designing a system but not sure - Aquaponic Gardening2024-03-29T14:16:32Zhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/forum/topics/designing-a-system-but-not-sure?commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A562737&feed=yes&xn_auth=noall good information. thank…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2014-05-12:4778851:Comment:5627372014-05-12T18:51:21.149ZJohnson L Brownhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/JohnsonLBrown
<p>all good information. thanks a bunch</p>
<p>all good information. thanks a bunch</p> If you have a sump after the…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2014-05-10:4778851:Comment:5623682014-05-10T21:20:25.942ZJim Fiskhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/JimFisk
<p>If you have a sump after the media beds that pumps back up to your fish tanks you can simply tap into that for raft beds. That is how we are setting them up this Summer. I have such a tap already traveling to my wood stove and will simply keep it going to the new raft bed. All the nitrates are in that water and it couldn't get any more filtered than that. From there it simply drains back to the sump.</p>
<p>If you have a sump after the media beds that pumps back up to your fish tanks you can simply tap into that for raft beds. That is how we are setting them up this Summer. I have such a tap already traveling to my wood stove and will simply keep it going to the new raft bed. All the nitrates are in that water and it couldn't get any more filtered than that. From there it simply drains back to the sump.</p> Yup, media beds before rafts.…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2014-05-08:4778851:Comment:5622312014-05-08T23:26:38.338ZVlad Jovanovichttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/VladJovanovic
<p>Yup, media beds before rafts. Just don't do anything silly like use a "cascading" arrangement for the grow beds...where the first bed rains into the second bed, which drains into the third bed etc...the first bed will always be catching the gist of the solids (not a good scheme).</p>
<p>Use an indexing (sequencing) valve to distribute water from the fish tank to your media beds so that the beds all get roughly the same amount of solids and effluent.…</p>
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<p>Yup, media beds before rafts. Just don't do anything silly like use a "cascading" arrangement for the grow beds...where the first bed rains into the second bed, which drains into the third bed etc...the first bed will always be catching the gist of the solids (not a good scheme).</p>
<p>Use an indexing (sequencing) valve to distribute water from the fish tank to your media beds so that the beds all get roughly the same amount of solids and effluent.</p>
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<p></p> You can easily use your media…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2014-05-08:4778851:Comment:5622252014-05-08T22:48:40.939ZSteve Rhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/steveraisner
<p>You can easily use your media beds as a prefilter for your rafts yes.</p>
<p>You can easily use your media beds as a prefilter for your rafts yes.</p> Yep, totally works. Like Rob…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2014-05-08:4778851:Comment:5620192014-05-08T20:51:06.515ZAlex Veidelhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/AlexVeidel
<p>Yep, totally works. Like Rob said, you want to put the media beds before the raft system, so they can collect the solids before entering the raft beds.</p>
<p><br></br> <cite>Johnson L Brown said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://community.theaquaponicsource.com/forum/topics/designing-a-system-but-not-sure#4778851Comment561944"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Yes on the rafts with media beds</p>
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<p>Yep, totally works. Like Rob said, you want to put the media beds before the raft system, so they can collect the solids before entering the raft beds.</p>
<p><br/> <cite>Johnson L Brown said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://community.theaquaponicsource.com/forum/topics/designing-a-system-but-not-sure#4778851Comment561944"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Yes on the rafts with media beds</p>
<p><br/> <br/> <cite>Alex Veidel said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://community.theaquaponicsource.com/forum/topics/designing-a-system-but-not-sure?commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A561404&xg_source=msg_com_forum#4778851Comment560972"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>You mean a raft system with media beds?</p>
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</blockquote> Yes on the rafts with media b…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2014-05-08:4778851:Comment:5619442014-05-08T20:41:27.310ZJohnson L Brownhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/JohnsonLBrown
<p>Yes on the rafts with media beds</p>
<p><br/> <br/> <cite>Alex Veidel said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://community.theaquaponicsource.com/forum/topics/designing-a-system-but-not-sure?commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A561404&xg_source=msg_com_forum#4778851Comment560972"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>You mean a raft system with media beds?</p>
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<p>Yes on the rafts with media beds</p>
<p><br/> <br/> <cite>Alex Veidel said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://community.theaquaponicsource.com/forum/topics/designing-a-system-but-not-sure?commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A561404&xg_source=msg_com_forum#4778851Comment560972"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>You mean a raft system with media beds?</p>
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</blockquote> I am waiting for Sylvia Berns…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2014-05-06:4778851:Comment:5615702014-05-06T15:18:29.259ZJohnson L Brownhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/JohnsonLBrown
<p>I am waiting for Sylvia Bernsteins book coming to our library. I'll have to do some more reading to get a better understanding.</p>
<p>Thank you very much for the info.</p>
<p>I am waiting for Sylvia Bernsteins book coming to our library. I'll have to do some more reading to get a better understanding.</p>
<p>Thank you very much for the info.</p> this would be considered back…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2014-05-05:4778851:Comment:5614042014-05-05T01:39:09.197ZRob Nashhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/RobNash
<p>this would be considered backwards.. you want the media beds to do the filtering before the water goes to the rafts.</p>
<p>this would be considered backwards.. you want the media beds to do the filtering before the water goes to the rafts.</p> You mean a raft system with m…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2014-05-04:4778851:Comment:5609722014-05-04T13:36:57.721ZAlex Veidelhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/AlexVeidel
<p>You mean a raft system with media beds?</p>
<p>You mean a raft system with media beds?</p>