Aquaponics

An informational video about Aquaponics, the practice of combining fish farming and hyrdoponics. The program is an introduction to the recommended practices and guidelines for starting a successful aquaponics operation . The video was supported by Purdue Extension, NOAA, & Sea Grant Illinois-Indiana.

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Education

Tags:

• Aquaponics
• Aquaculture
• Purdue Extension

[walt0783]

If you set up a compost pile every 2 to 3 months with pex and some type of disconnect to change your water line from pile to pile you would never be with out hot water. I learned of this from a video of a guy using it for an outdoor shower and then came across a video of someone using at hot water heater for the floor system and figured why not combine the two.

[walt0783]

@oc00011 Composting can let off gasses that in high concentration could be bad for the plants. I wasn't familiar with the jean pain method but after checking out a video it seems like it should work. Basically you coil up pex pipe in a compost pile and then lay pex in flat coils through the GH floor and lay rock or whatever flooring you use over the pex. In the winter run the water through the compost pile to heat the floor. In the sumer run cold water through the floor to cool it.

[BooGooNFlowoo4Evoo]

@oc00011 Industrial level systems are going to be able to harness different sorts of technology, and will probably look a lot different than the ones people are developing for home use.

[BooGooNFlowoo4Evoo]

@oc00011 Re-imagining the architecture could lead to advantages. Is it mandatory to build on a single level in an old, square, windowless, energy inefficient warehouse not imagined for that purpose? Ram pumps seem to have maintenance problems, and problems concerning flow rates-- but very useful moving water between levels in the system. It would be fascinating to see a system that stepped away from monoculture and 100% cash cropping. Some species might have use maintaining the system itself.

[oc00011]

@BooGooNFlowoo4Evoo i don't know if its possible to only use 'ram pumps' in an aquaponics system..? that would even solve the issue of electricity being needed at all for the water circulation. can u please specify what method u know of for "energy reclamation from the water flow"? in terms of evaporative cooling, r u suggesting to construct the aquaponics building as a huge 'zeer'? that would be interesting.

[oc00011]

@walt0783 what problems specifically can u get with indoor composting? if u read the relevant books on this, is experience still essential? the outdoor alternative u mentioned, r u referring to the 'jean pain method'?

[BooGooNFlowoo4Evoo]

@skiie you'd probably want some kind of alternative energy source to cut down on the amount of electricity you'd have to buy. Efficiencies could be wrung out of the operation...parabolic mirrors heating water or driving boilers during the day, solar panels and wind turbines driving water pumps, energy reclamation from the water flow, passive solar heating, evaporative cooling.

[BooGooNFlowoo4Evoo]

How does aquaponically-grown produce taste? Does it taste fishy?

[jimOWSmc]

@BigBearHuskyMusher you can do it for 100 bucks or less, the price he quoted on here was for store bought kits. A few kiddy pools or totes plastic containers is all you need.

[DisturbComplacency]

very informative video!!