Hey All,

Hoping for some veteran advice on my aquaponic setup.

The attached picture is how I currently have my new setup (Chop and flip with 2 beds each, it's mirrored and unconnected to each other, currently flood & drain with bell syphon.

I've been fishless cycling for a few weeks, but with the amount of water evaporation and talk of adding buffers/acids into a sump instead of the fish tanks, I wanted to get some advice before I go too much further.

Would you implement a sump?If yes, would you keep them separate and use a different sump for each tank? or one IBC between them and have a solids lifting pipe from each tank into the sump?

If yes for a sump, would you still drop the water straight into the fish tanks from the beds which will overflow into the sump, and pump from the sump into the solid filters above?

https://preview.redd.it/qb9wva5amcj81.jpg?width=1576&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3a9684a4b51ea2f376799d1b2eb39a28ced9c564