Is Aquaponics Right For Me? | How much Time & How Much To Build?
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- Опубликовано: 20 июл 2024
- G'Day Folks. One of the most common questions I get asked is "Is Aquaponics Right For Me?" normally followed up by "How expensive are they to set up" & How much time do they require for maintenance?"
Hopefully this video will help answer these questions as well as a few more.
I hope you enjoy this video & your gardens are booming.
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Got my system set up in the UK from Robs instructional ibc one bed. Working great so far. However just to make it clear to all in the UK out climate is obviously grey and murky. My kale is growing great so far and definitely much faster growth than in the soil..I m using mirror carp as the fish , they thrive in our cooler water and so far so good ..energy prices are clearly nuts at present but needs must for the pump and aerator . Will update how I get on but loving it so far . Never eaten carp but if it's good enough for the ancient British monks who inhabited these lands it's good enough for me !
That's great to hear Dominic. Prices are about to go through the roof here as well (for no apparent reason). 😬
RUclips will show you how to clean and cook carp. I shoot carp on the river with a bow. It is good fish to eat.
Thank you for your video. I am planning to start my mini aquaponics soon.
Nice one mate. I hope the build goes smoothly. 👍
I bought robs videos and there awesome in learning aquaponics. it is really helping picture things while taking my aquaponic class in college.
That's great to hear Michelle. What collage are you attending?
@@RobsAquaponics mesa community college
@@WhoisMichelleCollie I hope the class learned lots from it Michelle.
Great overview Rob!
I did a basic IBC chop and flip using your videos and methods. Have $200 US in it. On my 2nd season.
We enjoy blue gill here in the Mid-West USA!
Nice work Jim. Have any plans on expanding or are you happy with the C&F?
Cheers mate.
Before someone says “Owen’s system isn’t off grid” No, no it’s not, but it is fully capable of doing it if I so wish. The system has batteries and off grid functionality. I choose to keep it on grid to sell my excess power 👍
🤣 Sorry about that mate. 😬
@@RobsAquaponics Was getting in before the haters haha
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Excellent presentation and information. Thanks. Keep on making these. Cover a variety of topics.
No problem Joel. Am glad you found it interesting.
Cheers mate.
Considering the considerable cost, a small system to learn with and develop your skills would be highly advisable. A year in, double it. Another successful year? Double that. Another successful year? Double that! You are now 4 times larger than you started with. But a small failure is tolerable, a large failure is devastating. You didn't learn to walk by running.
True that. I started off with a chop n flip, or maybe it was a double bed style system 🤔
Great point. That's how our first system went from a chop & flip to a 7 bed system.
thank you for well-organized information
Glad it was helpful Albert.
Always great info thank you. We find lava rock to be the cheapest here in kentucky in the US.
Scoria/lava rock is way cheaper than the clay here for folks near the quarries.
Have you got access to expanded shale BW?
@@RobsAquaponics For three hour round trip and a truck load I can get some is it better in your opinion?
@@bubbywarren2731 Not sure to tell you the truth, was more just curious as we don't have the shale over here.
Hi Rob - Wanted to share I am attempting the IBC chop and flip this winter to start in the spring via your instructions and guides. I am looking forward to learning and experiencing this novel way to grow food! Thank you for your content, you wouldn't believe the value it has had in my research into aquaponics. You should be proud of your efforts and success here, brother!
Many thanks GellyNose. 👍 Sorry it took so long to reply. How is the system going, did you get it built?
@@RobsAquaponics Hey Rob, no worries man, happy to hear from you.
The system looks awesome but is not cycled and stocked yet. It was as easy as described and the uni-seals are great! My wife and I recently decided we were going to move back home closer to family so the system is coming with us, but I didn't want to start the fish and cycle process then manage a move with them. Looking forward to settling soon and reporting back on how it goes in the next growing season! In the meantime, I'm enjoying learning from you about different builds, expansions, biofilters, etc. Thanks again, Rob. Your insights and content are invaluable to those of us dipping our toes into this 😁
I am $3000 usd in with 50 IBC 20 55 gallon barrels and 2000 pounds of lava rock. The lava rock is enough for 3 beds 12 inches deep. 30 beds minimum in a 48x24 greenhouse space. This is “Project 56” I’m in for the long haul estimating $5000usd plus Rob’ guide on how to.
@@Naftoor I have no way to calculate it. We shall see
Nice one EMT22. Has the pipe gone in the ground yet?
@@RobsAquaponics I received the pipe yesterday, I start digging in the morning. Plan on geothermal pipe buried and frame up by Sunday afternoon.
Update
I’m now planning on 64 IBC beds and have acquired about 40 tons of haydite.
When do you feel like you would recover the initial cost? Like as far as producing fish and food, how long before you produce roughly $5,000 in food/fish?
Nice sharing sir 👍🏼
Thanks for visiting MT.
Cheers.
Very very helpfull brother, thanks.
Glad it helped some mate. Cheers.😁👍
Good video mate 👍
Thanks Owen. 👍
Great show bro 💯💯💯👍👍👍 Les from Perth WA
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Hi Rob,
Love what you do and been watching some of your posts for a while, but whats putting me off at the moment is the cost of fish food ?
What price per Kg do you pay for food ?
What do you typically spend on fish food over the life of a fish. e.g. What would be the typical spend on fish food for 1Kg of fish ?
Are there ways to reduce/minimise this cost ?
I guess we also need to remember that this cost is contributing to garden fertiliser / produce and not just fish when looking at the economics of it.
Cheers, Matthew
Hey Matthew. Sorry it took a while to get back to you.
Fish feed has just jumped up in price a bit & I'm now paying $5.50AU per KG when I buy 20kg bags.
The feed conversion rate for commercial Jade perch is said to be 1.2-3:1 but I would think mine would be closer to 1.5-7:1.
That would mean for every kg of growth it would be costing between $8.25 & $9.35 + all the veggies as well.
Growing bugs on food scraps to supplement feed would be one way to go as would feeding the fish veggie scraps if they're omnivores.
I hope that helps some Matthew & sorry again for taking so long to reply. Has been a hectic few months here.
Cheers. 👍👍
I've just setup my first aquaponics system last week after years of dreaming watching your videos, I got my system from an 82 year old Italian guy who was giving it away for free online he grows avocado and other trees in some of his beds. I only had to purchase a pump and some extra PVC pipes
Nice one nfors. Have you got it up & running yet?
Sorry it took a while to see this.
Yes it's running I'm having problems with the bell siphons in the big beds they empty then get stuck I've tried everything in your video, if the output is too slow I get the opposit problem of them not breaking. Maybe I should leave the bell siphons off for now?
@@nfawz Sorry I missed this. There might be a few hints in the siphon trouble shooting video,
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What fish to use? Check your local authority. Not necessarily intelligent choices by the bosses, but we gotta live with them.
How many hours per day should the grow bed be irrigated in an aquaponics system?
I manged to build a wall system, cost me less than a 100 bucks, but I already had the koi pond and pump in there.
Nice one WB.👍
Hope it grows well for you.
Hi Rob - I was thinking of using an improvised no electricity water pump that use a vacuum to pump water with electric as a back up. Is this something you have thought about / tried?
I have seen them but I'm Not sure they would fit the bill as they're essentially a siphon with a barrel to help prime them.
I have seen folks say they're going to use them in their aquaponics but haven't seen any results posted as of yet.
Could someone please comment on the electricity costs( or better usage in Kwhr) and fish food costs for this system? ( I do not have a solar array)
Power cost is fairly easy to work out. Multiply the watts of your pumps by 24 (hours) then by 365 (days).
eg. 80w pump would use 700.8kWH [(80x24)x365 = 700,800W]
Next look at your power bill to see what they charge per kW & you should have a ballpark power bill figure for running the system.
Hope that helps some.
I used pallets for my stands totally free just look around companies put them out for fire wood
Nice one Ivan. 👍
Is there a way to feed the fish if you want to go on holidays for a couple of weeks?
There are a few different auto feeders that suit smaller systems Alec. I haven't used any so can't recommend any sorry. It might pay to ask around the different forums & FacePalm groups to see if anyone has one they'd recommend.
Hi Rob! Thank you for all the knowledge you providing for the community it’s inspired me to make my own build. Im actually in the process of building it but I have a question about the sump tank.
Does the water from the grow bed that drains into the sump tank dilute the microorganism activity within the water, thus giving the plants nutrients and microorganisms that are diluted?
Correct me if im wrong but the sump tank water gets pumped into both the fish tank and the grow beds. However would it be more beneficial to have two sump tanks? One holding the water straight from the filter (Holding nutrients from the fish) that gets pumped into the grow beds, and the second holding the water that was drained from the grow bed after the plants grab and retain the nutrients from the first sump tank. Then pumping the water from the second grow bed into the fish tank to complete the cycle.
The bulk of the nutrients will be in the water with the microbes living mainly on the surface of the tanks & grow media. 👍
I can see the logic behind your idea & you could run 2 sumps to make the most of the nutrient flows but that would also mean 2 pumps & the need to balance the flows correctly or you could run one sump dry.
Thanks for the timely response! In your opinion would that be worth the hassle to run the extra pump and maintain the balance between both sump tanks? Or does it create a risk not worth compromising the whole system?
@@kamalubatoon1356 I wouldn't worry about 2 sumps myself as the nutrients will make it to the bed at some point. 👍👍
Sweet, thanks dude! I appreciate you!
@@kamalubatoon1356 Cheers mate. 👍😁
Can you make a small system like an indoor or balcony one?
You certainly can. I'm in the process of sorting one out here. We just need to move some guinea pigs off of ours & out to their lawn pen & I'll have space to start work.
There will be videos. 😉😁👍
Cheers Ahmed.
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Thanks for the real numbers… so many RUclips videos are “how to build a free …”. but it’s because they already have the stuff lying around and that’s not even remotely true of most viewers.
My other issue is the "It's 100% sustainable & all you add is fish feed" claim that folks use to sell courses & products Jennifer. 😕
Sorry for commenting here, youtube recommended a video of yours that was 4 years old, with comments off.
In the video you said noone has invented a perpetual pump, well there is such a thing, if the owner is part of the system, you can create a fairly simple siphon system with pulleys and swivels or seesaws you can rotate or elevate the sump. Above the system and the empty side then lowers below the fish tank to create the next rotation. It could take seconds and a little elbow grease to impliment.
Farmers use to cut crops by hand farmers still to this day do daily changes eg on chicken farms the water is raised every day for the chickens to drink better, and there is a LOT of water in a 50m 2cm pvc waterline (usually has a steel pipe above it for support too), but you can crank it up with 1 hand with pulleys and gears.
real farming is work and aquaponics is no exception. You could make aquaponics totally power free but the farmer would become part of the system as has always been the case humans are scared of hard work for some reason but that path leads to failure and confusion for the next generation.
I don't think that it would work for someone that works a full work week away from home David. For someone that works at home, maybe.
Cheers mate.
time and money are the only things that matter. to build anything is the tripod of money, quality and time. change one only a little and the other two change dramatically. want quality in short time, you MUST spend too much money.
That is not true cause there are caveats to everything.