Hi all,
I would like to firstly thank all you for providing such a great site for everyone to interact and also the information contained here, I have been lurking around the forums passively just learning new things and have finally come out of the cave to say hello
I live in a busy city in Asia and it is very hard to get fresh produce and even harder to get fresh air.
I love the idea of Aquaponics and have been doing some reading/planning on building a system from scratch using Fibreglass/Acrylic. My initial goal is to grow some herbs/flowers and small plants to have fresher air in the apartment. Once I'm capable of moving to a larger house, I could start to consider growing produce. At the moment I'm looking at a tank that takes up roughly 30" x 20" x XX" height. Height can be up to the ceiling if need be.(10-12 feet)
But much more recently I have had an idea that I would like to share and and all suggestions and advice are greatly appreciated.
I'm somewhat of what you guys might call a 'computer nerd' and love building new computers or modifying/repairing existing ones.
One of the biggest problems with computer hardware is the heat generated from the CPU "Chip"
Many people have experimented with different ways to solve this (including submerging the entire computer into mineral oil http://www.geekologie.com/2008/01/mineral_oil_computer_cooling_s.php
I would like to ask if there would be a way to integrate an aquaponics fishtank to accomodate the cooling of a computer.
Watercooling systems have been done and discussed but none use a fish tank due to several reasons.
Water cooling generally has a device that runs water through a pipe that connectsto a heat sink. The heat sink comes directly in contact with the computer CPU chip.
Heat passes through the heat sink and is carried away by the water.
The water itself does not touch the computer components but only the heatsink.
The heat sink that touches the computer chip is made out of copper or alluminium. I understand that if these elements were in direct touch to the fish tank water, it is poisonous to the fish.
Would there be a way around this?
Secondly, Algae build up in the tubes have also been a problem. However, in an aquaponics system, would the algae build up be greatly reduced?
Third, Would temperature levels affect the fish,(kill the fish)
This picture is taken from another thread on another forum that illustrates exactly what I mean:
Hope I don't sound confusing, I'm writing with the best English I can.
Thanks!
