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Setting Up An Aquaponics System With A Fish Tank

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Aquaponics With A Fish Tank

We are setting up an aquaponics system with a fish tank.  The tank we are using is a 65 gallon acrylic fish tank that we bought from someone on craiglist.

Our fish tank aquaponics system with use two filtration systems.  Radial flow and bio filter.

The water will drain from the filters into the reservoir.

I will pump water out of the reservoir back into the fish tank and also into our NFT grow trays. 

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Grow Room Ventilation Setup Blows Fresh Air Into Our Meat Rabbit & Quail Garage Barn

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We converted our one car garage into two rooms.  One room contains our aquaponic garden and the other side houses our quail and meat rabbits.  The side that contains the rabbits and quail gets hot during the summer and we needed a way to cool the room and provide fresh air.

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Best Way To Germinate Seeds For Hydroponics

Best Way To Germinate Seeds For Hydroponics


Hydroponics is an ideal method for germinating seeds! An alternative way of growing plants will be to grow plants hydroponically. Hydroponics is a more hygienic and efficient method compared to soil based growing. It also protects your plants from root rot or insects. You can also control the whole system as everything is automated in this growing method.  We fertilize our hydroponic garden with water from our aquaponic fish tank.

Decide what type of starter you are going to use. Most people either use peat pellets or rockwool cubes. Either is a fine choice as they are both neutral so won’t harm your seeds or seedlings and they both allow enough moisture and air to allow your seeds to grow.

 

Before you begin, prep your cubes or pellets in clean, distilled water for at least a couple of hours.

 



Lightly shake out any excess water and place a couple of seeds in your cubes or pellets. You want to place a couple of seeds in case any don’t sprout and you can always remove any extra sprouts if you want to

 

Raising Largemouth Bass Aquaponics Fish in my Garage



Place your cubes or pellets in a shallow domed or covered tray with about an inch or two of distilled water and place in a dark area until you see sprouts (about 5-7 days).[

 

See to it that the water in your tray stays about 1-2″ high. At the initial stage use plain and distilled water and later add nutrient- solution to keep your growing system moist. And, once the plant is 2 inches (5.1 cm) tall provide more and more food. Once the plant reaches a height of 2 inches (5.1 cm), apply full strength plant food.

Invest in appropriate hydroponics system according your plants needs and your budget. You can choose either an active or a passive hydroponics system. Active hydroponic systems use artificial method for germination process while passive hydroponic systems carry out germination process naturally. Water culture system is also one reliable system where there is no need of a growing media but you can easily grow plants in water.

Raising Largemouth Bass Aquaponics Fish in my Garage

I ordered 36 largemouth bass fingerlings online from a fish hatchery. The were mailed and I had to go to the post office to pick them up.

I needed the largemouth bass fingerlings for my aquaponics system inside my garage.

The following are videos of my aquaponics system.

Here is a video of the fish eating.
They are getting big. I will harvest the fish after they finish the 50lb bag of food I bought one month ago.

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Goldfish Aquaponics: DIY Aquaponics System With Goldfish

Goldfish Aquaponics.

Why we chose goldfish as the best fish for our DIY aquaponics system.

 Aquaponics refers to a system that combines conventional no aquaculture with Hydroponics. The main source or fertilizer for your hydroponic garden is the fish waste.

 We build a DIY aquaponics system inside of our garage on our tiny urban farm. The base of the system is our 75 gallon Rubbermaid stock tank which is our sump tank. Everything is fed out of the sump tank. This includes the fish tank and the nft system and of the hydroponic grow system.




Consideration has to be taken into the type of the best fish for your aquaponics system. People use tilapia, channel catfish, perch, black bass and goldfish in their aquaponics systems. Some states limit the type of fish that you can raise in your aquaponic system so make sure you check your state and local laws. I wanted to start out the system with Tilapia but they are prohibited in my state.

We started our system without cycling it when we ordered and added 40 small channel catfish. All of the channel catfish died within the first week therefore we needed another fish to add to the system. I visited my local aquarium shop in my city and purchased 20 feeder goldfish. I should have taken this step before I ordered the channel catfish so that I could  cycle my aquaponics water.

We cycled art aquaponics system for about 2 weeks and then we purchased largemouth bass aquaponics. We lost very few of the largemouth bass within the first week so we ordered another 16 largemouth bass for aquaponics system.   Are aquaponics fish tank now has goldfish and largemouth bass.

Largemouth Bass Aquaponics fingerlings ate several of the small aquaponic goldfish





Best Aquaponics Fish Tank For An Indoor Aquaponics System

What Is Aquaponics?

Aquaponics refers to any system that combines conventional aquaculture with hydroponics in a symbiotic environment. In normal aquaculture, excretions from the animals being raised can accumulate in the water, increasing toxicity. Wikipedia

How Does Aquaponics Work?

Aquaponics is a combination of aquaculture, which is growing fish and other aquatic animals, and hydroponics which is growing plants without soil. … These beneficial bacteria gather in the spaces between the roots of the plant and converts the fish waste and the solids into substances the plants can use to grow.

I knew the benefit of using rabbit manure as a fertilizer for my garden. Therefore I wanted to do the same thing with fish.

 Original Farm was over two and a half acres and have a large pond that have been stocked with fish for many years. This Pond was the main source to water the garden on the farm. I wanted to utilize this same concept but on a smaller scale so I researched aquaculture and raising fish in tanks.

 That’s where I discovered aquaponics.   Aquaponics refers to a system where you raise fish and you utilize the fish waste that is been process to be utilized as fertilizer for your plants which are growing in no soil.

 I researched online on how to build a small aquaponics system. There were systems that were built outdoors and there were indoor aquaponic systems. My first aquaponics system was built indoors inside of a converted and insulated garage grow room. Continue reading on how to build an aquaponics system step by step. Where I will show you how to set up an aquaponics system.

 I needed an aquaponics fish tank that was durable because I was going to put it in indoors inside my garage Fish Room.

 I chose a 150 gallon Rubbermaid stock tank as my aquaponics fish tank. This stock tank is oval in shape and has a drain at the bottom. I purchased this stock tank from Tractor Supply.

 I already had a 75 gallon water trough that I use  to water the rabbits on the commercial rabbit farm. I am utilizing this 75 gallon water trough as the sump tank to my DIY aquaponics.

 There are several aquaponics kits online for sale for thousands of dollars. Some of those aquaponics kit had a great aquaponic system design but I chose to build my own DIY aquaponics system.

Photo's & Videos of DIY Aquaponic System Build.

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Setting up an aquaponics system with a fish tank.