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Post by NamelessStain on Feb 5, 2016 17:11:33 GMT
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Post by omegaman on Feb 5, 2016 19:10:47 GMT
Impressive yields! I bought some rain barrels off a fella there in Charleston who also sold shipping containers. I filed that info away just in case... |
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Post by LowKey on Feb 5, 2016 19:22:39 GMT
Check out Aquaponics.
Short version? Feed fish, the fish's waste feeds your plants and thus cleans the water for the fish. Use garbage to feed black soldier fly larvae (they don't eat as adults, so not really pests) which are good food for your fish.
Grow bed volume is equal to the volume of your fish tanks. You can do this with only one pump, so PV cells charging a battery of sufficient size to run the pump for 24 hrs would take you off grid.
Saves water, too.
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Post by NamelessStain on Feb 5, 2016 19:30:57 GMT
OM is an Aquaponics Expert. Or at least Clemson said he is.
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Post by LowKey on Feb 5, 2016 19:45:45 GMT
OM is an Aquaponics Expert. Or at least Clemson said he is. Fantastic....he can help me set up my system in a few years.  |
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Post by omegaman on Feb 5, 2016 20:45:20 GMT
OM is an Aquaponics Expert. Or at least Clemson said he is. Fantastic....he can help me set up my system in a few years. Aquaponics is a lot of fun and fairly easy. I still want to set up something on my homestead, but dialing in our gardens and getting chickens is top priority (besides, time permitting, we have world class fishing on the property I work on). Lowkey nailed the basics. Tilapia is what I always recommend. Somewhere on that other board I posted the system I built at Clemson. |
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Post by scbrian on Feb 6, 2016 0:35:02 GMT
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Post by nxp on Feb 7, 2016 19:21:36 GMT
I totally want to set up a micro aquaponics setup at work just to mess with people. Something simple, a cheap aquarium tank, probably a bell siphon system and lettuces/greens. Having issues deciding on fish (obviously talapia are the goto, but I need small fish for a small system).
OM, recommendations?
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Post by LowKey on Feb 7, 2016 19:30:18 GMT
I totally want to set up a micro aquaponics setup at work just to mess with people. Something simple, a cheap aquarium tank, probably a bell siphon system and lettuces/greens. Having issues deciding on fish (obviously talapia are the goto, but I need small fish for a small system). OM, recommendations? Goldfish should be just fine. |
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Post by scbrian on Feb 7, 2016 20:36:36 GMT
I totally want to set up a micro aquaponics setup at work just to mess with people. Something simple, a cheap aquarium tank, probably a bell siphon system and lettuces/greens. Having issues deciding on fish (obviously talapia are the goto, but I need small fish for a small system). OM, recommendations? Goldfish should be just fine. Yea, but you always get dirty looks when you pull the goldfish out to fillet them for lunch... |
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Post by LowKey on Feb 7, 2016 20:48:12 GMT
Goldfish should be just fine. Yea, but you always get dirty looks when you pull the goldfish out to fillet them for lunch... Teeny-tiny fillets! Bread 'em ad fry em, and people will thing they're McNuggets.......with tails  The fish in an aquaponics system are a perk, not the primary goal. Any fish that (pardon me) shits a lot will do well. You want them converting those black soldier fly larvae into nutrients that the plants can use. When the fish get too big or over populated for the tank then you can harvest them and eat 'em. Until then they're your high speed composting units. Really, solar cells (with a sufficient NiFe battery backup) and a pump combined with a greenhouse suitable to your climate should make you independent of the produce department at your local supermarket (except for specialty stuff).
Build one already or you're an idiot  |
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Post by omegaman on Feb 8, 2016 0:27:04 GMT
I totally want to set up a micro aquaponics setup at work just to mess with people. Something simple, a cheap aquarium tank, probably a bell siphon system and lettuces/greens. Having issues deciding on fish (obviously talapia are the goto, but I need small fish for a small system). OM, recommendations? Yellow perch? Yummy! |
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Post by NamelessStain on Feb 8, 2016 13:43:01 GMT
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Post by LowKey on Feb 8, 2016 14:46:33 GMT
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Post by kutter0311 on Mar 5, 2016 7:55:06 GMT
Now this is the genius-level stuff I have come to expect from you guys!
Not sure how the neighbors will like it, but fuck 'em and their HOA...
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