Growing Fish in Greenhouses

[grandmastermicochero]

how do you eliminate the condensation in the greenhouse in the winter time when you are heating it?

[blackhawkcreations]

This is pretty amazing,on a lot of different levels!! Kudos!!

I'm amazed there aren't a pile of this type set up here in Fl, where the weather precludes heating costs in a greenhouse.

We are doing a 16'x20' aquaponics greenhouse on our property right now-system has been cycling for 6 months using koi to provide nutrients for the plants...next step is 100 catfish.

What are you folks using for growing medium in the pots on racks?

Steve

[blackhawkcreations]

This is pretty amazing,on a lot of different levels!! Kudos!!

I'm amazed there aren't a pile of this type set up here in Fl, where the weather precludes heating costs in a greenhouse.

Steve

[sandrajeanification]

It is grass roots efforts like this that can help us get mankind and nature a little more back in sync.

[sustainable2012]

Permaculture and other design sciences are moving fast so get started on your own niche now!...

I would love to come check this out... I want one

[davidthe1]

why dont they use some of the compost to grow oyster mushrooms? :D

[tetsuzanbennyron]

Aloha Aquaculture Enthusiasts: Mahalo to our speakers who have done a great job presenting at the International Workshop on Aquaponics and Tilapia during August 2010 at Hilo, Big Island of Hawaii. To learn more about the workshop and to watch many free, full length presentations from that workshop go to AquacultureHub website.

[WVliberty]

West Virginia University raises trout in a greenhouse on the University farm in Wardensville

[tedqb360]

I'd love to do something like it here in southjersey, if I had the funds.

[21centuryg]

how much does to this cost to do?

[Empiricalbeing]

totally awesome....I love it!

[globalsbc]

This is amazing!!!!

[Bloodavenger3200]

I kinda wonder with the setup, where you get the electricity from? Is it off the power grid? I was kinda thinking that it would be pretty cool to setup your own system to generate electricity considering how you about have a complete environment, I don't see why you couldn't produce hydro electric? May be a small investment, but it may pack you back, and it would really have a nice confined setup where it's completely self sufficient.

[vjlex1]

FISHPOOP!!!

[gsx1138]

Holy crap that's awesome.

[AwakeWarrior]

We need more of these food centers across the U.S.

[occultchick]

I am so fired up to manifest this in my city. I am unable to make it to the last workshops of the season this month...but I will be first in line next January for them, believe it. I am passionate about this and I will not rest until I find a way to get this in as many neighborhoods around me as I possibly can :) Individual Responsibility & Ingenuity + Community Care= The Future ❤

[xyz1232011]

I think this is a great video & series of projects that could be used to mitigate the potential of some types of fish becoming extinct. Thanks for sharing!

[ethan2010ize]

MMmmm.... perch

[kchsn88]

We have so many empty factories where I live that by opening place like this alomst everyong in our town would have a job. I hope that they are doeing well.

[jonathanbarnett1987]

so why couldnt this end world hunger?

[SCRWOOD]

great idea i fully support project's like this.

[heatfilter]

This guy looks loke a buffed out Obama (no offense if you don't like the pres). This is awesome! It should be copied around the world strating with each and every one of us... take over our surroundings like the old ones used to. take advantage of mother nature (420 & expensive organic fish meat cough cough).

[tappakeggaday1]

pearch,hybrid bass,fresh water prawns,tilapia,I could see fresh water shrimp getting fat off of this.now if they started going more verticle with this as the sky is the limit I would love to see that and how they would prop up the fish tanks at different levels and have walkways to harvest food!! there's a lot of possibilities here for sure.

[jackmorales]

come to melbourne

[amishnation]

Two people had negative opinions of this video? I can't believe anyone would have a negative view of farming, science and innovation.

[HighTowerMinistries]

Thanks for the ideas. I'm here in Cambodia and have made one attempt to aquaculture. However I can't get the PH to come down and finding anything local is difficult. Can you give me ideas for bringing down the PH? It is over 8

[littlemariecat]

@HighTowerMinistries pine straw it's acidic which would bring the pH down a bit when it decompses, but don't add to much, just sprinkle a little a mulch

[Angelsigns2012]

@HighTowerMinistries You could use muriatic acid to lower the ph while using borax to raise it. 7.0 is considered neutral.

[xtg360]

@HighTowerMinistries go to an aquarium shop,you can buy a product called PH down,alternatively you can use lemon juice, or vinegar.

[udgarparsons]

I love what you are doing

I thought you might be interested in What we are doing in Colorado

Keep up the good work

[blog4change]

I love how he said the water "matriculates" down. Dude, it does not! But I guess he just wanted a fancier word for "trickle". LOL. Vocabulary fail.

[pullbackbaby]

Love this stuff. Do some video workshops for peeps if you ever find time. This could help curb mass stupidity in the public.

[samirbalonmano]

How do you heat this up during the winter?

[mikeyb891]

Any update on this project? Is it healthy? Is it financially feasible? Are the fish as healthy and nourishing as fish we'd find in the wild?

[teamgrn]

dont listen to those devils Will. you know exactly what youre doing. now they are trying to understand. you should not have shared your wisdom with them

[iwantosavemoney]

i wounder if i could do somthing like this in a basement and have food year round?

the chaep guy

[zxzrp0]

Genious! Take it to the top Allen!

[OutrageousQuade]

Thumbs up

[eredy]

do you use city water ?it dose have fluoride which is bad for people .

[CoralMan24]

excellent system and well done.

[drahm33]

A product at the center of product demand is irrelevant! To truck #10,000 of fish 500 miles would cost nohing

[VonLeachim]

fantastic , bravop , well done and all that type of thing.

sir, I salute U.

anyone doing this in UK ?

[LovelandHydro]

Thanks for sharing this amazing sustainable greenhouse!

[nevyn1]

what are those fish being fed?

[drahm33]

how much is the government paying these employees? Tax and waste!

[Ekrindul]

@drahm33 Well, at least you aren't narrow-minded and just talking out your ass. Oh wait ...

[Ekrindul]

@drahm33 If you'd bothered to do even some simple research, you'd have seen that Growing Power is a non-profit organization. Yet, even if it was government funded, it is an ecologically sound endeavor that could be turned into a successful business throughout the country, creating jobs in the private sector.

[davehutchinson67]

@drahm33 Hey idiot..didn't you hear him say they sell to local restaurants and farmer's markets and such....the place at least breaks even or runs at a modest profit. Even if it ran at a slight loss...it's worth the investment 10x over. Fuck you Monsanto.

[Potlickerdotorg]

@ adityadg7890 and PatientEve Do you even hear the content? Yellow-lake perch are diminished. They are saving them. If they do nothing, they'll be gone. Growing Power is a non-profit that teaches people and children to grow food - not just fish- on a beyond organic intensive method that is an alternative to factory farming/industrial farms. The water in the tanks is cleaner than the area's lakes and rivers because of the plants (watercress and others) filtering the water.

[dirkstorm]

Buzz has good points. Biodigestion is a much superior technology for making electrical energy as well as being a more ethical and effective means of treating organic wastes. Look up the ORB system on facebook for more info.

[dirkstorm]

This is essentially the same thing that was being done by the pittsburgh zoological society in the 70s at their aquazoo facility.

[drahm33]

is this government bullshit were 10 people are employed to grow $10,000 worth of food?

[graywackeknifebdr]

The Oil companies are trying their best to stop free energy ideas from spreading to common people.

We need to put an end to this corruption ,start generating your own electricity now.

Visit LT-MAGNET-MOTORdotCOM and get the blueprints . Join the Revolution!!

[halopa246]

Beautiful in it's simplicity. They are trying to replicate what you find in nature. This shows how mother nature is the best teacher when it comes to food production.

[iwantosavemoney]

what you have here is a very nice set up im looking to do the same thing on a smaller scale fish worms and plants all things i like all rounded into one

[adityadg7890]

f##k u for killing fish

[903kylepetty]

@adityadg7890 killing fish. are you ignorant or what. they are keeping fish from being extinct by raisng them like this. you should be thanking them for helping to save our planets natural species. RETARD.

[TheJabbaPoint]

awesome



[imglashaus1]

Look for Tilapia fish - we can live and eat natural.

[kev9460]

@imglashaus1 Where  can I buy Tilapia hatchlings? Anyone know?

[chengaun]

awesome!

[PatientEve]

These fish can't be healthy to eat, in those small sinks they are stressed and develop stress hormones, like all animals in captivity.

[Ekrindul]

@PatientEve Broad, baseless statement. If you had posed the comment as a question, it would have had some merit.

[thespaniard47]

@PatientEve i know it looks cruel but if generations of these fish have grown up this way then they should be accustomed to it. it also applies with other animals such as rabbits and chickens.

[badpanda84]

@PatientEve cant be any worst that the homone injected cows

[DeanXMM45]

You can use a siphon that will run indefinetly or a series of siphons.

[splashy9]

This is a great idea, as long as the food is safe to eat. Well done!

[tetracanthus]

@splashy9 As long as your not adding any chemicals, the food would be great.

[903kylepetty]

@tetracanthus NO CHEMICALS IT IS ALL 100% NATURAL... THATS WHY THEY USE THE FISH. srry for the caps....

[PrivateChadillac]

that guy is a beast! does he eat all the fish personally? or does he leave some for anyone else

[zekehooper]

This is so cool. Imagine if every office building would do this? Instead of haveing "goldfish or koi" Have regular "eating" fish. Now that would make for a cool pond.

[TheSkatingforlife]

Props to you guys. We need to stop fishing out our oceans and do more of this. Five stars

[TheSkatingforlife]

Props to you guys. We need to stop fishing out our oceans and do more of this. Five stars

[TheSkatingforlife]

Props to you guys.  We need to stop fishing out our oceans and do more of this. Five stars

[Squabbles10]

This is awesome. Would love to introduce it too Australia !!!

[growsupplies]

That is awesome!!!

[CalyptratusTZM]

Very nice video! Gotta find out more about this project!

[theproducegarden]

awesome!

[chengaun]

nice!

[janicmc1]

aquaponics! woot woot! This stuff is an amazing step towards a more sustainable future.

The only thing I can't wrap my head around is how to aerate without consuming too much electricity...

[TheDeed22]

@janicmc1 have the water drop at a higher distance to the water so it creates natural aeration in the water..

[buzzbuzzquack]

@janicmc1 hey

i have an idea 1) use rotten and old veggies and put with a bacteria that turn it into methane then burn methane and power turbines

or use solar wind or geothermal energy =)

[iam1inamil]

@buzzbuzzquack ......how about containing the gnats that hang around ripening/decomposing foods and feed them to the fish and or compost them

[saintdracula]

But just another thought, perches are carnivorous; why not farm herbivorous fish or dentrivores like carp or large cyprinids?

[saintdracula]

kewl.

[likeaduck]

if this was government funded it would fix a few issues

[lookingforthemeaning]

@likeaduck if this was government funded it would have collapsed with the banks.

[mlfschumacher]

@lookingforthemeaning if it were government funded it would be hi tech state of the art.

[amishnation]

@lookingforthemeaning You are so right. The government is incapable of creating anything anyway. It just sucks and sucks and sucks the life out of every good thing it encounters.

[curlyjefferson666]

Really cool! thanks

[sxuttv]

A truly amazing man.

[chengaun]

Nice! :-)

[irulepandorasbox]

Good. Cheers to this. =)

Lets put this on the news, not depressing shit.