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Recommended Materials to Build Your Own Aquaponics Grow System Using the Solexx Gardeners Oasis Greenhouse featured in Our Videos
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- Solexx Gardeners Oais Greenhouse
- Two 85 Gallon Tuff Tanks - To Hold Your Goldfish - Fits Below the 2 Side Shelves in the Solexx Gardeners Oasis Greenhouse
- Two 40-Gallon Tuff Tanks - To Create a Sump Tank to Cycle and Pump Water Into Your Grow Beds - Fits beside the 85-Gallon Tuff Tank under the two side shelves - Placed it under the section of shelving near the front door of the Solexx Gardeners Oasis Greenhouse. (Note: The 40-Gallon Sump Tanks must be placed on top of a couple Concrete Blocks to match the Height of the 64-Gallon Fish Tank in order to keep the water levels even between both the fish tanks and the Sump Tanks.)
- One 64-Gallon Tuff Tank - To Hold Your Goldfish - Fits Under the Back Shelf of the Solexx Gardeners Oasis Greenhouse
- One 30-Gallon Tuff Tank - To Create a Sump Tank to supply water to the Back Shelf Grow Tubs - Fits beside the 64-Gallon Round Tuff Tank under the Back Shelf of the Solexx Gardeners Oasis Greenhouse. (Note: The 30-Gallon Sump Tank must be placed on top of a couple Cinder Blocks to match the Height of the 64-Gallon Fish Tank in order to keep the water levels even between both the fish tanks and the sump tank.)
Twenty-Nine 10-Gallon Grow Boxes (or Grow Bins) that You will Drill 3-Inch holes in the Lids to Grow Your Plants and a 1.25 inch hole in the Front Sides of each Grow Bed Bin to Insert a Bulkhead and create a Drain for the Water to drip Back into the Fish Tanks (see photos above) - Five Grow Beds Fit on each of the two side shelves and four Fit along the back shelf.- 32 Bulkheads to Create Drain-out Spouts off the Sides of each of your 29 10-Gallon Grow Boxes (see pictures above).
- 3/4 Inch Threaded Elbows, Threaded Risers, Teflon Tape (Thread Seal Tape) and Couplers to Regulate Water Height Inside the 10-Gallow Grow Boxes and to direct the water flow outside the binds. Connect them to Bulkheads according to the pictures above.
3/4 Inch PVC Slip Tees, 3/4 Inch to 1/2 Threaded Reducers, 1/2 Inch Shut-off Ball Valves, 1/2 Inch Pipe Thread to Hose Barb Fittings to Connect 1/2 Inch Vinyl Hose Water Supply Lines to a 3/4 Inch PVC Line along the back of the upper shelf to run water up from the fish tank and down into the Grow Bins. Use the Shut-off Valves to Regulate the Water Flow between Bins. See Pictures on the Right and below.- 3/4 Inch Vinyl Hose Line and 3/4 Inch Thread to Hose Barb Fitting and 3/4 Inch Thread to Slip PVC Elbow, Couplers to Connect a Flexible Water line from the Sump Tank Submersible Pump to the PVC Water Line for the 10-Gallon Grow Beds. Use Garden Hose Quick Connects fittings with 3/4 Inch Thread to Hose fittings to create an easy way to Disconnect Your Submersible Pumps and hoses for maintenance cleaning and winterizing.
- Upper Shelf 19-Gallon Hydroponic Tomato Bins - Hand Fill from a Submersible Fish Tank Pump and Hose Line or Run a Flexible PVC Line along the Upper Roof of the Greenhouse to the 19-Gallon Tomato Plant Bins (see photos below). NOTE: Do Not Cycle the water from the Hydroponic Tomato Bins back into the Fish Tank as Tomatoes often require additional Hydroponic Nutrients to be added to their water when growing in a small Aquaponic setup like this that does not have a enough fish load to support all of the nutrient needs of the Hydroponic Tomatoes. So if you plan to supplement your tomatoes with Hydroponic nutrients, use the Fish Water only to fill the Upper Shelf Tomato Bins, but do not cycle the water from the Hydroponic bins back into the Fish Tank as those nutrients could negatively impact your fish.
- Multiple Hydrofarm Active Aqua 4 Outlet Air Pumps for Aerating the Sponge Filters in the Fish tanks and the Upper Shelf Hydroponic Tomato DWC Bins
- Large Aquarium Sponge Filters
