My Aquaponic Growing Unit !!

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Micro wrote: »

It cost me £500 but to be honest I didnt buy it to save money just because a liked the idea. Re the money side, well I grow koy Carp in there and could probably sell the 15 I have in there for about £20 each at the moment. Monthly costs are 31p - 1p per day plus 2p worth of fish food (although I cut this down a bit by feeding them with me veg scraps from the kitchen).

So you have grown 7 month old fish to a size consistent with being roughly 2 years old/8-9 inches long in there since January? How have you managed that?


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alanobrien

Nothing much new about aquaponics, like hydroponics its been around for years and the basic principles are easy to understand. You feed the fish and the fish feed the plants. Its simple to achieve if you already have a pond but of course that means its seasonal unless the pond is under cover so you can keep the fish active.

I created a tray that sits over the pond and is filled with fine gravel or pea shingle. Into this i plant seedlings then divert water from the waterfall into the tray where it feeds the seedlings and then returns to the pond. very simple and works it exceptionally well.

STOCKWIRE

Micro wrote: »

It cost me £500 but to be honest I didnt buy it to save money just because a liked the idea. Re the money side, well I grow koy Carp in there and could probably sell the 15 I have in there for about £20 each at the moment. Monthly costs are 31p - 1p per day plus 2p worth of fish food (although I cut this down a bit by feeding them with me veg scraps from the kitchen).

Average size pump ~100 Watts. UV bulb~ 25 Watts. both running 24 hours every day. Monthly cost 31p. I don't think so!!.

Davesnave

Micro wrote: »

I have today eaten my first salad and it tasted fantastic !

Micro wrote: »

I started growing my salad in Feb (under some plastic - just to protect them a little) and have now had my 4th crop.

??????? Consistency of reporting leaves much to be desired IMHO!

matt987106

i allways enjoy " living with the land " at " the land " in epcot at WDW, they use a Aquaponic system, i allways return home and think i will have a look at the system, i never do, well allmost never, i did find a forum about it, a guy said he grew wonderfull leaf salads and tomatoes with koi's

cootambear

Jojo_the_Tightfisted wrote: »

So you have grown 7 month old fish to a size consistent with being roughly 2 years old/8-9 inches long in there since January? How have you managed that?


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lolz

jojo always gives good post

Micro

Jojo_the_Tightfisted wrote: »

So you have grown 7 month old fish to a size consistent with being roughly 2 years old/8-9 inches long in there since January? How have you managed that?


I know - you've fed them on

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Eigh ? When did I say that my fish were 7 months old ? And what I meant to be spamming Aquaponics is a concept !

Micro

Here's my aquaponic peppers !

a1cat

All sounds a bit fishy

Micro

a1cat wrote: »

All sounds a bit fishy

Ha ! Very good. Tastes alright though