What got you into aquaponics, and why do you like it. - Aquaponic Gardening2024-03-28T12:33:38Zhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/forum/topics/what-got-you-into-aquaponics-1?commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A34563&feed=yes&xn_auth=noKobus wrote:
1) What about aq…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2011-01-18:4778851:Comment:347072011-01-18T21:12:27.000ZHomefirehttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/Homefire
<p>Kobus wrote:</p>
<p>1) What about aquaponic production made it attractive to you?</p>
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<p>* It can be low tech, one can begin with minimum resources.</p>
<p>* Its scalable from aquaria size to huge industrial farm size</p>
<p>* It can be done anywhere, light & water provided; underground, a desert, the Moon.</p>
<p>* High productivity for a small footprint.</p>
<p>* There are inumerable synergies and efficiencies oft mentioned; water, fertilizer, low bugs, weeds.</p>
<p>* It is…</p>
<p>Kobus wrote:</p>
<p>1) What about aquaponic production made it attractive to you?</p>
<p> </p>
<p>* It can be low tech, one can begin with minimum resources.</p>
<p>* Its scalable from aquaria size to huge industrial farm size</p>
<p>* It can be done anywhere, light & water provided; underground, a desert, the Moon.</p>
<p>* High productivity for a small footprint.</p>
<p>* There are inumerable synergies and efficiencies oft mentioned; water, fertilizer, low bugs, weeds.</p>
<p>* It is Human's further domestication of the timeless field-stream system.</p>
<p>* If it continues to evolve it will obey Constructal Law, as litteraly <span style="text-decoration: underline;">everything</span> that still exists must. Knowing this may save an aquaponist years of trial and error. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructal_theory" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructal_theory</a> </p>
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<p>I deeply honor and love plants. Chlorophyl producing cells are among our deepest ancestors, hence wisest.</p>
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<p> </p> HUM. I expect that the answe…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2011-01-18:4778851:Comment:345632011-01-18T15:35:36.000ZTCLynxhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TCLynx
<p>HUM. I expect that the answers you get here are going to be skewed since a huge portion of the people here are addicted to Aquaponics. Your most useful answers will probably come from people who would rather have bought a BYAP kit or one of Murray's Kits if they were available to them.</p>
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<p>I think many people who get into this and struggle at creating their own systems would probably be happier buying a kit if they can afford them.</p>
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<p>Those people like myself who…</p>
<p>HUM. I expect that the answers you get here are going to be skewed since a huge portion of the people here are addicted to Aquaponics. Your most useful answers will probably come from people who would rather have bought a BYAP kit or one of Murray's Kits if they were available to them.</p>
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<p>I think many people who get into this and struggle at creating their own systems would probably be happier buying a kit if they can afford them.</p>
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<p>Those people like myself who actually love building things and refining things might no be much use to you in our answers. I perhaps am a bit disappointed at how little time a system takes once it is up and running well. All that is left is to sit and stare at the water flowing and harvest some food, sprinkle some seeds.</p>
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<p>1-Automatically watered/fertilized garden that provides a water feature and fish too.</p>
<p>2-Aquaponics is actually only part of my food system, I've got plenty of soil garden and food forest activity going too as well as chickens and ducks.</p>
<p>3-I don't know what I expected when I started. Once established a system is very little effort. And I'm still learning how to grow what we will use most and use more of what we grow. I still have a goal to grow enough toms and peppers at one time to make a batch of salsa to process in the canner and I haven't gotten there quite yet.</p>
<p>4-Can't think of anything I did a huge amount of reading on the BYAP forum before jumping in.</p>
<p>5-Cost of equipment can get high but the main thing I'm uncomfortable with is the <strong>commercial fish feed</strong> I would like to find something more sustainable and organic that I can afford.</p>