Backyard Aquaponics
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Hiya,
someone slap me... ok here goes...

Wishlist:
- So can I have an AP system that is in 1 tank please
- Plant roots are protected from the fish
- Worms live in the growbed and the water
- No pump (autosiphon) or Single pump system for low power consumption
- Tiered, upside down, winged keel look over the tank
- Floating plant city
- The fish are in the same body of water all the time

This is more like a continuous flow system so just the growbeds are integrated over the tank... so I guess the ecology still should work... maybe?

I figure there would be issues with cleaning/access to the tank and the plants but that just may depend on the tank dimensions and the growbed keel.

Thanks/Shaun

make sure there is heaps of oxygen in the tank, for the fish and for the plants

Thanks Jaymie,
More oxygen makes sense and also I guess make the tank have more surface area than depth, so the gb 2:1 ratio can be more easily met.

Has anyone done an AP system in a single tank before?
Any other thougts out there?

I wonder if the first AP systems were single or multiple tanks.
mmmm I dont really know the AP history.

thanks all/Shaun

If you check the small systems picture gallery here, you will find most are single tanks
http://backyardaquaponics.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=18

Perfect.. thanks EllKayBee I'll look at that as I want to try make a few smaller 3 fish AP systems to try some things out.

I would try an aeroponic variation. In fact, I've been considering trying it myself. Envision fish in a tank half full of water. Resting on the top edges of the tank is a top with 2" holes in it. In each hole is a mesh basket with hydrotron and a plant. Floating on the surface of the water is a mister -- either an ultrasonic or a motorized (spinning disc with suction tube -- they sell them for aquaponics) The plants roots are constantly (or intermittently) bathed in nutrient-rich mist and protected from the fish as long as they don't venture down below the water's surface. The water may be sufficiently aerated by the drops falling into it.