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Aquaponics what are your thoughts

JungleRain said:
Surfing the web today and came across these sites...looks very interesting, grow fish to eat with ya chillis!!!!
http://www.aquaponics.com/
http://www.aquaponics.com.au/index.htm
hthttp://www.backyardaquaponics.com/index.htmtp://www.aquaponics.net.au/
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yeah man i goto the aquaponics backyard forums all the time... when i move in a few weeks i will be planning on doing a nice size system ... i will post pics when i get there ... fish and veggies all year long sounds awsome to me .... keep me posted if you do something ...
 
Yeh a friend of mine grows chillis indoors as well as having heaps of tropical fish, when he has a water change its siphoned of to the plants, his plants are alway lush and green with chillis all over them most of the time
 
I say if you know a lot about keeping fish go for it :). I've been keeping fish for over 10 years (salt and fresh) and I can tell you this isnt that simple. Fish waste = Organic Nutrients. Add light to your fish waste and BOOM algae everywhere! If you're comfortable with keeping fish i think it's a great experiment, if not, it might be too much to deal with.
 
There was a large aquaponics setup when I went to college and it had Talapia and lettuce. From what I understand you can only really grow lettuce and certain other plants that use up little nutrients, and mostly nitrogen
 
I tasted lettuce that was grown in a large scale setup exactly like you guys are talking about. It was aimed towards the restaurant sector and looked real lush, pity it was as bitter as an ex cop, this stuff produced what i would call "milk" instead of juice, it was to say the least bloody horrible!
 
I saw a set-up in Fla that raised bad tomatos and bad talapia.

The liquid was common to both, ie, fish poop water was pumped directly to the plants and then back. Tomatos didn't get enough to eat and plant exposure picked up fish pathogens.

I understand how it works, it's just not simple.
 
willard3 said:
I saw a set-up in Fla that raised bad tomatos and bad talapia.

The liquid was common to both, ie, fish poop water was pumped directly to the plants and then back. Tomatos didn't get enough to eat and plant exposure picked up fish pathogens.

I understand how it works, it's just not simple.
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Interesting. I actually tried it small scale after seeing a concept design online. mine didn't have any "flowing"... just a sort of barrier between the fish and plants (net). didn't work too well, that was kinda my fault. gotta try it again sometime.
 
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