Pointers on aquaponics
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Ha aquaponics is the way we can do multitasking and earn more money and loose very little
So basic concept behind this is that you have a tank fully cycled and don't want to do any water changes as water is not cheap and extra cost for all the electric that you Aquarium hobby uses. So you take a power head attach a pipe of same diameter of the outlet of the power head and then you culture plants which are fairly rooted in the pot soil, then you make a type of drip system that supplies the water to the plants and the rest will drain out of the pot into a canister filter so it can be re cycled and so basically you only have to feed the fish and pay the electric bill and the rest worrying will be taken care by the aquaponics plant you have made.
If you liked this then can you please check out my YouTube channel "Aquatank boys" I will be more than pleased.
Thank you.
So basic concept behind this is that you have a tank fully cycled and don't want to do any water changes as water is not cheap and extra cost for all the electric that you Aquarium hobby uses. So you take a power head attach a pipe of same diameter of the outlet of the power head and then you culture plants which are fairly rooted in the pot soil, then you make a type of drip system that supplies the water to the plants and the rest will drain out of the pot into a canister filter so it can be re cycled and so basically you only have to feed the fish and pay the electric bill and the rest worrying will be taken care by the aquaponics plant you have made.
If you liked this then can you please check out my YouTube channel "Aquatank boys" I will be more than pleased.
Thank you.
That's not really what I am looking for. And from the research I have done that isn't really sounding like that is sucka good idea
im currently trying to incorporate aquaponics into all of my tanks. right now im setting up a tank for my dad which will feature a 50 gallon tank and 5 ft. overhead planter sump. ive made these with plastic planter boxes before but im going with wood and pondarmor on this one. hope to make a working prototype from this one i can base later models on for my setups. i also like this idea because i can customize the size of the planter.
heres a recent thread with some examples of members setups:
https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/threads/over-tank-sump-filter.699801/#post-7886788
i like these overhead sumps because they're effective and aesthetically pleasing if done right. you also get a lot more out of your pump by pumping the <1 ft up to the tank vs. the 3-5 ft up youre normally pumping with a conventional sump.
anywho I'll be posting a build thread for that 50 gal setup soon in the diy forum as well as any subsequent planters if you wanna check it out.
heres a recent thread with some examples of members setups:
https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/threads/over-tank-sump-filter.699801/#post-7886788
i like these overhead sumps because they're effective and aesthetically pleasing if done right. you also get a lot more out of your pump by pumping the <1 ft up to the tank vs. the 3-5 ft up youre normally pumping with a conventional sump.
anywho I'll be posting a build thread for that 50 gal setup soon in the diy forum as well as any subsequent planters if you wanna check it out.
A friend of mine had an aquaponics facility that did well for a few years, but went bankrupt. His biggest problem (I believe) was the high cost of electricity to get enough light to properly grow the plants, and cost to heat the building in winter.
Sky lights ( a glass ceiling probably could have saved the business, and instead of trying to grow Tilapia (tropical) if he would have used temperate water fish like perch or bluegills would have also helped reduce heating costs.
The building was about 3 stories tall, and veggies were in tiers throughout the height of the building with water pumped up and tricking back down the tiers to large tanks below, in the thoousands of gallons.
Sweet Water Organics - Urban Fish and Vegetable Farm - Milwaukee, WI
Sweet Water Organics - Wikipedia
There is also a book oavailable called Trash backwards with a chapter with photos of the business.
I did it hobby style, growing seedlings in window box refugiums, fed by my tanks.
After initial growth they needed replanting outside or they faded out.
I found planting outside in full sun when it got warm, and using daily watering from water changes pumped to the garden gave much more satisfactory results
Sky lights ( a glass ceiling probably could have saved the business, and instead of trying to grow Tilapia (tropical) if he would have used temperate water fish like perch or bluegills would have also helped reduce heating costs.
The building was about 3 stories tall, and veggies were in tiers throughout the height of the building with water pumped up and tricking back down the tiers to large tanks below, in the thoousands of gallons.
Sweet Water Organics - Urban Fish and Vegetable Farm - Milwaukee, WI
Sweet Water Organics - Wikipedia
There is also a book oavailable called Trash backwards with a chapter with photos of the business.
I did it hobby style, growing seedlings in window box refugiums, fed by my tanks.
After initial growth they needed replanting outside or they faded out.
I found planting outside in full sun when it got warm, and using daily watering from water changes pumped to the garden gave much more satisfactory results
