Finally got my fish tank moved inside. I moved the base myself in December, but for the tank itself, with the tricky landing on the basement stairwell, ended up hiring a moving crew. The crew leader said it was one of the heaviest things they've ever had to move, so I don't feel too bad about shelling out $95 (Groupon deal) to have it done. I've started setting it up, but will wait to fully clean it and fill it until my other winter basement projects are complete... concrete dust will just re-contaminate anything I do now.


You can see my one year old moringa basking in what little light there is. I've since moved it to a sunnier location in the house, upstairs in my temporary office. I will be installing another fluorescent light fixture over the grow bed as part of my basement project. Hopefully that will be sufficient for awhile.

I've started collecting 10gal aquariums to arrange as growbed modules over my sump, but need to procure a glass drill large enough to plumb a bell siphon into the bottom of each. I can fit 5 each of these 10 gallon modules on the sump to start, but will need to fabricate a base and plumbing to expand beyond that. Since it is only an 80gal sump, I hesitate to exceed more than about 10-12 modules total (keeping in mind that much of their volume will be media).


In other news, the worms seem to be thriving on my coffee grounds and neglect. They're even having babies, which is great news for the fish... once I get them.