This sounds interesting
23rd Annual “Virtual” Short Course
Recirculating Aquaculture/Hydroponics/Aquaponics
Monday, January 10 to Thursday, January 13, 2022
My question is basically do I need a bell siphon? I’m concerned about root rot with a constant flow system but my brother thinks constant flow is better for the fish (more aeration) and more simple to make/ put together. Some more info: I have a 90cm fish tank I want to grow mainly leafy greens, maybe some herbs and root vegetables in the future.
Also if anyone has some kind of resource/link to a website or video on doing indoor small scale aquaponics they could share that would be great, I’m completely new to this and I’m a bit worried about the well-being of both my fish and plants.
well heloo fellas! I live in a poorly developed country where arable land is very little and water is scarce. I work in the agricultural industry so i am familiar with farming (at least open field) . but i want to optimize what little land space i own. I've been doing a lot of research regarding this field reading books like Timmons aqua-RAS and FAO small scale aquaponic system. but i know i have a long way to go. nothing beats learning like a good old fashion trail and error. i was impressed by what the UVI agricultural department did and thought about mimicking/replicating its commercial aquaponics system here in my 800sqm of land (with few adjustments to adapt to my African climate) . i am willing to spend my own money ( or atleast what i can afford to spend) however what really worries me is the amount of knowledge one must have to operate a complicated system like aquaponics. watcha ya think fellas is starting an aqua farm is a risk worth taking(giving the amount of information i can access online) or am i shooting myself in the foot here.
I made a calculator this evening that’s based on the FAO Aquaponics guide.
Currently it solves sizing of various components given the type and number of plants desired. It can also solve for the tank and number of plants given a media bed size.
The next thing i plan to do is solve for “given a tank size tell me how much I can grow”.
It tends towards the conservative end in calculations but should provide ok sizing estimates for hobbyist systems.
It’s still a work in progress with a couple of rough edges on the input side. Let me know what you think!
https://firmestablishment.netlify.app
I am working on incorporating Aquaponics with aeroponics next-instead of having the plants in a medium have them hanging from holes on top roots dangling getting sprayed by sprayers underneath and have the water drain back down. On the bottom of the tub I will be putting clay pebbles and lined them with those flat sponges may be 3 inches high to create the bio filter-this will get rid of the need to always clean and remove all those clay Rock medium🤷🏻♂️. More oxygen will get to the roots also faster growth as the roots don’t need to push through anything. And perhaps increase nutrient take up. I will try to draw a crude picture of what I’m thinking. But if you ever used the turbo clone system I’m basically taking that idea and incorporating it into PAquaponicsnics
Has anyone done something similar and do you have a picture?
Hello, I fell in love with the idea of making a small aquaponic system in my kitchen to grow herbs. The tank size would be 60x70x25 cm (width height depth), about 90l/24 gallons and I like this plant tray idea https://youtu.be/hKlup6H0EtM.
I’m a bit concerned about algae so I was thinking about keeping amano shrimp and nerite snails accompanied by angelfish and neon tetras.
I’m a newbie to aquponics (though I work in the garden and had a fish tank as a kid).
Is there something to take in consideration that I may be missing? Like what herbs to pick to not negatively affect my water quality etc. Maybe put a black foil on the tray so the roots are not exposed to light?
I’m still in the process of gathering information so I would be grateful for good resources and your experience. Thank you.
Aquaponics is a mix of raising fish and circulating the water in a hydroponic system for growing plants, right? The plants take the nitrates out of the water and the water returns to the fish tank. Is that the basis of how it works?
I do not understand how a system like that could ever get balanced. I have a 500 gallon aquarium/filter system and have been quite successful raising a variety of fish, getting the nitrogen cycle right, and determining when water changes are necessary to keep the nitrates down. But how would a hydroponic system remove enough nitrates for the water to be good for the fish and provide enough nitrates for the plants? If someone has such a system I would be interested in the details!
It does look to me like I could take the discharge water from the water change which is too high in nitrates for healthy fish and use it to feed a hydroponic system, but then discharge that water as waste rather than return it to the fish tank.
If someone has a successfully balanced a small system of around 500 gallons that has worked for months I am really interested!
A group of students at my university was given some money by the national science foundation to do science and stuff. My team decided aquaponics. We are an interdisciplinary team of undergrads. I do the chemistry and biology, and my team mates do computer programing, and some basic electrical engineering. We got super interested in the idea of fully automating an aquaponics system, and we could definitely do that, but we wouldn't be breaking any new ground. So I am coming to reddit for ideas. What is an aquaponics related question that you guys think should be scienced? Are there any "rules of thumb" that you think merit further investigation? Is there a product that you think would make aquaponics more accessible to the public? Please discuss!
I'm thinking about growing marijuana using an aquaponic system however I am unsure if it is possible to flush the plant while using an aquaponic system.
Aquarium: 3 gallon Hydroponic Strategy: Flood & Drain with Clay media Grow Bed: 2 gallon bucket that fills 1 gallon Species: Gold Fish (snails for algae control?)
Wanted to go with small brook trout or something but decided to start with gold fish and fresh water snails. Not sure how many fish to go with at this point, will have to research. Any critiques or advice would be greatly appreciated, looking to grow one plant at a time in this set up.
https://youtu.be/rhUeu2YHWd8
Building a 15,000 gallon koi pond with about 20-30lbs of heavy feeding fish first year. Eventually I will buy an RDF and bakki shower as waste loads grow but for now doing bottom drains to radial flow filter, to MBB, to media grow beds. How much real estate should I shoot for on the grow beds?
