Other Systems (non-member) - Aquaponic Gardening2024-03-29T10:16:27Zhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/forum/categories/other-systems-nonmember/listForCategory?categoryId=4778851%3ACategory%3A8783&feed=yes&xn_auth=noSeaweed Design Projecttag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2020-03-09:4778851:Topic:6723382020-03-09T15:17:32.076ZGeorge Downhamhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/GeorgeDownham
<p>Hi all,</p>
<p>I am a University Product Design student and I am currently designing a home Seaweed growing system to grow and eat Seaweed. I am at the concept stage now and have three concepts. As it isn’t a product already on the market, I wanted to ask a group of people who are the kind of people who may buy this sort of product.</p>
<p>I have attached a PDF of the three concepts for you to look at and I would really appreciate some feedback.</p>
<p>It is a product that would be placed…</p>
<p>Hi all,</p>
<p>I am a University Product Design student and I am currently designing a home Seaweed growing system to grow and eat Seaweed. I am at the concept stage now and have three concepts. As it isn’t a product already on the market, I wanted to ask a group of people who are the kind of people who may buy this sort of product.</p>
<p>I have attached a PDF of the three concepts for you to look at and I would really appreciate some feedback.</p>
<p>It is a product that would be placed outside for maximum sunlight and if at perfect conditions could be cultivated weekly, growing at 1cm/day (although other research suggests it could be more). The product would be started by getting fertile seaweed from the sea to then place into the system to start an ecosystem which will all be aided by an app. This would then be maintained by every 1-2 weeks emptying some water and then refilling it with new water (like how you would with a fish tank). The user would then have to maintain the correct nutrient and salinity levels when refilling the tank.</p>
<p>The tank will be designed to make it as easy as possible for the user to maintain the tank.</p>
<p>If you are curious to why the product has been designed in certain ways, the reasons are as follows.</p>
<p>Seaweed has specific conditions that it must be kept at for it to grow. It must be:</p>
<ul>
<li>Aerated</li>
<li>Kept between 6ᵒC-16°C</li>
<li>In a filtered system involving UV sterilisation (to stop other organisms taking over the tank)</li>
<li>Have correct salinity and nutrient levels</li>
</ul>
<p>When reproducing, there are other conditions needed during this process. It must be:</p>
<ul>
<li>Aerated at different rates</li>
<li>Have access to blue and red light at different times during the growth period and at controlled amounts (which is why all the designs have tanks which can be made dark)</li>
<li>Kept around 10°C</li>
<li>Have the correct nutrient levels</li>
</ul>
<p>I want the reproduction process to be aided through an app on your phone so it can run as smooth as possible.</p>
<p>What I want to ask is about the user’s commitment to the product as well as which concept you prefer. I have numbered the questions to make it easier to answer them.</p>
<ol>
<li>Is this a product you would consider buying? If not how come?</li>
<li>How much would you be willing to spend on this product?</li>
<li>Would you be happy to maintain the system every one or two weeks?</li>
<li>Which concept do you like the most and why?</li>
<li>Are there any features from the other concepts which you like?</li>
<li>If you have any further comments please let me know!</li>
</ol>
<p>I know this could be a lot to take in but hopefully it is interesting to you. Thank you to anyone who has taken their time to read or reply to this.</p>
<p>All the best,</p>
<p>George</p>
<p>Email: epygd@nottingham.ac.uk</p>
<p> </p> Chinampas, any thoughts?tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2015-03-20:4778851:Topic:6003722015-03-20T22:57:34.259ZNick Sherringtonhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/NickSherrington
<p>I'm not sure if anyone is familiar with Chinampas of Mexico and Central America. I have been working on some designs to build a contemporary system that will be based on the ancient cultivation method. I'm coining the phrase "Chinamponics".<br></br><br></br> The general concept consists of floating a hydroponic systems on a lake, utilising the nutrient rich lake water to water the system. The artificial systems will either become natural floating islands or remain as barge like structures.…<br></br><br></br></p>
<p>I'm not sure if anyone is familiar with Chinampas of Mexico and Central America. I have been working on some designs to build a contemporary system that will be based on the ancient cultivation method. I'm coining the phrase "Chinamponics".<br/><br/> The general concept consists of floating a hydroponic systems on a lake, utilising the nutrient rich lake water to water the system. The artificial systems will either become natural floating islands or remain as barge like structures.<br/><br/> The advantages of this system would include the:<br/><br/></p>
<ul>
<li>Reduction of excessive nutrient levels found in many lakes, and thus reduce the chances of harmful algal blooms and nitrification.</li>
<li>Very small energy requirement for moving the water, cleaner water returned to the lake.</li>
<li>Less shading in the middle of a lake allows more exposure.</li>
<li>Chinamponics integrated with net pen fish farming has in theory the potential to reduce the acidification in lakes.</li>
<li>80% less use of water than conventional farming, and less energy than conventional hydroponics for water pumping.</li>
<li>Water source heat pumps could provide excellent mid-winter heating and cooling system.</li>
<li>Systems can be as low or high tech as desired.</li>
</ul>
<p>Any thoughts or previous experience would be appreciated.<br/><br/> Thanks,<br/> Nick</p> grow algae and fish in an aquaponic system?tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2014-12-02:4778851:Topic:5886162014-12-02T14:27:36.439ZAlan Joshua Greenspanhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/AlanJoshuaGreenspan
<p>Someone posted about how to grow seaweed, but doesn't help w/ growing algae.</p>
<p>I guess I should just try it, but would say using a coffee filter work if I wanted to grow algae and fish in separate containers but in the same closed loop system? If some of the algae escapes the filter, it would just be eaten by the fish, no? (say I am growing Spirulina, and tilapia or gold fish)</p>
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<p>Anyone have experience with this?</p>
<p>Someone posted about how to grow seaweed, but doesn't help w/ growing algae.</p>
<p>I guess I should just try it, but would say using a coffee filter work if I wanted to grow algae and fish in separate containers but in the same closed loop system? If some of the algae escapes the filter, it would just be eaten by the fish, no? (say I am growing Spirulina, and tilapia or gold fish)</p>
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<p>Anyone have experience with this?</p> Oh, so beautiful....tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2014-03-02:4778851:Topic:5511422014-03-02T20:54:26.633ZSylvia Bernsteinhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/SylviaBernstein
<p>I am working on an article for Maximum Yield magazine (and my blog) on how to make an aquaponics or hydroponics system more attractive. I have my own ideas (trim it in wood, landscape around it, etc.) but I wanted to see if any of you had given thought as to how to make either your backyard or in home system a little more aesthetically appealing? And if you have high res images you'd like to contribute for the article that would be even better! Thanks, all. …<img src="http://www.bkserv.net/images/Grin.gif"></img></p>
<p>I am working on an article for Maximum Yield magazine (and my blog) on how to make an aquaponics or hydroponics system more attractive. I have my own ideas (trim it in wood, landscape around it, etc.) but I wanted to see if any of you had given thought as to how to make either your backyard or in home system a little more aesthetically appealing? And if you have high res images you'd like to contribute for the article that would be even better! Thanks, all. <img src="http://www.bkserv.net/images/Grin.gif"/></p> AP in a shipping container! "Urban Farm Unit" by Damien Chivialletag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-02-18:4778851:Topic:4393872013-02-18T03:33:36.818ZPaul Trudeauhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/PaulTrudeau
<p>this looks very cool:</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.designboom.com/architecture/shipping-container-greenhouse-urban-farm-unit-by-damien-chivialle/http://" target="_blank">click here for photos & article: "shipping container greenhouse - urban farm unit by damien chivialle"</a></p>
<p>this looks very cool:</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.designboom.com/architecture/shipping-container-greenhouse-urban-farm-unit-by-damien-chivialle/http://" target="_blank">click here for photos & article: "shipping container greenhouse - urban farm unit by damien chivialle"</a></p> Would undergravel filter poo collection save on electricity ?tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-01-09:4778851:Topic:4282282013-01-09T05:17:51.692Zfishpoo007https://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/fishpoo007
<p>Hello people,</p>
<p>I've never set up an aquaponics system (only discovered it last week) before but i'm interested in the systems.</p>
<p>I used to keep a few aquariums when i was younger. Had a couple of 4 foot tanks running with two undergravel filters in them. Obviously the fish waste accumulates under the filter and all is needed is an air pump creating a vacuum , which causes the suction of fish waste. I would think its quite an efficient system as most fish waste drops to the bottom…</p>
<p>Hello people,</p>
<p>I've never set up an aquaponics system (only discovered it last week) before but i'm interested in the systems.</p>
<p>I used to keep a few aquariums when i was younger. Had a couple of 4 foot tanks running with two undergravel filters in them. Obviously the fish waste accumulates under the filter and all is needed is an air pump creating a vacuum , which causes the suction of fish waste. I would think its quite an efficient system as most fish waste drops to the bottom of the tank anyway. You would not be trying to collect the waste from the entire tank, but just from under the filter.</p>
<p>So would it work if one was able to collect the waste under the many filters by pipe(s) in the bottom of the fish tank? eg you pump or drain out the accumulated waste once a day thats under the filters for a couple of seconds/minutes onto the plant bed ?</p>
<p>If so would you need a light continuous spray of water onto the plant bed all day or would the couple of minutes pumping of even distribution be enough ?</p>
<p></p>
<p>Cheers</p>
<p></p>
<p></p> Aquaponic kit of the future?tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-05-05:4778851:Topic:3306362012-05-05T05:58:40.125ZBrook Stevensonhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/BrookStevenson
<p>I just ran into this design concept I thought everyone on here would be intrigued by. Stylishly bring aquaponics to the masses?! Enjoy!</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/30/view/20894/antonio-scarponi-the-globe-rooftop-urban-farm.html">http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/30/view/20894/antonio-scarponi-the-globe-rooftop-urban-farm.html</a></p>
<p>I just ran into this design concept I thought everyone on here would be intrigued by. Stylishly bring aquaponics to the masses?! Enjoy!</p>
<p></p>
<p><a href="http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/30/view/20894/antonio-scarponi-the-globe-rooftop-urban-farm.html">http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/30/view/20894/antonio-scarponi-the-globe-rooftop-urban-farm.html</a></p> Saltwater Aquaponics/Bioponics with Seaweed as a croptag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-03-27:4778851:Topic:3117462012-03-27T13:40:11.801ZMeir Lazarhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/MeirLazar
<p>My wife and I love seaweed. We used to go to this Korean store down the street and buy fresh seaweed to put in soups and salads. Unfortunately, they've stopped selling it. I don't know why, I could guess because of the Fukashima issues with contamination of their waters or maybe it's just not selling well enough. Either way, we found that getting fresh seaweed is expensive. The only online stores that sell it are in Maine or California and at ridiculous prices. So we decided that maybe we…</p>
<p>My wife and I love seaweed. We used to go to this Korean store down the street and buy fresh seaweed to put in soups and salads. Unfortunately, they've stopped selling it. I don't know why, I could guess because of the Fukashima issues with contamination of their waters or maybe it's just not selling well enough. Either way, we found that getting fresh seaweed is expensive. The only online stores that sell it are in Maine or California and at ridiculous prices. So we decided that maybe we can try to do saltwater aquaponics/bioponics.</p>
<p>I know others have done this, but unfortunately, they haven't given out any knowledge to help others (that I can find).</p>
<p>It is my hope that because there is so little information available on how to do this, that we will attempt to do the research and testing to see how this can be accomplished and publish our findings to the world so others can duplicate our efforts without the trials and errors that we already went through.</p>
<p>We are also hoping that others will do this or already <em>are</em> doing this and can give us some advise or pointers so we don't make every mistake in the book. If anyone is knowledgeable on seaweeds and their growth habits, that would also be very helpful if you would give some input.</p>
<p>So this will be our setup...</p>
<p>Everything will be grown in our greenhouse in the 7a climate in the US.</p>
<p>A 55 gallon plastic white drum (white so it doesn't get too warm). We will cut the top 1/3 part off and use that as the "grow bed" and the bottom 2/3 part as the reservoir/nutrient tank. We thought about using saltwater fish but since I am completely ignorant on how to raise saltwater fish, we thought it best to use aged urine as the main nutrient source.</p>
<p>It will be a deep water continuous flow (not ebb and flow) with a small 12w 200 gph water pump, pumping from the bottom tank to the top and it will flow down through a 3/4" PVC pipe back to the bottom tank again. The top bed will have large rocks for the seaweed to anchor itself to it.</p>
<p>For the choice of seaweed, we think Dulse and Sea Lettuce would be best for consumption.</p>
<p>We do not know yet whether these two different types of seaweed require different environments (salinity, ammonia levels, nitrification, etc.) so we may need to build two systems to sustain each one separately.</p>
<p>I have read that Sea Lettuce can absorb straight ammonia and nitrification is not necessary for it's growth. I want to test that by not having much media for nitrification and using aged urine as the primary nutrient source. The only other input would be Aquarium/Ocean Salt (to maintain the proper salinity that seaweed requires) that I will purchase online. I will be measuring salinity with a cheap hydrometer.</p>
<p>I am currently negotiating with some seaweed sellers in Maine for a piece of Dulse and Sea Lettuce and am awaiting a quote.</p>
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<p>Feel free to comment or discuss.</p>
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<p>Thanks!</p>
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<p></p> Roof top garden in Hawaiitag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-01-12:4778851:Topic:2769162012-01-12T03:38:04.313ZRaychel A Watkinshttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/RaychelAWatkins
<p>This is not aquaponics (yet) but it does signal that peop[le are thinking.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.gokakaako.com/2012/01/farmroof/">http://www.gokakaako.com/2012/01/farmroof/</a></p>
<p>This is not aquaponics (yet) but it does signal that peop[le are thinking.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.gokakaako.com/2012/01/farmroof/">http://www.gokakaako.com/2012/01/farmroof/</a></p> Oakhurst Aquaponicstag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2011-12-27:4778851:Topic:2693432011-12-27T00:35:28.484ZOakhurst Aquaponicshttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/OakhurstAquaponics
<p>Some of you might be interested in the unique <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghj2SkDxRlc">aquaponics system</a> we have created.</p>
<p>We are currently working on developing this system into a kit to facilitate year-round, individual-scale food production anywhere in the temperate zone.</p>
<p>Some of you might be interested in the unique <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghj2SkDxRlc">aquaponics system</a> we have created.</p>
<p>We are currently working on developing this system into a kit to facilitate year-round, individual-scale food production anywhere in the temperate zone.</p>