Winter Aquaponics

[MrMotelone]

Do steel uesd it

[giftsfromtheholyland]

may I ask what is the top box for????????

[johnjmw1]

Did you have any freeze problems in the spring when it thawed out? Split pipes, grow beds or tanks?

[Discipleforchrist]

Damn dude, why couldn't you put it in the garage, it'd be a lot warmer in there

[myclem6674]

this makes me want to throw up

[UnearthedCitizen]

I would like to know where exactly that you bought the water tank from and the cage. I would absolutely love to have a set up like this. I have seen something on the lines of this before on a television show called "Growing Power." With this setup and with the use of some heirloom seeds and a green house or grow dome, you could max out your yeild year round! Awesome video and thanks for putting it on youtube!

[themoneyzone]

Thanks for sharing this information.

Do you have any more update videos?

Thanks!

[dontlikenumbers]

I am wondering if you are still at this. If you don't have this set up in a green house right now, try using a clear 4 to 6 mil plastic sheet draped over your whole system to keep the heat in. Check your daytime temps so that it does not get too hot. Plant cold crops like spinach and leeks for growing in the winter.

[EZevan1]

You have to have your system in a green house in this set up. The productivity of these systems is dependent on temprature

[bigc028282]

Great vid. I can do this at the shack, using local materials and fish. I can use the solar power to run pumps, and I wonder about wrapping the set up in black plastic for solar heat?

[trucklover9]

i have 13 gold fish, can i bring them outside in my aquaponic system when its in my greenhouse and has a water heater for the fish

[MasterVeggie]

the ice creates a greenhouse affect underwater trapping heat....eventually the water needs to be heated... :(

[homertalk]

Is that fish torture? Save that cold bath for the Muslims

[maciejgrebowicz]

damn son them fish look cold baby!

[superpunchy71]

This setup is begging to be put inside a greenhouse.

[NWforager]

i hear putting mulch around will give a lot of heat during decomposition .

[Aquaponic]

Sounds like a good idea, maybe all try it since were heading into winter. Thanks for watching.

John

[a518guerilla666]

you could also use heat mats from some clonings beds or something

[juggalomushroom]

You could also use white rocks because they radiate the sunlight, so they'd make stuff around them hot. Black ones for hotter soil.

[FishyMoe]

@Aquaponic also if you are considering ever buying chickens, you can house them in the same green house, sectioned off, and their body heat will add to the thermal mass of the greenhouse.

[amishjim]

@Aquaponic 3 years later are you still doing this project? If not was there any particular issue or just moved on?

[amishjim]

@amishjim Oh, and I love this rig. there's a place that sells those for $80 near me.

[hopeitshappy]

this is really helpful i wondered what happened in the winter i wanna grow strawberrys and would have to leave them in over the winter

did u have any problems

[Aquaponic]

I didn't have any problems with the system, njust had to check and make sure everything didn't freeze up. I also never fed the fish until the water temp rose above 50 degrees.

Thanks and have a wonderful day,

John

[KadukuHaole]

Goldfish popsicles? Cool!

[fr1sk]

...what were you thinking? :\

[JaymieandAlex]

Oh dear, I hope it all thaws out for you soon!

[Aquaponic]

Thank for your comment and thanks for the sun. Yes everything has thawed out and I'm looking forward to planting. Take care and have a wonderful day.