Replanted

I replanted using some spare seedlings I have and added a new pot with some mint cuttings. Hopefully it will grow and somehow help get rid of that pesky rat!

Sad day! Growbed destroyed by rats.

My growbed was attacked by rats. All gone!! Empty..

I'll need to replant...

Filter maintenance

I cleaned the filters today and boy are they dirty! It's either I have too much fish (about 30 of them) or I am overfeeding them (uneaten feeds). I forgot to take any pictures, maybe later.

Weekend update - pots

I prepared a few more pots for the growbed. Soldering iron is the best and quickest way to make the holes.

I am using Baba's RD-150 pots and I had to weight them down with a pebble because they are so very light.
I also had to make a net bed to stop the media from escaping from the huge holes at the bottom of the pots.

I now have 2 pots of Bak Choy and I just transplanted a Kailan.

I definately need more pots and Leca as media.

Bak Choy

I transplanted a Bak Choi into one of the pots yesterday to see if the system is ready. Seems to be doing ok.

Catfish!

I added a few catfish fries yesterday and today changed the plumbing at the pump to include a ball valve to help me control the inlet flow rate better.

Happy to report that it works much better than I expected.

Hope you can see the ball valve and maybe some fries under those nets.

Improvement on the bell siphon outlet

Here is the improved plumbing design for the outlet based on recommendation by Mahfudz to help with flush rate and flawless and reliable cutoff. It has been running smoothly for 3 days now.