- Bell siphon testing: completed
- Venturi air siphon testing: incomplete
- LED lighting testing: incomplete
Design and Construction Status
- Formalize and finalize design: complete.
- Acquire Materials:
- Grow bed and sump/DWC tank lumber: done
- Grow bed stand lumber done
- Liner done
- IBC done
- Plumbing components partially complete
- Pump done
- Lighting components
- Media
- Radial flow clarifier components: postponed
- Electrical components
- Aeration components done
- Testing kits/equipment done
- DWC rafts done
- Grow bed and sump/DWC polystyrene done
- Paint done
- Construction (in no particular order):
- Grow bed partially complete
- Sump/DWC tank partially complete
- Stands done
- Painting of all wood surfaces. raft tops
- Supply plumbing
- Return plumbing
- Bell siphons
- Venturi siphon(s)
- Lighting build
- Seedling nursery
- DWC rafts partially complete
- Installation (in no particular order)
- Electrical install
- Tanks, bed installs
- Lighting install
- Media wash and install
- Aeration system install
- Testing
- Plumbing tests
- Siphon tests
- Water clarity
- Water quality (first test of all relevant water parameters)
- Aeration system test
- Cycling
- Initial cycling to introduce nitrifying bacterial colonies
- Transplant of bacterial colonies (if cycling before construction completion)
- Plant Seedling Establishment
- Start seedlings prior to introducing fish.
- Fish Introduction
- Acquire fish and feed
- Follow guidelines for acclimatizing fish to system.
- Follow guidelines for adjusting the pH of the transport water to that of the system.
- Plant Introduction
- First crop: leafy plants (salad greens, possibly beans and peas)
- Monitor water parameters, supply essential nutrients as necessary
- Chelated iron is likely
- Maturation Period
- System should mature after approximately 3 months of operation.
- Operational Period
- System is mature and fruiting plants can now be introduced.
Current operational Status
The system is not yet operational.
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