Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

Hi all, Tim Here.

I'm so grateful to have found this site. It has been an invaluable resource. I look forward to contributing.

I am NOT the type to garden. I hate dirt. I hate the outdoors. I hate drum circles. But what I hate most [recently] is the sad and dangerous state of food here in the US. This brought me to a point where I have decided that the only way to not slowly give myself cancer or worse is to grow my own.

Enter: Hydroponics then Aquaponics.

As of now, I am learning to walk before I run. My system is micro. I would say small, but all the threads I found here with the word small in them are still 100 gallons or more hehe. I have a 10 gallon tank and a ten gallon grow bed. I used bat guano to cycle the tank which worked great. I have 10 feeder gold fish and a couple crayfish in the tank now and they seem happy as can be. My plants are loving it as well.

Of course this is all an experimental stage and I have questions which I will post to the appropriate topics. However, If there are any threads here pertaining to a system my size that I missed, I would be awful swell if you could point me in their direction.

Cheers!

-t

Welcome to the forum!

Welcome! Post some pics when you get a chance.

Welcome!!

My system is about the same size as yours!! But only look at mine to see what not to do

Seriously!

But I'm getting there...

Lots of nice people here with great knowledge and ideas!!


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