Wendell Ford
Male
Goose Creek, SC
United States
Profile Information:
- How did you find us?
- other
- Are you an aquaponic gardener already?
- Yes
- If so, what type of system? (pick all that apply)
- flood and drain media, raft, NFT, vertical
- How old is your system?
- 6 mos - 1 yr
- What type of fish do you grow with? (select all that apply)
- Koi, Tilapia
- How big is your fish tank?
- 8800 gallon
- Name a part of a fish (spam blocking question)
- Fin
- Please tell us something else about yourself.
- Built a 8800 gallon Koi pond in June 2012. I stocked with 22 Koi the largest at 24" the smallest 8". I originally built a bio filter using two IBC totes. I then discovered Aquaponics and in Nov 2012 when it was time to stop feeding the fish I started replacing the bio filters with grow beds. Feb 2013 and the grow beds are complete and beginning to cycle. I have a 3' x 5' x 12" raft bed, two 2' x 8' x 12" filled with hydro clay and two 4' x4' x 12" grow beds filled with drainage rock. I have four vertical grow tubes I made out of 4" PVC I will use for strawberry. I have made three 7' long DWR for lettuce. They are connected to my grow bed drains floating on top of pond.
Ron Montgomery
Hey Wendell,
You are farther along than I.
Built a 2000 gallon koi pond for wife. Have a couple of constant flow tanks this year to grow some of the wifes canna lilies, elephant ears, and water lilies. This winter I want to build a couple of flood and drain beds.
I am lucky that I have a lot of room to spread and experiment.
Ron
monty.qcetech@gmail.com
843-608-1227
Were you on the pond tour last year? Your pond looks like a couple of photo's my wife showed me.
Oct 6, 2014