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IBC rain barrel overflow elbow

overflow outlet on an IBC tank rain barrel

We drilled a hole at the top of our IBC rain barrel for an overflow elbow connection.



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S.L.O. pipe
You should put a Solids Lifting Overflow pipe in the IBC, and that will suck a lot of the sediment out of the bottom of the container when it overflows. I put one in my aquaponics tank- it was amazing. Any kind of waste just got sucked into the tube and out of the tank.
Comment by Eric in Japan — Sat Apr 4 21:03:29 2015
SLO pipe

Thanks for that suggestion. Looks like it could prevent a lot of problems. What kind of yield did you get from your aquaponic strawberries?

Do you know if that monorail system is available outside of Asia?

Comment by mark — Tue Apr 7 15:00:33 2015
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Well, my strawberry yield was not so great. More than my outdoor hydroponics setup, but not as many as my garden bed. The fish are doing great though, and it is a fantastic rooter. I put in a bunch of kiwi prunings, and they are all sprouting gangbusters this spring. So not what I hoped, but not bad either.

Nikkari is a good bet, and they have an English Website

Comment by Eric in Japan — Thu Apr 9 10:25:48 2015
Monorail
Eric --- That monorail is very cool! If it fit in our price range and they shipped to the U.S., I'd totally go for that instead of a road. :-)
Comment by anna — Thu Apr 9 17:52:13 2015
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