Mixed Aquaponics Design

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Do you combine different media, methods or even culture species in such a way that no rules or system descriptions out there really applies to you? This is the place to share, ask questions, learn and refine.
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  • Pump in DWT - raft/sump

    I've been designing a hybrid system for some time now combining media beds with DWT and nft and i am starting to see some surprising benefits. My plan is to let the f&d media beds flood into the DWT so that the rafts rise and fall with the fluctuating water levels. With the DWT having so much…

    By Averan

    Mar 4, 2012

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  • How to start salad crops?

    Hi all...I'm new to aquaponics. I just got my first system's pump plugged in on November 26. My water is still cycling...ammonia is down to .25 ppm, nitrites are up to 5 ppm and nitrates are up to 10-20 ppm. I have a few flowers that i bought from Lowes and a few sprouted seeds that are yet to make…

    By Cameron Smith

    Dec 20, 2012

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  • My mixed design - Comments Please

    Greetings to all,I'm about to complete my greenhouse. Here's a drawing of my aquaponics design. Here's how I imagine it'll run.1. Grafity flow from Fish Tanks to Clarifier to take out the big stuff (I'm imagining a little more dense population than usual),2. Gravity flow from Clarifier to media…

    By Cengiz BAYAZIT

    Sep 3, 2012

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  • How deep is too deep?

    Hey,I'm in the process of up-scaling my mixed media system.  I've recently found some large 500g tanks that were constructed by someone who used to own a hatchery business.  The price is great and there are several tanks available.  The dimensions are 8' long x 4' wide and 2' deep.  Ideally I would…

    By Josh

    Jul 21, 2012

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  • pvc aggregate media for towers

    As I stated a long time ago, I have taken an interest in putting together some light weight media for media beds or towers.  Hydroton is way too expensive in South Africa, and I was looking for alternatives to have as media that was lighter than gravel.  A while back I mused about the possibility…

    By Kobus Jooste

    Aug 20, 2011

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  • Need some large scale advice

    I've recently taken over an unused but serviceable commercial greenhouse, 100 x 30 ft.  I want to grow mixed HP and AP.  I've no AP experience, but I'm a pretty good HP grower.  I can't dig down in this location (leased and it's got a weedblock flooring down).  I need to lay out a larger AP system…

    By rick kennerly

    Dec 3, 2011

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  • will this work for filtration

    I am going to use an IBC tank with the top barely cut off for a fish tank, "no pump".  That will drain into a 55 gallon barrel (we hope the solids will go to the bottom, which can be drained off from the bottom of the barrel.  From that 55 gallon barrel from the top will drain into another 55…

    By randy proctor

    May 7, 2012

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  • My hybrid horizontal NFT system design, a work in progress

    http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=af9fe4b40ff5f128bb9408c78a7c3c4I don't yet…

    By Averan

    Nov 30, 2011

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  • sri about the email, my first post here.

    I'll try again. 

    By rick kennerly

    Dec 3, 2011

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  • Sand bed taking shape

    I have been thinking about this one for a while, but the decision to add a sump for the aeroponic line I'm working on spurred me on to modify the old raft bed into a sand bed at the same time.  I took an old pool filter, cut the top aperture bigger and gutted out all the insides.  It was pressure…

    By Kobus Jooste

    May 1, 2011

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