Tower frame shown with towers and tank
Putting the Aquaponic/hydroponic system tower stand together will only require a wrench to tighten the clamps. If using a ratchet with a socket, it will help if the socket is deeper and I’ve been using a 13 mm socket for tightening these bolts on the clamps. If you are short like I am, a small step stool will be a must for assembly and maintenance of the flows to the towers. Video of me putting together the stand coming soon. (Didn’t take long as the unedited video was only about 11 minutes long so assembly is pretty easy.)
I’ll start the pricing at $78.99 and shipping in the continental US looks like it will be around $40.
Here is that video I promised. I did chop bits out to compress it for time a bit but as you will see it is still very simple.
As I have time I may even be able to put together a plumbing kit to make this a Zipgrow tower add on where the 50 gallon stock tank would be the sump and a pump in the stock tank to feed the towers would branch off to feed the fish tank or other grow beds. Such an add on would be easy to combine with an existing Aquaponic system or Hydroponic System.
Please comment or contact me if you are interested or have special requests for how you would like to see such things built.
These Are likely to require a few days lead time at least for the first couple since I will probably be building and packaging them on an order by order basis until I see enough demand to make up several to have ready to ship.
tower frame parts
Parts list
6 longer pipes
4 short pipes
2 Line Rail Clamps with 2 nuts and bolts each
8 End Rail Clamps with 1 nut and bolt each
4 hanger hooks
This particular design is specially for the Zipgrow towers with a brace across the frame at a good height to lean the towers against to keep them from swinging in the breeze or leaning forward as the plants grow. If you have a different type of towers, I can design a stand for those too, just ask.
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where can i buy the tower media in bulk in central fl?
I sell the replacement media for the towers and as far as I know, I’m the only one in Florida selling them. As far as a bulk roll of media, it isn’t manufactured here and I don’t have any rolls in stock.
What size and how much are you looking for? Is it for in towers?
If you are simply looking for just any kind of filter media for some other purpose than in the towers, if so, let me know as there is other filter media I can get for you here in central FL.
Hi, interested in your media. How does it differ from the Zip Grow “Matrix”. What sort of pricing do you have in place?
Best,
Terry Gillespie
My media and towers ARE Zip Grow towers and Matrix media. So they don’t differ.