All Discussions Tagged 'clog' - Aquaponic Gardening2024-03-29T11:26:22Zhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=clog&feed=yes&xn_auth=noMy grow bed is clogging up!tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2014-06-29:4778851:Topic:5690822014-06-29T19:20:44.562ZAnnalise Ozolshttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/AnnaliseOzols
<p>Our system is healthy and the pH, ammonia etc. are all good, but between the roots and solids in it, our grow bed is very slow to drain and is at the point that the surface is 50% flooded (unless we turn off the pump to stop cycling) and starting to leak over the top of one corner...We have a 200 gallon IBC setup w/ ~100 tilapia with 1 IBC grow bed (I'm sure we need more beds but don't have the space at the moment.) We also have worms and the plants love them but they're pooping up a storm.…</p>
<p>Our system is healthy and the pH, ammonia etc. are all good, but between the roots and solids in it, our grow bed is very slow to drain and is at the point that the surface is 50% flooded (unless we turn off the pump to stop cycling) and starting to leak over the top of one corner...We have a 200 gallon IBC setup w/ ~100 tilapia with 1 IBC grow bed (I'm sure we need more beds but don't have the space at the moment.) We also have worms and the plants love them but they're pooping up a storm. We're trying to get a solids filter installed but as I'm sure you all know, there's a lot of tweaking that happens with these things :) The obvious solution seems to be cleaning out the bed-which I have pulled out a lot of hydroton, roots and plants already with little effect. So, short of pulling everything out and essentially starting over, is there a better way of flushing the system? And/or something else that we're missing that's causing the backup? </p>