Aquaponics System Design - 9 Essential components
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- Опубликовано: 4 июл 2024
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U are my inspiration
I've been researching like a madman for months now, I've watched so many of your videos, all delightful btw, as well as quite a few others. I've even purchased a book or two and have been drawing and redrawing schematics to make something work within my small NYC apartment. This latest video of yours is EXACTLY what every new person needs. Out of months worth of video watching, this is great for beginners. People never do the whole run through of requirements, they only show what they have and their preferences. Once I have more experience with the systems and some variances, I'd like to take a page out of your book and make some videos as well, going over components and their varieties and applications [ like Fixed bed Filter/Moving bed Filter(K2)/Drip Filter].
Thank you again for the great content.
Hope your build comes together smoothly John.
Thanks & Cheers mate
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Cheers all & have a top one. 😊
Rob
Thanks Rob
Do your aquaponics systems go through nutrient deficiencies??... if so how do you deal with it... ??...can you please suggest me any online aquaponics and hydroponics courses I could take... love from India
@Faisal a h
I will be posting a clip on this soon. The common ones are calcium & iron. Some will add extra potassium if growing fruiting plants.
Calcium can be added to help buffer the pH in the form of calcium hydroxide or carbonates. Iron is bet added as a chelated powder & potassium can be added as a hydroxide (when buffering pH), bicarbonate & I use a potassium-rich seaweed powder.
There are no courses I'd recommend sorry as I haven't taken any. A lot of the popular ones are over priced from the feedback I have had from past students I've spoken to. Sorry I'm not much help there.
i have it in the pipe but it does not grow what can i do and the weast of the fish stay on the bothom and and does not come out
@@gabrielmartinez1881 I'm not sure what you mean sorry Gabriel.
This is the single best overview of aquaponics essentials I've seen. Amazing stuff!
Glad the vid's have helped some Ryan. 👍
Cheers & happy growing mate.
Best video on aquaponics on the web. Cheers!
Glad it was helpful Jort. 👍😁
Thanks for the info Rob, I have only recently found your channel. You have been very insperational and easy to understand, plus its great to have an Ausie perspective. keep up the good work
Glad I could help some CPK. 👍 Whereabouts are you based?
@@RobsAquaponics hey Rob, I am based in Plainland Qld :)
@@cosmicpromking-1870 Just down the road then. 😉👍
Cheers & have a top one.
Simple easy to follow explanation. Great.
Cheers Carl 👍 👍
Man, great vid, you have definitely grown in both wisdom and beard-dom, I've watched many of your videos and have found lots of useful information but this has been definitely the most consise and direct one yet. It's great to see your love for your path grow, you are doing a good thing for humanity. Thanks and keep on growing, all puns intended
😄 Thanks Paul. Hope to have a few more posted like this over the coming months.
Cheers & happy growing mate. 👍
One of the best overviews of aquaponics available!
Thanks Shaun & hope it helps you out with a few ideas.
Cheers.
Your videos are always top notch! Thank you for providing such a robust resource for education! As amazing as Aquaponics is, it can be a very intimidating subject. I'm glad channels like yours exist to help take some of the mystery out of the process and provide us newcomers the advantage of years of experience! Keep up the great work!
Am glad the clips have helped you out some CWN. 👍
Have a top one mate.
Long time follower. This is a great overview. I have watched hundreds of videos and this one was organized, cover all areas and wasn't trying shove some product at me. It also gave me a path for further research. Thank you.
Am glad it's helped you out some Thomas.
Cheers mate & happy growing mate. 👍
Thanks Rob. The essential elements is a great reference. I've slowly been moving forward towards setting up my own aquaponics system and this has been a terrific refresher video. I'm excited. Thanks for your tutelage.
Hope the build goes smoothly Rudy. 👍👍
Wow, great video Rob (as always). Very thorough overview, delivered in a very clear and concise way. Love your work, keep it up mate👍
Thanks Jude. 😊
Cheers & have a top one.
Thank you so much Rob! What an excellent video. I honestly consider you my aquaponcis mentor. Cheers from Los Angeles, CA.
Am glad the clips are helping you some Edward. 👍👍
The content of your videos is amazing!! So much information, delivered in a concise, easy to digest manner.
Thanks mate. 👍👍
Thanks for explaining this so well and sharing your experiences
Excellent. Thanks Rob.
Cheers Julian. 👍
Thanks Rob, you’re always reliable in answering what comes next in my plans. Currently finishing my greenhouse. Got 16000 liters of rain water captured and have been measuring water temperature in the spare garage right next to the greenhouse where the fish tank(s?) will reside. Thinking of bluegill or trout. Planning on sizing the pump and where the sump tank will be placed. You’re clips are essential for planning! 👍
Am glad they are coming out when you need them Joe. 👍
Have had 2 folks say over on FB that they wished I'd posted this a few months back to help with theirs. :/
Have a top one Joe. 👍
one of the best Acuaponic videos i ever seen . great job mate!
Thanks Sy Tux.
Cheers & happy growing.
Love your vids Rob, wont be long now and an Aquaponics system is next on this old pensioners list!
Hope the build goes well for you Wayne.
Cheers mate & have a top one.
Today I learnt something new 😃. I never even knew such a thing. This seems amazing. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful & it helps you understand some of the concepts H M.
Have a top one mate.
Very useful info! Thank you Rob!
Cheers G U. 👍
Thank you for this amazing video.... I have been researching about aquaponics for the last 3 months... got a lot of info after watching your videos...love from india...😊
I'm glad the clips have been helping you out some Faisal.
Happy growing.
I wish you could upload everyday, loving the videos. Good work
Not sure the quality would be anywhere near as good as this one though if I did. 😉
Cheers Wes. 👍
I successfully ran a simple kratky system this year and now because of your videos I'm going to try an aquaponics system. Mine will be a much much smaller than the systems you've talked about but your info has helped so much in the design process. The seeds are germinating right now and the system will be fully running in a month or so. Thanks for the boost of confidence and great videos!
That's great to hear BB. 👍
Happy growing mate. 🥦🌱🍅
Hi Rob, you are a great guy. Keep up the good work. Thank you.
Glad I could help some mate.
Cheers & happy growing. 🌱🌱
Some great information from a fellow SEQ'r thank you very much.
We're moving in a month and we'll be looking to start our own soon so this is gold.
Nice one Steve. Where are you moving to mate?
Cheers.
@@RobsAquaponics
We're moving out towards Fernvale.
Our own 2.5 acre patch so plenty of room for diy and giy 👍
If you're ever out that way (after we've moved in lol) you'll have to come critique my work.
Cheers bud
@@mrbrown3546 You may drive past our place on the way into Ipswich depending on which way you come. 😉
Cheers neighbour & have a top one.
Wow great and thorough!!!
Thanks Sal. 😊
Hope you're having a great weekend.
Hi Rob,
As usual another great video for peoples needs. Keep up the good work.
Best regards,
Jarrod
Thanks Mr Jarrod.
have a great one mate.
great clip well done with everything going on with the house etc
Thanks Brett.
Hope all's well with you mate.
Thanks for sharing this. Great simple info for a newbie
Very welcome Mitchell 👍👍
Rob I've been a follower for a long time. I don't leave comments very often on RUclips but I just wanted to let you know that my wife and I always enjoy your videos. They are always filled with plenty of knowledge to soak up. Thanks for spreading that knowledge around the world. Keep up the good work.
I'm glad you're enjoying them folks. Do you have an aquaponics system on the go>
Cheers.
You have been very inspirational and easy to understand, plus its great to have an unique perspective in single video . keep up the good work
thanksn regards
Thanks Sunil.
Have a great week.
@@RobsAquaponics it's an honor for me to recieve reply from you sir , n iwrote really truth n you truly deserve lot of respect n much more for sharing your knowledge with people across world (Y)
great vid filled with good info for people thinking starting up such as myself, Thanks
Cheers Brendan. Hope the build goes well for you.
Happy growing. 🐟🌱
your explanation is very detail, this is my first time i click the bell youtube channel, thank you to share your experience
Am glad you've enjoyed the clip mate. I ave a number of other aquaponics clips that might interest you if you're new to aquaponics,
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Cheers & happy growing. 🌱🐟
Another awesome video! Top job! Have a top one
Thanks Tim. 👍
Have a top one mate.
Comprehensive and great information!
Thanks Punky. 😊
Hope all's well with you & yours. 👍
Most help ful video . Thanks brother
Happy to help DK.
have a top one.
Good job as always sir, will be setting my bigger scale soon and learned a lot from your channel.
Nice one Ron.
Have fun with the build mate. 👍
Gardeners are always named Rob. even me! Enjoyed your video thank you , subscribed ! setting up my first aquaponics tank now. Got a small 200l tank to start with
You want to know something Rob, I started veggie gardening by helping my pop, Bob Williams, in his small patch that he used to feed himself & extended family. 😉👍
Hope your system is doing well mate.
Cheers & happy growing 🌱🌱👍👍
good to see you back into it.
Still no fish here Shane but hope to be changing that by the end of the year. 😉
Cheers mate.
@@RobsAquaponics good luck rob, i have decided to not have silver or jade perch, my 10 silvers died over 1 week, ( my mistake i added 1 cap full of some "organic" plant food, wierd thing is the 10 goldfish in a different tank plumbed into the same system are fine 1 month later. thinking of doing trout or ell tail catfish.
@@Shane_O.5158 Sorry to hear than mate. I've wanted to have a crack at the catfish myself at some point. Will be interesting to see how they go for you.
Cheers Shane.
Great brief summary of aquaponics! Have you ever considered doing a Q & A session on aquaponics? I would love to hear also some mistakes you made early on to avoid me doing the same! Keep up the good work mate.
The Bule if you scroll through Robs videos there are several where he points out his mistakes, and things to avoid. Also the hows and whys of aquaculture.
Thanks. 👍 I've done a few as Me Meme mentioned & you can find them in the playlist I set up for this clip. 👍
ruclips.net/p/PLBcWprMIwYYj8zCdbSzPJOR3HRXpxuBwf
There's also a recent clip looking at what I'd do different with our current system if I had my time again.
Cheers & happy growing.
@@mememe5231 thanks very much I will go down the rabbit hole and search them out. :)
Very knowledgeable, well-articulated and information is well communicated.
Thanks John.
Have a top one mate.
great video Rob!
Than ks mate.
Have a top one.
Thank you so much for your videos.
Hope they help you out with a few ideas CK. 👍
Happy growing. 🐟🌱
yet another great video. just when one thinks it couldnt get any better...you break out the animations. =)
Thanks Rowdy. Am glad I didn't rush this one the other week when I was crook.
Cheers & have a top one.
Thanks Rob.
Cheers Kenneth.
Nice work.
I came here looking for grey water treatment systems. Still good.
Am glad you enjoyed it.
Cheers.
So good, thanks!
Cheers Ted. 😊👍
Nicely done Rob Bob!
I don't know if anyone else could have explained all of this quite this well and as detailed.
I couldn't agree more with everything you mentioned.
I've been fiddling with Aquaponics for nearly 5 years now and its almost all your fault sir, and I've loved every minute of my own discovery and experimentation through trial and error and learning from what you had accomplished here on RUclips.
Thank for sharing and as always keep building👍
😂 Feel free to share the blame around Todd. 👍
How's your system going now you're moving into winter?
Cheers.
@@RobsAquaponics Since I live in the Arizona Desert in the states we go from summer to fall and skip winter and go straight to spring lol so my system does fantastic all year, I do have to plant cool weather plants this time of year though and keep an eye on the water temps and have had to add heaters once in a while our just turn off the sump tank pump at night.
@@ToddLarsen For some reason I thought the temp dropped a fair bit there. Might have been someone living elsewhere that said they got below freezing through winter. 👍
@@RobsAquaponics there are areas that freeze but they are far north and south in the high desert, I will see some snow on the distant mountains but that's about it 👍
I love your t-shirt and i have found your videos very helpful.
Glad you like them Matt. Cheers mate.
Thank you very much. You help me a lot
Happy to help 👍
Good on yer Rob, cheers
Cheers DC. 👍
That’s a great explanation 🍻🍻
Cheers Bradley.
Have a top one mate. 👍🍻🍻
this is my dream. u re amazing sir. thank you for share
Cheers RS. 👍 Hope your build goes well when the time comes.
Nice Rob 😘
Cheers GR. 👍😊
Great video👍🏻
Thanks Dave.
Cheers mate 👍
Planing one right now I'm gonna have the fish in my shop and pipe the water outside to the grow bed
Nice one Percey. 👍
Hope the build goes smoothly.
A bit quick and simplistic...but a lot went into my noggin. Thanx.
Best I could do in under 15 minutes 😂😉
Cheers mate
Hi I am a hobby aquarium keeper. The air pump is useful but it does not supply the dissolved oxygen to the system. What it does is break up the surface of the water allowing it to exchange gasses. So the more you have the bubbles spread out around your tank the better.
Can only put sop much in a 13 min RUclips clip.
Thanks Earl. 👍
Superb content as always, I was curious if you were going to have a water test kit or not when the video started. You never disappoint. Cheers
Cheers Tony. 👍
Good education
Cheers Duncan. 👍👍'
have a top one mate.
Thanks for the info sir Rob. I've searching and studying about aquaponics thus past few months and I really enjoy all your videos I'd watched. I'm planning to build my own awuaponics system. May I ask rob, do I need to put airstones to my grow bed (floating raft) if I already oxidise the water on moving bed biofilter? Hope you could notice my question. Thank you and more power to your channel
Am glad the clips have been helpful mate. 👍
The air in the DWC raft beds is more for the plants as most will need air in their root zones to thrive. 🌱🌱
Cheers mate & happy growing.
thnks
👍 No problem Rahila.
Thanks Rob, hope you got all your heavy lifting done before summer kicks in Brisbane.
Still got a load to do around the yard John but a lot of the hard lifting will be done with a Dingo hopefully.
Cheers mate & have a top one.
I have a canister filter in mine used them big car wash sponges as filter material as well as some shade cloth
Nice one nk. 👍
Cheers & have a great one.
@@RobsAquaponics hi rob..can i have your email plz..thanks
@@hansrajseechurn9249 No sorry mate. I get loads of requests which stops me from doing other work.
Feel free to join our members site though where I do spend time helping those out that support us.
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Cheers
Hello friend
I've very much enjoyed your vids ..I'm planning one soon but having difficulty finding fish (edible) to stock in Montana...
Hey Troy. Try searching for "Montana fish hatcheries" & see what pop's up. I also know folks that go out & catch wild fish & add them in. You would need to know what local species would take & thrive on fish pellets.
Good luck mate. 👍
Love your videos. I am just starting to build a small unit. Thinking an IBC tote and cutting a 55 gallon barrel in half for the beds. Going with a radial flow filter and sump as well. If I have to move 250 gallons twice an hour, would that be too fast for the bell siphon to work?
I think it may be Popee. Sorry it took so long to get to your comment. How did the build go?
Would you provide a pdf of the diagrams you reference in your videos? Those schematic drawings are incredibly helpful!
That is something that will be offered in the future via my different guides Daniel.
Hi Rob could you incorporate an old 27000 L inground pool into a hydroponic system and what function would the pool itself serve in the system. Thanks Rob D (I love your videos!)
Such a great channel.
Really not sure about the power usage of a system
It's easy enough to work out. Take the wattage from the spec label on the pump & multiply it by 24 (hours). Then times that by the kW charge you get from the power company. We also have a solar system on the house so our running costs are subsidised a bit. 😉
Cheers. 👍
Hi Rob, due to space constraints, I didn't want to use 2 x 45 degree elbows between the fishtank and solids filter, so I asked ChatGPT whether it'll make much of a difference between those 2 parts. Here's it's response (note that this is only in the freeflow part between those 2 components, not where the water is being pumped up by a pump).
ChatGPT: "If you have limited space and prefer to use 90-degree elbows due to spatial constraints, it should still be sufficient for your needs, given the flow rate of 1500 to 2000 liters per hour. Although using two 45-degree elbows can help reduce friction losses and optimize water flow, the impact on your system's overall performance with your specified flow rate should be minimal.
Using 90-degree elbows in your 50mm PVC pipe system should be able to handle the flow rate without significant issues. Just be sure to minimize the number of sharp turns and the total length of pipe to further reduce potential friction losses and ensure efficient water flow throughout your system.
To give you some context, a 50mm PVC pipe can handle flow rates of up to around 5,000 liters per hour (or even more, depending on factors like pipe length and head loss). Given that your intended flow rate is well below this threshold, a 50mm pipe with 90-degree elbows should be sufficient for your needs. However, if you want to optimize your system and reduce potential friction losses, using two 45-degree elbows for turns might be a better choice."
So, A.I. being A.I., it repeatedly says 45 degree elbows will be better, but if need be, you should be fine with 90 degree elbows between the tank and the filter.
Cheers for that. I wonder if it would give a different response if you mention the flow is under gravity & not being pumped.
Excellent video... Really covers everything. I've decided to start small as a test, so I built a small 24x18x18 aquarium with a grow bed on top. I plan to do a small kitchen garden and house this in my kitchen. Some celery, thyme, eshollets (green onions). Once I feel like I've got the handle on not killing fishes or plants... I'm going to do 4 chop and flip IBC containers a large fish tank and filters. My question is, right now on the aquarium system I have, I'm using a single 400gph pump in a sump behind a radial filter that uses two 3/4 pipes with a venturie in each... This supplies the oxygenated water to the fish tank. It's got loads of bubbles, tiny ones, and the idea was a minimum use of power - 1 pump. Now I don't plan to use this in the bigger system, unless I can really get good performance. What are your thoughts on this? And I know that you already did a video on this, I've watched it several times. But I don't think you've convinced me either way...
I would still use an air pump in the FT even if you have a venturi. 👍 If a water pump fails (other than power outage) the fish get no air but would be fine if there was an air stone in there.
If you're going to buy a venturi, look for a proper aquaculture one as they work a lot better than the cheap liquid injections ones you can buy for a few bucks off amazon or ebay.
Cheers Peter.
@@RobsAquaponics I actually made the venturi based on your video and some others on RUclips.
Nice video! What is a good amount of time I can expect to tend to a aquaponics system? Meaning workload. Maybe two - four grow beds (4x8) Thanks sir
Hi Zates. Just a few minutes most days I'd say. All you'll be doing is checking/feeding fish, walking once around the system to make sure all is shipshape & then picking the veggies.
I recommend maybe that you test the water levels at least once a week to see how the pH & nutrient levels are travelling.
Hope that helps some mate.
What I am looking for is a system that will monitor everything and automatically add what is needed. I travel extensively for work and want my system to be pretty much able to keep balanced while I'm away.
There are dosing tools & meters out there that could help. I've not tried any myself sorry.
I appreciate you I wish I could pay you but I can't but I do so appreciate you I've learned a lot thank you 🤗😊
I'm just happy most folks find the clips helpful Lisa. 👍
Cheers & happy growing.
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Very informative video! What software do you use to create those cool drownings? Thanks for the efforts.
Thanks.
I use Paint.Net for the layered images & DaVinci Resolve editing program is used to animate them.
Cheers.
Hi Rob thanks for the info... One question, If my fish tank is 1000L what capacity my water pump should have? Considering a sump tank and grow bed volume. cheers
Is a bit hard to say sorry as it depends on what style of system you're building. If it's a single loop you only need enough to exchange the water in the fish tank 1.5-2 times an hour. Our oirigional single loop had a 4500lp hour pump running it & I had just over 2500lph going through the 1000L tank. 👍
If it's split flow you will need to go larger as you'll also be delivering water out to the grow beds as well.
This clip might help you understand the different ways to plumb a system if you're not already familiar with them.
ruclips.net/video/0QQA5BpWKec/видео.html
Sorry it took a while to get to your comment.
Hi rob after years following aquaponicks i have created a split system with 5 grow beds. We run +- 3000 liters.
We started in the middel of winter. We are very happy with our growth. The talapia are still less than 70mm 26 off so untill they reach maturity we are supplementing the nutrition. We have 50 fry +- 25mm in our indoor tank.
Question what would the water replacement be acceptable per day.
Sorry I missed this. I would look at adding a small aquarium filter in with the fry & let that process the ammonia. As for water changes, We used to change about ½ the water in the aquarium tank every second week when we kept fish inside.
Hope that helps & sorry again for taking so long to respond.
Hi Rob, do you have any videos where you go into the aerated mineral tank? I'm doing a small build where i'd like to use water from an aquaponics system to manually water nearby plants. Plan is: Fish tank -> SLO -> Bio-reactor -> sump tank. Nozzle from sump to water plants. An aerated mineral tank would be icing on cake since i won't be growing plants in a bio-media bed. Thanks! & Thanks for all your videos they've been extremely helpful!
I don't at the moment sorry. They are basically an aerated compost brewer if that helps any. You just need to turn the air off & let the solids settle out before decanting the clearer water back into the system, if that helps any.
@@RobsAquaponics that helps tremendously. thank you. the part about turning the air off to let them settle was exactly my main concern and question at this point. gotta have healthy water for the fish! thanks man looking into compost brewer now
There is a heap of those face shaped beads in an IBC at our local tip. Is it worth grabbing them?? If they are cheap??
Would be worth looking into. 👍 I think ours cost between AUD$1.50-2.50 per litre but I could be wrong. I do think that you'd been to disinfect them before use in your system as they may be carrying pathogens.
Cheers.
Hey Rob, could you have a sump separating your solids that has red claw or something similar in it to clean up the muck?
I had some in mine originally & they did OK until they played highlander & there was only one at the end. 😁
They would have done better if I offered them more hiding spots like pipes or crates.
Great video only one thing I wanted to touch on a mineralization tank is also known as a settling tank
It is a anaerobic process
Meaning dont add oxygen until the mineralization process is completed it takes a few months to actually complete but after it does that's when you add oxygen to bring the anaerobic environment to a aerobic environment so it is healthy for plants and now minerals rich thanks for the video keep up the good work
As I understand it, adding a carbon source for the microbes & supplying them with air. is a faster way to achieve the same results without the off gassing of nitrogen & production of methane. From memory it was Paul Van that explained it to us at a small Q&A gathering we had here a few years back. 👍
Cheers.
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check out this link I just found it's on point with this conversation
aquaponics.com/ufaqs/what-is-the-difference-between-nitrification-and-mineralization/
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what your talking about is 100%
right but is the process of only mineralization of nitrogen but in the aquaponics world a mineralization tank is generally referred for a mineral tank with more complex minerals in it not just nitrogen. just wanted to clear that up im not trying to dis-credit you in front of your
subs. this is a great learning channel
@@420niles More elements than nitrogen are released from waste in an aerobic mineralisation as well.
I mentioned the nitrogen off glass as that occurs more in anaerobic decomposition from my understanding.
Hello. Just recently found your channel and im inspired to start one on my own. In a year or two do you think its ample time to do it in a commercial scale able to feed a small town? Any pro and cons if doing aquaponics commercially?
By the way, i just want to grow tilapia and lettuce - if that matters
Hi Jon. I'm probably not the best person to ask as I haven't built or run a commercial aquaponics farm. I have seen folks that have done so in less than a year but the capital outlay can be quite a bit.
Might pay for you to get in contact with someone like Ryan Chatterson from Chatterson's Farms.
www.chattersonfarms.com/
As far as I know he's still designing commercial systems & has a very long background in the industry.
Hope that helps some
Haha you had paint in your beard last week when I bought the Uniseals. You know a trim might help you shaggy bugger lol.
😂 Probably still have a bit left in there.
Cheers mate & hope the systems going well.
Do you still recommend water bottle caps for the bio filter? I only ask because I've been collecting them from your video.
I think you're better off to use the proper biomedia M H as it's been designed with more biological surface area for the bacteria to colonise.
The lids will work though in a pinch.
I am building my first system. I cut two totes in half so four beds. How many IBC beds can you put on one 55 gallon filter? I enjoy your videos. Thanks
It comes down to flow rate from the fish tank as that will be determining the filters retention time SS.👍
This playlist has a few videos that may help, the first one in particular,
ruclips.net/p/PLBcWprMIwYYgQdUQ86FjdC7w1GOP8_woc
Hi Rob, or should it be g’day? Where do you get your moving bed bio reactor from?
I made it myself GT. Am looking at making one up for the new system soon & will film a clip for that when the time comes.
Cheers.
Rob are you going to add DWC and nft when you rebuild you system?
I would like to have one system that is just raft & another that will be a mix BWF. 👍
I know folks that have had issues through summer here with NFT so am not sure if I'll be running any yet.
Cheers mate.
Which is more efficient in filtering, Radial flor or swirl filtration?
Just posted a clip on the radial flow yesterday. 👍
ruclips.net/video/sBCC9tMsleY/видео.html
Radial flow settler is much better than the swirll.
Cheers.
Do you think I could do an decent aquaponics system in a one car garage without sunlight?
I'm really intrigued by this idea and would love to give it a go. I'm assuming you can't do any salt water fish like whiting. I'm assuming it has to be fresh water.
I'm sure everything will be answered by watching enough videos. Sorry if it is :P
You can set up inside but will need to add in some sort of lighting for the plants. There's a load of LED lights on the market now that are a lot cheaper to run than the older hydroponic lights which helps some.
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hey Texan here just wondering on cold days if I use those blue barrels how do you keep the fish and plants from freezing????
We live in the subtropics so popping them in a sunny spot in the yard helps. In colder areas, you might want to look into running a small aquarium heater in there barrel system to bump the water temp up over night.
Hi Rob we have been following your U Tube videos and trying to get all are duck in a row but have a have time trying to find the fitting to go with the 1inch flex tubings ball valves Ts elbows Ys ect we are in southern az having no luck🤔. Is there a website to order from? Thank so much.
Sorry I missed your comment Lonnie. We get the barbed fittings from irrigation shops here.
I found this mob online that ate based in CA if that helps & it looks like they stock the 1" barbed fittings,
www.dripworks.com/drip-irrigation/fittings/barbed
Hope that helps some.
Can coconut coir be used for growth media and can a water tank/vat that is used for collecting rain be used for the fish tank?
I wouldn't use coir myself in a large grow bed but it may be fine in net cups if you're growing using the NFT or DWC methods to grow fast turn around crops.
I have seen a number of folks use recycled rain water tanks for fish tanks. 👍 The only ones I would not recommend you use are the galvanised metal ones as they will cause issues with the fish if they're not lined correctly.
Hi Rob. I have a container that measures WxLxH = 80 cm x 100 cm x 40 cm. Do you think it is high enough for a fish tank?
Not really for larger table fish. Might be ok for smaller ornamental varieties though.
i am still trying to figure out how to aquire/import aussie jade perch into indonesia.
btw. what size pipe are you using for outlet of the rff? and how much water is flowing through the system per hour.
cheers.
I know Malaysia imports them but haven't seen anyone post about Indonesia sorry Swee Yong.
I've used a 50mm outlet from the fish tank to RFS in the past with 2000+LPH flowing via gravity through it with no issues.
Hope that helps some.
@@RobsAquaponics good day rob. thanx for the reply.
i am in the midst of turning 40KL pond into a aquaponics system which will also supply water to our vertical wall garden, grow veggies and ultimately grow fish to donate.
ive got a 5000Litre bog filter installed that flows 12KL p/h into the main pond.
i got 2 x 2500L RFS which will be flowing to the gravel grow bed and dwc in the nearby future.
i am still scrathing my head as to whether to install a MBBR.
stocking rate is under 100 mainly koi fish.
isues ive encountered so far is the water lock from RFS. water not exiting (gravity at 2m height) the outflow pipe from the RFS to the grow bed. i am using a 2inch pipe and trying to flow min 12KL p/h. the line of path is not straight, with a couple of 90 degree elbow and an elevation of 60 -70cm. in this sort of scenario could the cause be too small of pipe diameter or not enough head height from the out let.
Have you considered using a standalone solar/battery/inverter setup to isolate your garden from the power grid entirely (and how that'd affect costs long term)?
We have a back to grid system on the house so the system is partially run by solar. I would like to set up a decent sized 24v system but don't have the space for the panels at the moment.
Cheers.
Would I be able to make a long term Aquaponics system out of an above ground pool?
You could if the plastic liner was food grade Sara. You may have a few issues with lack of nutrients though if it's a large pool as you'd need a lot of fish to create enough nutrient to grow plants, otherwise it will be too dilute.
If you did stock to a base level of fish, you would have the issue of needing a lot of grow beds/biofiltration to be able to process the waste from the fish if it was stocked at 1 fish per 25L/6.6gal of water in the pool.
Hope that helps some.