Backyard Aquaponics
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I am Henning from Denmark, but living in Indonesia. I am completely new to aquaponics, but very excited about the potential benefits. I am planning the following system:

Fishtank - 200cm x 150cm x 50cm= 1500L. This tank I plan to make out of wood with 5mm glass on the inside. I hope it will be big enough to fit about 100 tilapia.
The Waterpump is a Boyu PQ-1200 with 20w, 1260L/h, 1.8m maxhight
The airpump is Boyu U-9900 with 3.5w, pressure 0.012MPa, output 2x3.2L/min, will use 4 airstones.
Do I need some kind of filter for this setup?

Growbed - 500cm x 85cm x 35cm = 1487L. Will make this out of wood but with a plastic/rubber lining. Will use gravel size 10-15mm as grow media.

Is there anything missing in this setup? Do you think its going to work? please give any comments and advice.

Thanks a lot in advance.

Henning.

I forgot to mention that I plan to put the growbed directly above the fishtank so the water can drain directly into the fishtank through the siphon.

Welcome aboard, Henning!


The gravel bed should be all the filter you need. You will find it gets far more effective after the first week or two. Make sure to add some composting worms if you can find some as they really help with fish waste.


Sounds good to me. I don't know what your termite situation is, but they have been known to attack untreated wood containers and actually chewing through good heavy plastic liners while eating the adjacent wood.

Have fun!

Composting worms in the growbed? they can handle the gravel and water?

Handle it... they have a party....