Aquaponic System and Raised Bed Garden
Recirculating Three Barrel Aquaponic System and our Raised Bed Garden.
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Recirculating Three Barrel Aquaponic System and our Raised Bed Garden.
Ahhhhh, such a great garden space and aquaculture! Great work! Is it your plan to raise the tilapia in the three barrel system? Are you going to attach any plants to it to reduce the nitrates?
SimpleHumman
April 27, 2013 at 9:45 pm
what size air pump is that ? brand also ?
tcb069
April 27, 2013 at 10:11 pm
what temp does the water have to be for the fish, and do you heat or leave alone? pete
hedgerowpete
April 27, 2013 at 10:12 pm
wow awsome system, do you think i could raise catfish in a sistern
darrin cantlon
April 27, 2013 at 11:02 pm
thank you
13ou812
April 27, 2013 at 11:58 pm
Well my “double barrel” system in other videos certainly qualifies as “Aquaponic” but this one was only so part of the time. We didn’t show but we did grow some starter sets of veggies (lettuce and such) with floating rafts from time to time, and we constantly grew hyacinth to feed to the chickens and tilapia… so this three barrel recycling system was more aquaculture than aquaponic I suppose until I developed the other system.
padkisson
April 28, 2013 at 12:11 am
is it really aquaponic if your garden isnot tied to your fish? what you have done (from what i have heard) is aquaculture, not aquaponics. good job though. how long did it take for your filter to come up to speed?
Starrwulf7
April 28, 2013 at 12:33 am
Very good thank you !
Teddybearcop48
April 28, 2013 at 1:31 am
is the airlift enough to circulate the water?
ycats1000
April 28, 2013 at 1:52 am
nice set up i’m impressed
contreeman
April 28, 2013 at 2:44 am
how much were they? i emailed them/her earlier tonight but haven’t heard yet. thanks!
Chadwick Horn
April 28, 2013 at 3:16 am
We purchased ours from Tilapia Momma in So. Cal.
padkisson
April 28, 2013 at 3:20 am
Where do you find tilapia? I’m building my system and bought some goldfish.
deasttn
April 28, 2013 at 3:38 am
Thanks it worked very well. We raised about 30-40 tilapia to harvest size. Yum Yum!! :0)
padkisson
April 28, 2013 at 4:24 am
Looks great! Good job!
lumberjak5010
April 28, 2013 at 5:06 am
Hi
I have a 3 250 gallon IBC TOTE TANKS and i would like to set up a recirculation system but don’t know how too will you be will to give me a DIY on how to do it ?
E-mail me at blacks_rcm@hotmail.com
blacks2011
April 28, 2013 at 6:01 am
very nice !
serge j
April 28, 2013 at 6:17 am
You might have to do a greenhouse but I should think so.
padkisson
April 28, 2013 at 6:54 am
that is awesome! i wonder if i can do that here in windsor ontario?
MrGreenbudha
April 28, 2013 at 7:01 am
No I first used the air pump and air stones for the circulation but in the heat of the summer I decided that it needed more so I added one pond/fountain pump. It made it so much better. However, it constantly seems to get plugged every other day or so even with a screen around it. Still…the water quality was better for the fish.
padkisson
April 28, 2013 at 7:03 am
Awesome system! Are you only relying on air pump for water circulation? Is that enough? No water pump at all?
ucdchan
April 28, 2013 at 7:47 am
Interesting.
Please provide an update where you explain the actual steps you took to put your raised bed garden together.
Timothy Dundon
April 28, 2013 at 8:34 am
Beautiful garden.
aussiezombie
April 28, 2013 at 8:50 am
U R doing a great job …inspairing !
9jupiter
April 28, 2013 at 9:48 am
The white one naturally grows algae that feeds the tilapia. I actually moved the larger ones into that the white barrel and some new “fry” went into the other blue one. The third is the “filter” barrel filled with washed lava rock. I have made styrofoam float planting rafts for them. I haven’t used them yet. I’m just floating a few hyacinth to use the nitrates at the moment.
padkisson
April 28, 2013 at 9:55 am