The leak was the least of my worries
I hate to write a bad review for a small company, especially when they seem to really love what they do, but I have been through so much trying to make this thing work.<br />I read all the negative reviews before I purchased this bell siphon for the aquaponics system. It leaks? No problem. I can work with that. It was easier and faster than other kits and certainly than starting from scratch for a beginner.<br />The issues wasn’t with the leak, (which boy howdy it does) but with the clogging. I used clay pellets for my grow media, which I thoroughly rinsed before adding to the system. In hindsight if I had known to sift it to a certain size pellet, I certainly would have done so. I don’t recall seeing any kind of warning like that from the manufacturer, but that’s easily excusable as operator error. But it does make it less beginner friendly. I was very lucky that the flow rate from my pump was equal to the level of clogged drainage from the siphon or I would have had 20 gallons of fish poo in my apartment.<br /><br />Giving them the benefit of the doubt I am VERY much a beginner and I’m sure I made many mistakes. (Pre fish I flooded my living room twice trying to set it up) Just wanted to write something for the next person who tries it.<br /><br />I unclogged the siphon twice before wrapping it in netting to try to keep the Little Rock’s out. That eventually broke and I was back to constant draining. I’m so frustrated that I think for now I’ll switch over from a flood drain system to a continuous flow system.<br /><br />Best of luck to you. I hope you do better than I did. Don’t be like me- install an overflow pipe in the beginning.
Rating: 1 stars