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Day: June 28, 2018

Notes on the 2018 Backyard Aquaponics Build (Part II)

Post Views: 1,093 Howdy, folks.  I’m back to talk some more about my backyard aquaponics build.  This is the second post in the series.  In the first article, I described the tanks and general water flow of the system, as well as a quick touch on the “grow-pipes” that I’m using.  In this article, I’m going to talk in greater detail about the grow-pipes, as well as what I anticipate might be issues with them. As I noted in the last article, the grow-pipes are 100mm / 4in diameter.  These are PVC “thin wall”, and not SCH-40;  that would have been far too expensive and not really added any value.    Every 150mm / 8in along the pipe, I’ve used a hole-saw in a drill press to put…

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