Aquaponics: The Update

[SecretPrepper]

Recently my major project has been an AP set up using an IBC to keep fish and using a pump to move water into a solids filter/sump which then then flows into my grow bed thanks to gravity.

The water gets filtered more thanks to the plants and beneficial bacteria in the growing media. and when it reaches a certain level a bell siphon activates and pours the water back into the tank which aerates the water for the fish.

the most difficult part of the set up is the siphons which aren't up to par yet. one fires everytime but another just refuses unless i manipulate it. i made them out of small guttering pipe.

I am hoping to get more and more self sufficient and this project will hopefully supply me with some good food.