AquaPonics

[SickSauce]

as We all know we can grow Plants with our Tank systems and I have always wanted to Set a Aquaonics Tank system. From this video from a Producing view point you would want to maximize output of Plants with less equipment needed to keep cost down. But from a fishing keeping stand point I feel that these Tanks, in this case barrels are extremely over OVERSTOCKED. Personally I think AquaPonics is a Great thing but abuse of fish may go hand in hand with it at the same time. What are yalls thought on this? Moms across the US with Overstocks Tanks for their Growing Hobbies

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[dragonfish]

Yes most aquaponics farmers tend to fairly high stocking density but probably no more than regular fish farms. The usual outcome is a complete meal, not a wet pet. Not condoning but that is the idea. That being said,I run my pond through a grow bed and raise some peppers. Pretty soon will have to rebuild because of mistakes made the first time. I grow some veggies out of a tupperware tub sitting in one side of my tank and I use tank water for watering the other stuff growing. Everyone is happy, especially Monsanto the Oscar. He gets cleaner water and won't become a sandwich.

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[MonsterMinis]

lol an Oscar named Monsanto.... I could def see more hobbyists taking advantage of this concept.. and def plan on adding some plants to our set-up.. why not use edible ones? plenty of people utilize pothos ect to help their nitrate control why not grow species to suppliment your own kitchen? coming from an Italian family.. I can say tomatoes and basil are never abundent enough in our gardens. I would very much like to maintain an indoor herb garden offa one of our tanks in the future ( one more thing on the long list of "things to do to the house")

But I do agree it's not much better then battery cages for chickens in many cases... It's trying to get the proverbial most bang for your buck. And imo the animals aren't kept as well as they should be let alone can be. But i feel education would both improve productivity and the "quality of life" the fish are getting immensely.

As a Mom and a gardener and fishkeeper.. lol I have def had this concept on my to-do-list for some time now. for all you married guys.. might be a way to get the wife who gardens ect to embrace your tanks if they don't already love the tank water for their crops.

The hardest part i think is haveing to avoid meds/chemicals ect... which with healthy fish/set-up shouldn't be an issue.

atm about 200gallons a week goes into our sump instead of down our drain and gets pumped into the yard... nice big grow spot already lol.

 

[pharmaecopia]

If I were to do this I'd be looking into many of the aquatic plants that can grow emersed. Crypts, anubias, swords, etc. This way you can potentially start growing an selling plants, all while removing nitrates from the aquarium.

 

[dragonfish]

lol an Oscar named Monsanto.... I could def see more hobbyists taking advantage of this concept.. and def plan on adding some plants to our set-up.. why not use edible ones? plenty of people utilize pothos ect to help their nitrate control why not grow species to suppliment your own kitchen? coming from an Italian family.. I can say tomatoes and basil are never abundent enough in our gardens. I would very much like to maintain an indoor herb garden offa one of our tanks in the future ( one more thing on the long list of "things to do to the house")

But I do agree it's not much better then battery cages for chickens in many cases... It's trying to get the proverbial most bang for your buck. And imo the animals aren't kept as well as they should be let alone can be. But i feel education would both improve productivity and the "quality of life" the fish are getting immensely.

As a Mom and a gardener and fishkeeper.. lol I have def had this concept on my to-do-list for some time now. for all you married guys.. might be a way to get the wife who gardens ect to embrace your tanks if they don't already love the tank water for their crops.

The hardest part i think is haveing to avoid meds/chemicals ect... which with healthy fish/set-up shouldn't be an issue.

atm about 200gallons a week goes into our sump instead of down our drain and gets pumped into the yard... nice big grow spot already lol.

I adapted a filter for motorhomes that removes chlorine/chloramines and heavy metals from the water. Most, if not all the chemicals tell you for ornamental use only.

I've grown basil, lettuce and sweet peppers in the tub/tank. Right now have a tomato seedling, shell peas, thai basil and passion fruit going. In the pond is a bell pepper and a ghost pepper. BEing watered from the tank are poblanos, squash, eggplant, tomatoes, more shell peas and a melon. For now.

I'm the fishkeeper and the gardener, and my wife is still not overly fond of the tank. But she does like them more since they do give back something tasty.

 

[dragonfish]

If I were to do this I'd be looking into many of the aquatic plants that can grow emersed. Crypts, anubias, swords, etc. This way you can potentially start growing an selling plants, all while removing nitrates from the aquarium.

The idea behind aquaponics is growing a sustainable food supply not ornamental plants.

 

[pharmaecopia]

The idea behind aquaponics is growing a sustainable food supply not ornamental plants.

I know what the idea is. Any hobbyist doing this is not going to be raising fish for aquaculture purposes, so not a true aquaponics system in any sense. So as I said I would choose instead to raise plants that might offset the cost of setting up and maintaining a system.

 

[David Tyson]

What about keeping tilapia and duckweed in aquaponics and feeding tilapia with the duckweed grown in the same system? It means zero cost for fish feed. Tilapia produce waste after eating and the same waste goes to the duckweed as fertilizer which results in growth of duckweed which is again fed to tilpia and the cycle continues. And also duckweed is an excellent source of plant based protein and tilapia's diet consists of mostly plants and they don't need animal source protein so duckweed can be complete diet for tilapia without needing anything else. Will this work?