later Taters! Thanks fer watching. Donnie/ Sinbad the Sailor Man

Here is a Hubpages.com Hub I wrote about this my New Venture or at least my try at It.

http://sinbadsailorman.hubpages.com/hub/Well-I-Am-About-to-Start-Another-Adventure-The-Aquaponics-Garden

I am steadily trying to get this up and running but I can only work on it after work  an hour here and there. So I think I got quite a bit done with very little help so far except for some heavy lifting  I have done most of what you see so far If I can do It so can you where there is a will there is a way.

P.S. The 4 inch white PVC pipes are call NFT System

Nutrient Film Technique or NFT is a hydroponic technique wherein a very shallow stream of water containing all the dissolved nutrients required for plant growth is re-circulated past the bare roots of plants in a watertight gully, also known as channels.

In an ideal system, the depth of the recirculating stream should be very shallow, little more than a film of water, hence the name 'nutrient film'.

This ensures that the thick root mat, which develops in the bottom of the channel, has an upper surface, which, although moist, is in the air. Subsequent to this, an abundant supply of oxygen is provided to the roots of the plants.

A properly designed NFT system is based on using the right channel slope, the right flow rate, and the right channel length. The main advantage of the NFT system over other forms of hydroponics is that the plant roots are exposed to adequate supplies of water, oxygen and nutrients.

In all other forms of production, there is a conflict between the supply of these requirements, since excessive or deficient amounts of one results in an imbalance of one or both of the others.

NFT, because of its design, provides a system wherein all three requirements for healthy plant growth can be met at the same time, provided that the simple concept of NFT is always remembered and practiced.

The result of these advantages is that higher yields of high-quality produce are obtained over an extended period of cropping. A downside of NFT is that it has very little buffering against interruptions in the flow, e.g., power outages, but, overall, it is one of the more productive techniques.

The same design characteristics apply to all conventional NFT systems. While slopes along channels of 1:100 have been recommended, in practice it is difficult to build a base for channels that is sufficiently true to enable nutrient films to flow without ponding in locally depressed areas.

As a consequence, it is recommended that slopes of 1:30 to 1:40 be used. This allows for minor irregularities in the surface, but, even with these slopes, ponding and water logging may occur. The slope may be provided by the floor, or benches or racks may hold the channels and provide the required slope.

Both methods are used and depend on local requirements, often determined by the site and crop requirements.

As a general guide, flow rates for each gully should be 1 litre per minute. At planting, rates may be half this, and the upper limit of 2L/min appears about the maximum. Flow rates beyond these extremes are often associated with nutritional problems.

Depressed growth rates of many crops have been observed when channels exceed 12 meters in length. On rapidly growing crops, tests have indicated that, while oxygen levels remain adequate, nitrogen may be depleted over the length of the gully. As a consequence, channel length should not exceed 10–15 meters.

In situations where this is not possible, the reductions in growth can be eliminated by placing another nutrient feed halfway along the gully and reducing flow rates to 1L/min through each outlet.^[1]


Well I got to run Because I am under the gun.
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