Aquaponics USA Greenhouse Part 2 of 3

Aquaponics USA Greenhouse Tour showing the Greenhouse interior with the complete compact Aquaponics USA food growing systems. http://www.aquaponicsusa.com

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Education

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• Aquaponics Systems
• Aquaponics system design
• Aquaponics fish tanks

[DontFriendInviteMe]

This is similar to what I would like to do, except I will probably not use "tanks", but a single "trough tank" (cement pond) dug into the ground before building the greenhouse over it. Then a single raised planting bed from one end to the other.

[AquaponicsUSA]

@DontFriendInviteMe Thats what we thought we should have done after we "knew" a little more. As it turns out, I'll take three small tanks over one big one. I like the big tank but given limited space, you are going to need multiple tanks if you want to do any serious breeding. So, in our new grow room, we have a 320 gallon fish tank as well as a 120 gallon fish tank. Both with fish in them; big fish in big tank and little fish in little tank, for now.

[pippaknuckle]

Heaters, coolers, cameras, music, microphones, air-conditioning, carbon dioxide heater, - isn't the beauty of aquaponics it's simplicity, organic production and low carbon foot print?

Are you using solar power for all these gadgets?

[AquaponicsUSA]

@pippaknuckle This whole project is a laboratory for learning aquaponics in an extreme environment. What has been learned, including the energy used to maintain the system, is being incorporated in phase two. In that phase, we will be using much less energy and growing completely indoors. Simplicity works only in the proper environment. The use of solar will be incorporated in phase three.

[madscirat]

Amazing work. I have two questions for you. 1: Do you use any other nutrient additivess apart from the fish wastes or is it a closed nutrient cycle? 2: What sort of music do you use and have you noticed measurable affects from music exposure. Thanks much.

[AquaponicsUSA]

@madscirat We add MaxiCrop plus Iron as nutrients and Potassium Hydroxide to raise the pH as required.

[Cyclisteatheart]

Awesome $5,000 tomatoes!!!!

[tf8252]

Growing Power does aquaponics in Milwaukee with no heaters. They use compost heaps.

[usdoc1ga]

Did you ever think of using solar thermal to heat during winter months?

[spraycanart]

@enticed2zeitgeist Hi, It is best to bury them between 6' 6" and 8' 6". With this system we had outside temps. over 40+ deg. C. the temp in the greenhouse climbed to only 30.5 deg. Yes 31 is still hot but the plants can survive 30.5 deg. They will not survive 40+. In winter when the temp drops to single figures we could keep the temps. above 17 deg. All in all it works well. The running cost for the system including the water pumps were only $14.00 per month. Regards, Barry.

[enticed2zeitgeist]

@spraycanart How deep do you bury them?

[spraycanart]

@eredy Look at orgaponicsdotcom Barry

[spraycanart]

@enticed2zeitgeist Hi, No we just run air through them. Earth Leakage will not work if you have a sandy soil. the pipes were 120mm. a set of 8 pipes 22 meters long. They run under the green house. You can use PVC. or steel. Steel works best as it is a better conductor.

[spraycanart]

@Rafalisqt and GMO's. Barry.

[enticed2zeitgeist]

@spraycanart How big were those pipes? Did you actively run water through them?

[spraycanart]

@AquaponicsUSA I disagree an aerospace engineer looks for things that are not there. and makes and creates problems that are not there. Aquaponics is simple keep it simple and it will work with out problems. If a pen runs out of ink what do you do go buy a new pen or a new refill. You do not need to know what the ink and the plastic that holds it is made of. As for the heat we used fans blowing through pipes that are berried 2 meters deep. For both heat and cooling.

[spraycanart]

@Songy23 Murry Hallam HOO HOO Haaa Haaa.