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Off Grid Homestead Aquaponics
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- Опубликовано: 25 май 2014
- Here is our walk through of our homestead aquaponics system. Its fully operational and this spring is getting off to a great start. We are using goldfish to jumpstart the system and will be switching them out with bluegill coming up soon. Leave questions or comments below and I will "try" to answer them.
Absolutely brilliant! What an amazing system you've built. Barrelponics to the extreme ...
So many excellent ideas in a single video, I should have been taking notes!
Gonna have to go check for updates now.
Blessed be.
Very cool and well thought out. I want one - filled with rainbow trout!
We've ran a small aquaponics greenhouse for 3 winters now with bluegill. You may want to consider airlift pumps. You can make them yourself from PVC pipe, they use very little power ( < 20 watts )from aquarium pumps, no moving parts, they aerate the water, and they lift waste solids as well. Great system you have there.
There are many factors in books on aquaponics . One place I discovered which successfully combines these is this website here AquaSystem.xyz it's the most incredible guide i've seen on aquaponics. Check out all the awesome information .
Shalom thank you so much for this video and link to my aqua farm . Com. Your system is amazing an looks as though it takes care of it self, love it is run by solar and gravity, so that there is no additional cost for the food it produces, thank you for all your help G-D bless
very interesting, and you did a great job of explaining it.
Have a Jesus filled day
Greg in Michigan
Nice system! With less light hitting the tanks and water runways you could avoid denitrification. Algae growth takes the nutrients from your crop.. greetings
Like the alternative method for controlling fill intervals. Everyone goes for bell syphon method. Your dump valves are very novel. The solar power is definitely a great method for powering the pumps. Great idea using the two pumps to deliver the lift you need. Wish I had seen this video last year when I built my system.
P.S. The air lift technique was shown to me by an electrician in SoCal that was deeply involved in the 'Green Movement', and off the grid self-sufficiency. He installed all kinds of electric windmills, and windmills that powered air pumps. The air pumps filled large galvanized storage tanks to about 12 PSI when the wind blew (he happened to get more that enough wind, most of the time, to keep the storage tanks at full pressure for more than what he needed, and could always add more of each type of pump. Clever fellow. And I just re-thought my comment. You'll probably need two backflow preventer valves for each lift system. One has to be BEFORE the air pump, and installed oriented to prevent the water from being pushed by the air pressure back in to the source container. As the water rises, it would siphon from the bottom container.
FANTASTIC JOB YOU GO MAN...
the sound of the water is so soothing. id have to have a cot or something to nap on in there. great system! id love to build one just like it.
Very Nice. Thank you for sharing.
On your next green house design...incorporate enough space for piles of compost on either side of your grow beds or at the end away from your fish (against the wall) enough compost will generate heat thru the winter and help you grow 365. Your exhaust fan can prevent overheating and the amount of compost you pile up will maintain a minimum temp. Nothing overly dirty, just yard waste, chipped up wood some greens left from your harvesting etc. This can create a complete biosphere that will prevent the need for additional heating from solar (save you money and very little maintenance on compost).
I also use lots of worms in my compost. I have my children squat over the compost heap at night. As the worms come out their bottoms, I grab them and put them in the compost. It is a win-win.
Great advice. I've tried what you describe with success, along with many others for decades. First year I didn't have the space inside so put a pile of loose straw outside with a garden hose inside of it that went inside the greenhouse , pile was about 65C when ongoing and lasted about a year, and because it heats up it self-circulates. Just keep an eye on the water temp as bacteria can start growing in it if you don't succeed in raising the temp high enough, in case it does boil it or change it and clean the system. 100% straw has the potential to get VERY warm, even self-ignite so be careful, especially if you have an airgap underneath. Can also be used to provide off-grid hot water. Happy growing everyone!
no culture.
you should replace that 90 in your pump line with two 45s. Each 45 equals 1/4 of the back pressure of a 90.
So fantastic. Thank you guys so much for generously sharing this.
There is a guy on youtube doing aquaponics in a greenhouse in Alaska. He set up a slow burning wood stove made with metal 55 gallon drums to heat his greenhouse in winter and has been having good luck. Can't remember the channel atm
Wonderful system! Great video too!
had been very curios about this aquaponics update :) best of luck Zachary and keep the updates about the farm coming :) compliments from Portugal :)
No certain if you've thought about this or not, but you could run an amount of the water through a large coil of black drainage pipe placed somewhere inside the greenhouse maybe with a ball value to adjust how much of the water is circulated through the black pipe. During the days this will allow some of the heat from the coiling to be released over night back into the system. I am not entirely certain if this will work for your system or not, but thought I would pass it along in hope that it or something similar may assist you in extending your grow cycle. One other thing, using a gray or dark gray gravel mix on the walkways, and paths inside the greenhouse, roughly 8-14 inches deep (dependent on your region) to help maintain heat in the cold and winter evenings inside your greenhouse.
Also if it is an option, you may want to consider using steel structuring to build the new support base in 10+ years. Best of luck and amazing design and proof of concept with this system. Thank you and your friend so very much for this amazing design concept. I plan on using a lot of the features in my own homestead build.
Shalom!
Nice work Zachary. I will be watching
I love to see people doing great things, keep it up. Subbed thank you.
I believe that you could do a video of building a small version of your system! I love your layout of your system!!! Keep up the great work!
You can grow duckweds or Azolla in your fish tanks. That clean your tabks and will provide food for fish too.
10:42 - For pest control, try the Sundew (Drosera Capensis) over a Venus Fly trap.
I had a WICKED gnat problem after getting a plant shipped over. I had no idea how BIG of a problem I had until I saw the Sundew literally covered with bugs. Many different shapes and sizes and can tolerate many climates, including Alaska's marsh
Great system I can see how easy it works. I send everyone that asks me about aquaponics to list video for the system and they might check out one of your other videos and they get witnessed to. I am starting to build one of these systems now I just have to find the big grommets you used in the upper tank. Thanks again for the ideas
Don't take this the wrong way... I'm going to copy the shit out of this!! amazing system! thanks
That 'other kind of Venus Fly Trap' looked like a Pitcher Plant to me...
Thanks for the tour btw.
Great video ! One of the best setups I have seen thus far ! (And great advice on readimg your Bible !)
nice system....looking forward to more updates.....thx!
Zachary, did you made a video showing how to build the wooden holders for the barrels and things? Did you build the Greenhouse yourself? I'd like to see a video also explaining how you built the greenhouse, specifications too, since the size is perfect for the number of barrels you have in it. Also, what kind and thickness of plastic did you use, etc. How it was constructed and the plastic put on... staple gun? or other.
Thanks so much for showing and explaining this set up, as there are many who will be doing this in future. Likely some will be using salvaged wood and barrels or other salvaged containers for the planting medium... Doesn't look like Pea Gravel... what growing medium are you using?
Thanks so much for reading my questions, and double thanks if you answer them. LOL
One of the simplest yet best systems on YT. My system is also loosely based on a Travis Huey design. Anyone that has been wasting time with touchy bell siphons needs to try this type system out.
hey, nice job, and sorry for my english, i live in belgium.
when you are talking about the "empty space " on the back of your fish tank, you want to transform your organic matter into compost, a long time before, i have seen and study the anaerobic digestion, to transform organic matter into biogas "CH4 +CO2 "
and that produce some "lisier" it's a good fertilyser, it's like fertilyse your soil with poop from cow, without the bad smell.
and if you dont have enought organic matter, you can grow some Lemnoideae (it's the scientific name ), that grow verry fast and i know some fish like to eat that too.
and with the biogas, you can try to store it and use it to heat your greenhouse, it's just one idea
so bye bye, have a nice years and good luck.
You might be interested in integrating worms in your system if you haven't already. Since I did my plants are even healthier and I know that they have that "stuff of life" which is worm poop that it usually found in soil. There are some type of worms that love the flood and drain beds (can't remember the name of mine now), I'm sure you're an efficient Google'er hehe. In these systems plants can actually look healthy but still lack some nutrients, I found out the hard way but learned a lot. Keep it up, have a good one!
love the equalization bar! Cool Idea!
The bottle balance plug could be more simple. Just tie that string to the bottle floating in the barrel. Water level rises lifting the bottle that pulls the plug.
thee best system i've seen so far! :) relax! you've been working hard :D
I was sitting here watching (listening as Im working) and I noticed that your system is SO similar to mine. I thought I had thought up this idea of the holding tanks flooding multiple beds from one siphon/source and having it fill faster than it drains and have a overall height lever/pipe that you can adjust as desired.
I wanted to ask why use this system over the traditional type. I have my reasons. I use 5 gallon buckets for my individual grow beds and not the half 55gal barrels. This allows me to have many of these buckets each with their own grow medium, plants, sun/shade, space and anything I really need.
-I am also going to be implementing the duel root zone method for some of the buckets. the reason for this is I am looking to be able to grow fruiting trees and other plants that require additional nutrients.
what an amazing setup
Engineering masterpiece and I'm not just talking about your beard!
Can we get a video update of the aquaponics system?That would be really interesting to see it and get your experience with it plus the output you have been getting. Thanks a lot for the original video!
If the idea of "critical path" would have been considered, one could adjust the output and not need the massive amount pvc to raise the levels of the water in the beds. Just like in a engine header,the tube links are different to allow for equa/balance flow.
One could make the "Head height" higher for the ones that over flow to provide more water to the ones that are low flow.
"Those are cool plants son"
/plants plants inside the planter
Lol
you could also use the area under the tanks to fill with water barrels, plumbed to a water solar panel, will also need a secondary heat source like a rocket stove.
Hi Zac. . . Got a question and a comment. Question: I've been watching quite a few videos on the aquaponics setups. Since they're built inside wrapped green houses of various types, I'm wondering how the pollinators get inside in enough numbers for each of the plants that bear fruit like strawberries, peppers, etc.
Comment: On the 2 pump system to elevate water into the upper barrel, you could just use one pump - an air pump!! The lift distance is rather short in this application; less that 6 feet, if my eyes don't deceive. Air is easier to pump than water, every time, and will use less electricity from your system.
So what you can do is use one-way water valves (backflow preventer valves, or 'check valves'), that prevent the water from falling back down the pipe once it had been lifted by the air. When the air is introduced into the tube, it will expand as it rises, and push the water ahead of it. I think a PVC backflow valve for 1/2" pipe is about $8 at Home Depot, so it's not much, and you can probably use just one of those for that short of distance. You can probably find a less expensive unit online, too.
I had solar system and a larger pump, but I ended up lifting water up a 145', 6 inch well casing in a PVC line using this technique. The check valves were placed every 10 feet at the joints for the entire 145 feet. Advantages (for a well, anyway): Unnecessary to drop an expensive electric well pump to the bottom of the well shaft and force the water up to the storage tank; the pump was serviceable from the surface. Did have to use caution and use food-grade vegetable oil for the lubrication, and since it was potable water, had to make sure the air filters for the pump were checked regularly. That's all it took. Can maybe give it a try and eliminate one of those water pumps!!?
the bottle valve is very nice, for all those who mess up with a syphon, your solution is actually a lot simpler. and your equaliztion bar is amazing too, equalization, overflow and water level setting, it has it all. Congrats on this system, and I might copy some ideas :)
last thing, did you think already to tap into the underground stream to refill the system and compensate evaporation?
this is fucking genius. seriously one of the best set ups I've seen and you tackle the off grid paradigm. kudos.
The equalization pipe (not bar) is a good idea. I was concerned about unequal filling and possible overfill. System seems a bit complex. I like the non-dependence on public power (off the grid). I missed how you run this during dark hours.
+jmtnvalley Battery bank
i love your system. i think ill be using one similar.
Like your system and the walk thru to your system. Can you share your blueprint of your system?
Thanks for the update. :)
Love it. Zachary, you are my doppelganger. I watch all your videos!! I plan on doing something very similar to your aquaponics greenhouse. One component that might be something for all to consider that would wrap up the two remaining loose ends all in one. The loose ends are fish food expense and disposal of plant roughage. RUclips "Black Soldier Fly". They turn your veggie roughage into heat, feed your fish with grubs, which are high protein and high fat, and harvest themselves. Don't be concerned with dirty nuisance flies. The Black Soldier Flies don't eat like a housefly. They don't carry diseases like a housefly and could care less about coming around your house or around people. They just make grubs in plant waste... I mean, who eats tomato stalks and leafs? not us. but they turn those stalks and leafs into super-healthy living fish food (grubs) for free. They don't stink either.
By the way, Zachary, you are dead-on spiritually! The whole Bible applies to us. Keep Torah and be blessed!! It is still in effect! The yoke is easy. It is our duty as bondservants! It is all based on Love for God and Others! Amen, Brother! I'm going home to read my Bible tonight! Blessings from Colorado Springs CO.
have you looked into using an air lift system to pump your water.. it saves electricity & oxygenates water too
Nice setup! Thanks for making the video!! Have you considered an air pump? I've seen some pretty great examples here on RUclips.. Supposed to be far more efficient than water pumps.
Hi zack, for you pumps instead of centrifugal pump use a wobble (diaphram) pump. how much gph do you need --- a pro pump will use much less power.. 4 - 5 gallons per minute will be will be less then 20 watts and pump to a head of 20 feet. the only difference you have to change brushes every couple years . but if you change to harder brush basically it run for 5 - 7 years between brush changes they are 12 volt if your batteries bank is bigger just us a PWM to adjust to the required voltage you can buy everything on ebay ..
Just wondering. If you need HEATED WATER on your aquaponics system via solar water heat collector and have it pass through a heat exchanger to your fish tank or water storage tank then you solved part of the problem of obtaining a proper temperature requirement for your system. I hope this is helpful. Thank you for your very educational videos and I'm now convinced and subscribed to your channel.
I really like you system I was thinking about putting one big fish tank in the ground kind of like a pond.
iwantosavemoney . Yes. You can actually do that. I have my own plan of setting-up the same system in the Philippines with the thinking of grading a nine hectare of rice field. Put up a system of deep canals around the perimeter to act as a circulating fish pond and back to the aquaponics system. I only need some starting financial funds to create a research and development company to do a project study and make a project proposal to the government or Non-GovernmentalOorganizations to allow local farmers to invest and increase their income using this additional system above rice farming alone. Let me know if this is feasible? Thanks iwantosavemoney .
Nice...
i would go crazy if i had to go and do all that unless veggies were shocking prices,
Love this system but a bit unsure as to how you make sure the growbed are fully drained before being flooded again? Also the mechanism for the flap seems complicated. Would a floating diaphragm inside the tank be easier?
I'm in the process of setting up a system very much like yours. Very impressive and inspirational. I would like to know what kind of fan you are using and where you got it. Thank you.
I like your system, quick question: why not raise the fish tank so gravity feeds the additional tanks?
Hey Zachary,
Cool set up. I live off-grid and would love to add aquaponics to my permaculture systems. My question is, whats your solar system like. Panel wattage and battery storage?
Maybe I'm missing something, but couldn't you just have the water flow directly into the equalisation pipe to fill the growing tubs? Or does it have something to do with soaking the growing medium from the top down? I'd probably do it just for the water splashing sounds haha though doesn't help with evaporation.
You have a lot of water flow exposed to sunlight. You are going to get algea problems that way. Also, you can use a low wattage air pump, like gets used to run an airobic septic system, to do all water lifting - not subject impeller blockage.
Eric Sandquist, I was thinking the same thing. The fish tank was more cloudy than any part of the system.
You should try Koi...they poop alot more, and can take a frozen pond.
And their resell value to pond gardeners is very good.
My question would be how much food annually are you producing from this system and how consistent has it been for you? Also how much daily maintenance is involved in ensuring everything is working correctly.
What is the start up cost on a system like this? Where is the updated video? I would love to see it. I could not find it. Great work by the way!! Thank you
Still got this system going? Pretty good for its age.
With the cost of the wood, all of the pvc used and the time wasted in this system, you could have built a huge aaquaponics system based on gravity feed with just one good water pump. There is no need to pump water so high just to filter it (or try filtering it)..
I like your system and am thinking about doing one very similar, and i have a few questions. Any reason in particular you did not use a sump tank? Why did you use straight draining instead of a bell siphon. And of course what are the dimensions of your greenhouse?
Hello Zachary, I have a question. What is the reason of having the bottom part of a drum on the top of the elevated tank? Is it to help filter the water or is to help create more air in the water?
Where is the follow up? Thanks for the inspiration!
Do you have an update where you are raising edible fish? What are you feeding the fish? Have you thought about growing fish food in the system to make it a closed system?
Cant solar hot water solve your short season problem?
Dukky Drake. Yes Dukky Drake.
Awesome! Curious to find out how the venus fly traps are doing. My understanding is they actually thrive in a moist but nitrogen/nutrient POOR media, and rather their system is based on supplementing their needs by trapping insects, etc. Did they otherwise thrive in the grow bed with the nitrogen rich water? And yes, I have to agree with Putin. The beard is epic, Brotha. Awesome 2.0.
Wow Amazing! Me instead only wanna try out on my balcony in very small start... so... I was wondering did you ever thought to grow Louisiana Crawfish in one of the tanks? I think those 4 months the tilapia can't grow. just a curiosity cause crawfish is the best joice for my micro system and they eat almost anything from leaves to fishes.
Oh I've seen the Venus flytrap... nonono!!! That is too much water! Those plants require a dry terrain and needs to be irrigated once a day ir a few couple of days with very very small water quantity ( about half a cup or 1 cup italian coffee cup ( 25-50ml). Hope I helped.
You didn't mention the third necessary component to the conversion of ammonia to nitrites, then nitrates, which is what the plants actually consume. That component is the two types of bacteria, which the system won't function without.
Awesome video, would it be better to make it underground?
So how many watts of solar panel do you use? Also I am interested to see this set up when it looks like a jungle in there. Lastly where do you live, in what mountains? What is overnight and winter temps?
very clever mods :)
Okay first of all thanks so much:) Now when you say you just planted the seeds do you mean you put the seeds in the gravel??? I am no Gardner and really want to start growing my own food.
Watched the video again and have another question. When the plastic bottle you're using for a weight to lift the flapper valve gets filled up and lifts the flap up, how does the bottle empty so the weight is relieved and lowers the flap to seal again?
At 7:14 and 7:37 in the video I saw water coming out of a hole in the cap of the inverted bottle with the water going into the fish tank. The weight of the filling bottle opens the valve allowing a controlled flood of the half barrels and then when the weight of the inverted bottle decreases, allows the valve inside the supply tank to close.
I'm curious of what solar panels and battery storage your using. I see almost 200 watts in the 8 pumps?
after those bottles fill up, how do they get emptied? can you do a vid on your syphon in the water tank?
VERY NICE SET UP MAN . WHATS A GOOD SOLAR SET UP??
That is quite an ingenious setup Zach. Do you have anything setup to maintain oxygenation in the event of a pump failure?
That is pretty intricate. So is the time and effort really worth the food you get out of there?
Did you try to use a ram-pump ? As it can lift up 30 time the hight it comes from it could be a solution to avoid the use of electrical pumps. It pumps not fast but anyway U have time to fill it back...
+Dundy Jordan
Ram pumps work through gravity to build pressure in order multiply that force. He'd have to put the fish tank on the roof, which would create more problems than it solves. But I had the same thought to begin with :D
What is that, the plants are growing in? It doesn't look like soil, but rocks.
Just a idea have you thought of using Compost to heat the Green House
If you siphon in a high arc you would almost not need a pump at all, because the weight of the water in the tube!
Would it be worth the effort to tap into the underground stream to fill the barrels ?
How did you construct the equalization bar for your grow beds?
How do you feed the fish? Are you growing insects and duck weed or something else?
Informative video. I am a newbie here so curious why you don't pump straight from your fish tanks to the grow beds?
There needs to be a reserve tank that flows to the fish tank as water in the fish tanks goes to the grow beds. The flow of water from the grow beds flows out slower than the fish tank empties out. Pumping water directly from the fish tanks into the grow beds will leave the fish tank dry killing the fish.
Oh I see, thank you! I guess that actually increases your water volume per fish.
Won't the heat in your greenhouse keep the Talapia warm enough???
can you post a link for the plans please???
do you have clogging issues, i noticed some of your drainage tubes are not dripping
What size are the fish tanks to feed 10 half-barrels each?
Do you operate through winter and if so how do you keep it heated?
dude you had an underground stream and you damned it up you should've made a ramp pump and then you wouldn't have to worry about her electricity at all