Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

Okay so I have to test this Aquaponics out- I have been wishing I could do hydroponics really bad for over a year, but I live in an apartment and only have a few fish tanks (which I had been growing some ~unsuccessful~ water plants in until recently) but it never even occurred to me that regular plants could survive in fish tanks, nor that fish could survive in a plant tank >:-)
This is the most fun I have had in a long time but I literally JUST bought some parsley seeds for growing so it will be a good week before I have the size that will go good in the little 2 gallon tank that has had no filter for a good year but is supporting fish just fine due to the water plants I will be transferring to my other tank until relocation.
The 2 gallon tank has 2 little barely-not-fry guppies in it and about 10 quarter-inch snails that will provide the needed nutrients, and due to the lack of a filter I'm sure it will grow rapidly!

THIS ROCKS!!!!!!
If the 2 gallon turns out productive I will expand it to my 10 gallon and get other people to join me… SSI does not provide a healthy eating lifestyle but with guppy breeding and plant growing I will be making a (little measly) profit in no time :-)

I have an entire packet of parsley to practice on so I will figure this out

Welcome

Welcome



Might take even longer than you think, parsley can be very slow to germinate

Cheers

Welcome to the obsession mate!


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Welcome T!

Good stuff T, I hope the dream becomes a reality for you

Thanks for the warning about the parsley :-) I haddent thought to look at that part... hmm do roots like carrots grow well in this kind of contraption?

not good for root vegetables
media is too heavy and doesnt move/compact well with growth, so root veges end up distorted.

Thanks, thats why I asked :-)

Welcome to the forum T, I lived in Cshtwn for 9 years, now I'm in Frdrck!

lol i was just being lazy