Hi everyone. I am new to the forum. I`ve been researching Aquaponics for a while now an am ready to start a full on system.

The aquaponic community in Canada is still small, as far as I have seen. And only a few colleges and universities have anything related to this subject.

Looking around town I have priced out some equipment.

2000gallon water grade tank = $1500
8'x4'x12" Flood Table = $140
1200gallon per hour Magdrive Pump = $200
OR Sump Pump $200-250
Air Pump = Have
Food Grade Barrel = $35

With the stands and piping I figure it to cost around $4000 Canadian.

Basically the system will consist of 8 flood tables totaling 256 square feet, each bed equipped with a bell siphon and filled with 3/4" washed river gravel. The fish will be in the 2000 gallon tank and the sump will be in the 50 gallon barrel.

A few questions I have are:
How long should it take to fully circulate the 2000 gallons?
How much produce do you typically get per square foot of aquaponic grow-bed versus soil?

Please post any links to a thread with a similar sized system.

Thanks all!