Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

Hi, I’m Wolfy. I am a nurse, working out bush in W.A. I base myself in a town called Esperance but am not there all that often. Over the years I have developed an interest in anything that will help my dreams of a sustainable little farm proceed along. I am interested in building it a few hours out of Perth WA and will be building my house out of papercrete, it will run off solar and other alternative energies and will have rainwater tanks etc. It’s not that many years off now. I was always going to have a large body of water stocked with fish and have a large growth of organic food.
AP just makes sense to me.
I have been working night shift for a while and between very little to do and the access to internet I have been a very busy reader. I am sure that a huge amount of screen time (6-8hrs per night) coupled with an heroic intake of caffeine has made me even more obsessed with AP than I should be.
I have always had large fish tanks and an interest in regular gardening. My GF is very supportive of the whole idea and is keen to see the first AP `trial’ (I have taken notes that one is not to go nuts unless they come up with a cool new invention like a tank hat).
I have been drawing and planning and as soon as I get a break from these nights I am going to set up a very small trail, I think I have got or can source the materials to get started.
Looking forward to becoming super obsessed very soon.
I am a mad shutterbug and take photos of everything so I hope not to disappoint.

Welcome Wolfy.... get the sense that you're going to fit in around here real well

Look forward to seeing what you knock together... and don't be scared to asks questions.

Wolfy ,, welcome on board,..... a copy of those drawings posted here may help the more experienced Ap'ers crtic the plans.
I'm just the local generally obnoxious guy ,, every forum needs one.
AHHHH, one piece of information I have learned the hard way,,,,GF's are usually VERY supportive , wives are different. I'll let you draw your own conclusions from that one.
Have fun and remember,there is a huge knowledge base here to assist.

If you want to see a couple of systems in action let us know, 4 fully functioning AP gardens running in Kalgoorlie at the moment

Thanks OBA, I might just do that, i get up to Kal every now and then, dont see why i couldn't make a trip up sooner rather than later.

Thanks to everyone, cant wait to get it started, i will start a thread in the members section and put up some photos, should be finishing nights on the weekend, visit home to set up system hopefully.

welcome wolfy, should get on with snag and KE.
will 6-8 hrs be enough??