Aquaponics As a Food Source

[GilpinGuy]

Can you give a short break down of what a wicking system is?

FYI...I modified the wicking beds drainage. I wasn't getting quite enough actual wicking, so after a ton more research, I found that just having a standpipe is good for this kind of setup. Think of a bell siphon with just the standpipe and media excluder, just no siphon. It just continuously drains slowly. Other wicking setups use the horizontal drain pipe.

So I went from this:

To this:


It seems to be wicking much better now. I planted a ton of seeds in there the other night. We'll see what, if anything, germinates and grows.

The completed wicking bed: