with index valve, each GB will have to wait too long and get dry till it gets a turn - Aquaponic Gardening2024-03-29T01:16:22Zhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/forum/topics/with-index-valve-each-gb-will-have-to-wait-too-long-and-get-dry?commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A584566&feed=yes&xn_auth=noUnless you need to cycle quic…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2014-11-01:4778851:Comment:5845662014-11-01T02:37:43.151ZJeff Shttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/JeffSullivan
<p>Unless you need to cycle quicker to accommodate a large fish ratio then you don't need to worry about a long cycle time. It's my understanding that the GBs can get by cycling a couple times a day.</p>
<p>Unless you need to cycle quicker to accommodate a large fish ratio then you don't need to worry about a long cycle time. It's my understanding that the GBs can get by cycling a couple times a day.</p> Moe, depending on whether you…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2014-10-31:4778851:Comment:5846682014-10-31T14:44:07.190ZVlad Jovanovichttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/VladJovanovic
<p>Moe, depending on whether your sump can handle it...you don't have to wait until each bed is completely drained in order to fill the next one. </p>
<p>You can of course employ a quicker drain time. I'm going to copy and paste this 'answer' of mine from your other thread you started...where you posed a similar question...controlling your drain time is easy...</p>
<p><em>Your drain time will be determined by the size of the 'weep holes' that you drill in the bottom of your stand pipe. If 30…</em></p>
<p>Moe, depending on whether your sump can handle it...you don't have to wait until each bed is completely drained in order to fill the next one. </p>
<p>You can of course employ a quicker drain time. I'm going to copy and paste this 'answer' of mine from your other thread you started...where you posed a similar question...controlling your drain time is easy...</p>
<p><em>Your drain time will be determined by the size of the 'weep holes' that you drill in the bottom of your stand pipe. If 30 minutes is too long, go to the garage and grab a larger diameter drill bit <img src="http://www.bkserv.net/images/Smile.gif"/></em></p>
<p><em>My beds fill in about 9 minutes (the fill time is determined by the size of your pump. I have a ball valve plumbed into the outlet side of my pump so that I can adjust (slow down, or speed up) the fill time. The "extra" water coming out of the ball valve just dumps right back into my fish tank...while the water from the grow bed(s) drains via gravity into my sump.</em></p> I have used timed flood and d…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2014-10-30:4778851:Comment:5843982014-10-30T15:39:51.701ZRandyhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/RandyDawson
<p>I have used timed flood and drain, but not an index valve. I used a hole drilled in the lower end of the stand pipe to control how long it took to drain the bed. Mine took a lot longer to drain than to fill.</p>
<p>I have used timed flood and drain, but not an index valve. I used a hole drilled in the lower end of the stand pipe to control how long it took to drain the bed. Mine took a lot longer to drain than to fill.</p> My beds flood once per 12 hou…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2014-10-27:4778851:Comment:5842372014-10-27T01:30:55.582ZGeorgehttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/Geoge
<p>My beds flood once per 12 hours or so. It's not a problem.</p>
<p>My beds flood once per 12 hours or so. It's not a problem.</p>