Backyard Aquaponics
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Hi, I'm working on a project trying to create sustainable living without electricity.

I had hoped there would be a way to pump water/get it uphill without electricity but, without naturally running water, I found this to break the laws of physics. Bummer.

So I was wondering, is it possible to drain and replace the water manually at intervals? Or do the plants need a constant flow of water?

I was hoping there might be a way to release a plug from the fish tank every so often that ran into the beds and back into a container ready to be reintroduced to the fish having been purified.

wind mills have been tried and tested for pumping water for years, if you used something like that you could pump up to a tank and gravity feed back to the plants. The only problem is that setting something like that up will probably cost more than the system would ever use in electricity, so it would be a false economy.
For most people in Australia, solar cells with battery storage would be a viable option, not sure how well that would work in Wales though....

Regards,
Gareth

Yeah I think that was the only option I came across that seemed somewhat viable (solar + storage battery).

But to answer my question, could you just do it manually? and if so, how often?

Thanks

Bicycle pump?

Download the IBC's of Aquaponics on the home page here. One of the things you need to do to clean the water is to pump the quantity of water of the Fish Tank through the Grow Beds(the filter) once every hour. The plants could use the soak a few less times though. The other thing is the areation or the water. Fish tank has to be areated some way. Usually The return water is allowed to splash in the tank to areate the water.

I gave you a gift Yes, you can do without electricity and pumping water easily Use Ram pump u can used it but u need first inverse your fish tank to be up and grow bed to be as u want the idea u need some Pressure to make ram pump work easily from fish tank to any level good ....that my advice good luck and not forget me tell me about that

huh?

Ram pumps require a water source to work; like a lake or river high above your AP system to power it.
If you tried to power it from your FT or ST you would be blasting water all over the place and topping up constantly; if you even had enough pressure to get it going in the first place.