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    Re: New work @ Sahib Aquaponics

    "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet"

    I'm not sure if it's soil you have in there, but if it was a potting mix it likely contains soil! Indeed, I doubt that a consensus could be established with ease as to a standard definition for aquaponics. It is a thing, yet it is not a thing!

    I do not believe that calling your system by any name adds or detracts from its inherent value as an agricultural technology. Do not let the words of others restrain or limit your freedom or creativity. Build what you must build and share it with the world once you are satisfied it's worth sharing, my friend.

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    Re: New work @ Sahib Aquaponics

    Uh, aquaponics is a form of aquaculture.
    In specialized aquaculture there are those farmers that produce the spawn, then it is handed over for the initial grow and culling, then passed on to a grow out facility which could be commercial facilities or open water. Aquaponic farmers are no different some try to perform all three tasks others just perform one or two phases.
    The ponics is the poop which depending on your perspective after the microbes get finished is soil.

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    Re: New work @ Sahib Aquaponics

    Toooooo funny--

    Might I suggest, if folk are particular, that one call the system 'hybrid'... that leaves it open for all manner of variations on the theme.

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    Re: New work @ Sahib Aquaponics

    This past Saturday, we were like a couple of drug dealers in the hood.... :P ...but we were 'pushing' auaponics at a Lowes in Fern Park, FL.
    Here's a short video (under 2 mins)....
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AimrBCov5BY

    Sahib goes into this one often and has gotten to know the folks in the garden dept. The lady that runs the dept asked if we would be interested in setting up an aquaponics display for their '100 days of spring.'

    We got to talk about AP to lots of folks. I tried to mention DIY, to everyone I talked to. Hopefully, a little taste, has created some new 'addicts'...

    On one end of the table, we had a small raft system set up. The pump was a little big, so I added a spray bar in the fish tank.
    On the other end, we set up a small demo of a bell siphon. The stand pipe was pvc, but the 'bell', was part of a clear soda bottle. That way folks could see the siphon actually working.

    In the 1st picture, the green pop up tent was the scotts vendors tent. Boy, did we get dirty looks when they heard us telling folks that with AP, you don't need to buy fertilizers....






    If you want to get the kid's attention, just add a large gold fish or two. Lots of kids sat right there and watch them.
    Hopefully, it'll be a 'seed' for them, later on in life...

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    Re: New work @ Sahib Aquaponics

    Very nice, certain there will be a number of discusions in their homes

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    Re: New work @ Sahib Aquaponics

    If you go up there again can you post before. I'd love to get up there that day since that is the Lowes that I goto.

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    Re: New work @ Sahib Aquaponics

    I'll try to do that rangeBob...
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    Re: New work @ Sahib Aquaponics

    Awesome job on spreading the AP word! I want to do something like that eventually and I was thinking of a similar set up as you had there a small aquarium with a grow bed or two. Thanks for the excellent pics. Yeah kids love fish you are planting more then just veggie seeds there!

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    Re: New work @ Sahib Aquaponics

    Thanks Hawkiye. That was a fun day. Wish we got to do it more often.
    I really like when we get youngsters on our farm tours too....

    Here's the latest update....
    I just added a small trough to the 'zero lot' system. We have about an inch of water slowly flowing through it, in which we place grow bags. The mix in the bags, wicks up water for the plants. Just another way to do aquaponics. I think we are using 6 methods, just in this one small system...

    Here's a short video of the 'zero lot' system....
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=p ... WQGKKaS568
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    Re: New work @ Sahib Aquaponics

    I tied the airpumps, in phase 2, into a common header. This has resulted in a more effcient use of the air. This got me thinking about a project I've been wanting to do for some time...

    I've been wanting to build an airlift ever since I saw one built by Mr. Glenn Martinez of Olomana Gardens in HI.
    Just to give an idea how well this design works.... We are lifting water, 34 inches and have a flow of approximately 100 gallons an hour.

    By building the airlift, we are using air, that we have been paying to generate anyway. With the airlift operational, we have removed a danner pump. It's job was, just pumping water to the shallow water raft bed.

    This new project consisted of two parts. One, building the airlift, and the second, building a bigger filter to clean the water before entering the raft bed.




    Here's the lower section of the airlift, that goes into the boittom of the fish tank......



    The 1 inch 90 on the right hand side, will have a 1/2 inch pipe installed. This will be the 'riser' that the air and water travels upward.
    The air enters through the clear tube, the check valve keeps the air from going to the left. The air must travel to the right and go up the riser.



    In the next picture, you can see the 1/2 inch riser coming up out of the fish tank. We installed a union on the riser, incase we ever need to remove the lower section.



    The upper section is secured to part of the wooden frame work.

    The horizontal section is going to the new filter. If you look close, you can see the gray filter behind the upright of the strawberry tower.

    Above the towers, is one of our shallow water raft beds, which works great for smaller plants like lettuce. It's a great way to utilize limited space.



    From the angle in this picture, you can see the filter. The pipe goes all the way to the bottom of the filter. The water exits the pipe and the water must flow up through the material, which acts as a filter and as a bio surface.



    You can see the air bubbles on the water's surface. We installed a good size air stone in the bottom of the filter. This way, the water is being oxygenated before going to the plants.

    The pipe exiting the filter (on the left) is going to the shallow water raft bed.
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