All Discussions Tagged 'Garage' - Aquaponic Gardening2024-03-29T12:16:13Zhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=Garage&feed=yes&xn_auth=noTilapia or Trout, Heated garage or not.tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2014-04-29:4778851:Topic:5604432014-04-29T23:12:42.656ZFnY Farmshttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/ScottLeeYork
<p>Hello Everyone,</p>
<p>I live in Virginia and the winter get pretty cool and the summers get pretty warm. During the spring and fall if you dont like the weather just wait a couple of hours. I am looking to expand my system in my garage. I have a 250g Ft (IBC) and a 4x4 gb. I am looking at putting up 16-32 5ft towers over top a wide bin that will grow duckweed, guppies, and/or a floating raft. I will be using 6500k Induction lighting for the plants. I am looking for fish that grow a little…</p>
<p>Hello Everyone,</p>
<p>I live in Virginia and the winter get pretty cool and the summers get pretty warm. During the spring and fall if you dont like the weather just wait a couple of hours. I am looking to expand my system in my garage. I have a 250g Ft (IBC) and a 4x4 gb. I am looking at putting up 16-32 5ft towers over top a wide bin that will grow duckweed, guppies, and/or a floating raft. I will be using 6500k Induction lighting for the plants. I am looking for fish that grow a little quicker. I like that with Trout I would not have to heat the water as much and they are fast growers. Down fall is the water condition has to be pristine and they are hard to find online. I Have not had an issue with my catfish except when i forgot to re-plug in my aerator. But my water might be clean enough with all of the bio media in the towers plus i supplement in minerals as Nate Storey does. I like that with Tilapia they grow large fast, they eat almost anything, and they are pretty resilient. Their down fall is the price to heat the garage. I am going to insulate my garage either way because I saw how much the winter slowed down my catfish and I have a cast iron natural gas heater my parents gave to me. Just have to get my neighbor to run some gas line around my house unless I put some extra duct in the garage from my hvac. I really wouldn't mind trout but everyone seems to just go tilapia. Are they really that much easier after you get the heating situated. Oh and I don't have enough yard to do a green house and the wife cant say what I do with the garage.</p>
<p>Thank you for your time and remember,</p>
<p>Don't grow far from your roots. </p>