Welcome Robert,
it is certainly a means to dispose of AP plant waste and to be able to supplement the fish food is an added bonus
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| Author: | rolivier79 [ Feb 9th, '08, 00:01 ] |
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Hello everyone... We have compiled our first manual on how to rear black soldier fly from food scraps using a BioPod™. There is a lot of information from practical experience on raising BSF. This should be enough info to get some more people started. I am especially interested in people wanting to set up systems for feeding fish, like DanDman. In Australia the guys at http://www.ecocityfarm.com/ already have some units in production. This is an exciting time for us, as we have been fanatic about black soldier fly technology for years. Feel free to comment and direct any question in this forum, as we are always open to new and better ideas. The manual can be downloaded at http://www.thebiopod.com/pdf/BioPod-Manual.pdf Also you can find more scientific reading material at http://www.thebiopod.com/pages/pages/articles.html Cheers, Robert www.thebiopod.com |
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| Author: | DanDMan [ Feb 9th, '08, 00:39 ] |
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I will be raising a few egg layers and lots of fish. |
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| Author: | Dave Donley [ Feb 9th, '08, 04:05 ] |
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Welcome Robert! Thanks for the info! |
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| Author: | EllKayBee [ Feb 9th, '08, 10:01 ] |
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Welcome Robert, it is certainly a means to dispose of AP plant waste and to be able to supplement the fish food is an added bonus
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| Author: | RupertofOZ [ Feb 9th, '08, 10:30 ] |
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Welcome Robert. there's been considerable discussion on the forum relating to these marvelous little beasties... Recently ... http://backyardaquaponics.com/forum/vie ... p?p=108441 And a long thread over time ... http://backyardaquaponics.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=954 And here's a powerpoint presentation that might be useful for people .... http://www.esrla.com/brazil/frame.htm |
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| Author: | veggie boy [ Feb 9th, '08, 11:58 ] |
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Robert - or anybody else, any idea how much Ecocityfarm charges for the domestic units. I see they are the Ausie distributor and are shown as being in Brisbane (though I thought they were in Nimbin??). They don't seem to have details on their website about sales of this product. |
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| Author: | RupertofOZ [ Feb 9th, '08, 12:18 ] |
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VB.... despite nearly 1 - 2 years since the New Inventors program... they don't as yet have a commercially available product. From their FAQ section ... EcocityFarm FAQ Quote: Do you have commercial systems available for sale at this stage?
We are currently finalising trials on a semi-commercial scale and expect to have the first commercial scale ecoCity Farm operational during 2008 How much does an ecoCity Farm cost? Costings are still being finalised but will be similar to the cost of an aquaculture system plus hydroponic system of a similar size. Because the ecoCity Farm is able to direct market produce at retail prices to urban customers it is very cost effective, as a much smaller production system produces the same profit as a much larger conventional wholesale farming system. When I talked to them shortly after the New Inventors show they basically said that the system was a "turnkey" faranchise system with a proprietry IT front end and back to base monitoring and support..... They were quoting $500,000 plus ongoing annual support fees.... excluding greenhouse, power, water, fish and plants 
Edited : And yep... they're still based in Nimbin.... |
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| Author: | veggie boy [ Feb 9th, '08, 12:39 ] |
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Rupert - I mean the soldier fly biopod units. They are the Australian distributor. |
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| Author: | RupertofOZ [ Feb 9th, '08, 12:49 ] |
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Sorry VB.... nothing listed on their site about the BioPod |
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| Author: | DanDMan [ Feb 10th, '08, 01:14 ] |
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The biopod is $125 or $150. They will have some this month! You have to reserve one because they are selling. I have ordered one already to give it a try. |
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| Author: | EllKayBee [ Feb 10th, '08, 15:26 ] |
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VB is talking about in Aus DDM, I was interested in prices and availability as well, but as Rope has stated, Ecocity don't have them for sale. VB, where did you get the info that they were a distributor, Roli79 did say that Ecocity had them in production...I took that to mean they were using the units??? |
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| Author: | RupertofOZ [ Feb 10th, '08, 16:21 ] |
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Elk, the BioPod site has them listed as the Australian "vendors" under the Interational section of their "Dealer" tab...... address listed as Brisbane as VB said.... maybe they thought nobody would know where Nimbin was
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| Author: | twintragics [ Feb 10th, '08, 16:48 ] |
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will retail in Oz for $229. |
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| Author: | veggie boy [ Feb 10th, '08, 20:11 ] |
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Tell em they're dreaming. I'll make my own. |
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| Author: | RupertofOZ [ Feb 10th, '08, 21:03 ] |
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Based on the exchange rate you'd think they whould be about $150 - $175 Aus |
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