Backyard Aquaponics System

Aquaponics is the creation of a complete cycle of symbiotic relationships where the fish help plants and the plants help fish.
Aquaponics is a truly remarkable system of food production, because it works so well.
Nutrient rich fish water is pumped from the fish tank into grow beds filled with gravel, round river stones, or expanded clay balls, and is evenly distributed by a simple system of pipes.
Plants such as tomato's, cucumbers, lettuce and other green leafy vegetables, growing in the grow bed media, extract the nutrients from the water filtering through the grow bed, finally returning the water back into the fish tank, by gravity or by pump, cleaned of excess nutrients and freshly oxygenated.
So an Aquaponics system is made up of a tank containing the fish of choice, and a series of Grow Beds for vegetable production.
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[llothcat]

@bluefairy-- um, yeah. Like that's gonna happen. How many people have goldfish? How many people garden? How many do both? You can't force people to do a damn thing they don't want to do. What are you, an eco-tyrant?

[bluefairy182]

Like i said... I AM STARTING SCHOOL FOR THIS IN 2 WEEKS, and this is continuing education here I'm talking about, I am already an educated person. I am definitely NOT playing with FULL deck of cards here YET SIR!!! BUT I WILL BE!!! So just you wait, and watch!!! THANKS FOR THE COMMENT BTW!

[JohnLeeMD]

@bluefairy182 This is not a personal dig, but just my honest observation: Anyone who types in ALL CAPS is likely not playing with a full deck of cards (i.e. take their comments with a grain of salt). It's not personal attack... I have many friends who have this trait. But I do see this a lot on internet, etc. and basically I think (my observation) is quite accurate.

[bluefairy182]

and 5-10% TOTAL WATER USE COMPARED TO SOIL..MOST AND MOST MOST MOST IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW... HELP TO SAVE AND STOP WASTING WATER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bluefairy182]

HELP WITH THE FOOD SCARE THAT IS HAPPENING AND WILL VERY SOON BECOME VERY APPARENT.. FOOD PRICES YEAHHH.. GOING WAYYY UP.. YOUR KIDS, WILL BE EATING BUGS FOR PROTEIN,,, YOU WANT THAT?.. TO SURVIVE.. COZ THERES NO FOOD.. SAVE CARBON EMISSIONS, WE ARE NOLONG DRIVING THE FOOD MILES AND MILES... WE MAKE IT OURSELVES AT OUR HOMES AND ITS HEALTHY AND CLEAN!!!! NO MORE HORMONES AND SHIT IN THE FOOD,

[bluefairy182]

ONTARIO, CANADA, WORLDWIDE!!!!

MY QUESTION TO THE PEOPLE WHO RUN THIS SICK AND DYEING PLANET THAT WE AS HUMANS ARE KILLING AND ABUSING: ~~~ WHY DO WE NOT IMPOSE ONE OF THESE SYSTEMS IN EACH EVERY SINGLE HOUSEHOLD FROM THIS POINT ON, TO CODE, COMPARED TO A BATHROOM OR KITCHEN!!! HOW MUCH EXTRA COULD THIS SYSTEM POSSIBLY COST VS THE AMOUNT OF GOOD IT WILL DO FOR THE WORLD. IF THIS GUY CAN DO IT ALL BY HIMSELF... THEN SO CAN I, SOMEHOW!! I WILL FIND A WAY! YOU WILL SEE!!!

[bluefairy182]

AM STARTING SCHOOL FOR THIS IN 2 WEEKS!!!!

Sammantha Joanne April 24 at 2:01pm

The Movement for Environmental Education and Sustainable Development (in French, Rassemblement pour l'éducation à l'environnement durable)

THIS IS MY LIFE'S GOAL...

Backyard Aquaponics System

PLEASE check out this youtube link i am sending you, and pay VERY CLOSE attention.

MY VISION FOR THE FUTURE, IS ONE OF THESE SYSTEMS, HELPING TO FEED EVERY SINGLE HOME IN PENETANG, SIMCOE,

[shj1122]

nice, i'd like and must interesting in to learn and study more theses new ideas!

[toycrasher]

How do you raise the trout without problems ....... they seem to be such a challenge to raise in an environment that is strictly aquaponics ........ would like to learn more about how you do it considering temperature, aeration, food etc. ......... thanx  Banny

[mattyry1]

Good on ya Rupe,

good to put a face to the name.

regards

mattyry