Hey guys! I'm Tank. From the Seattle area, a bit north and east a ways.
I've been growing indoors using hydroponics for about 6-8 months now, and I'm very interested to learn about aquaponics. I see it as the perfect 100% organic way to raise your own vegetables, leafy greens and food fish as well! I've been increasingly aware of the processed CRAP that we put into our bodies on a daily basis, and I'm SOOOOO ready for a change. We've began cooking all our own food from raw products as often as possible, and once I get this going, we can have a never-ending source of leafy greens and berries!
I envision my small quonset hut encircled with a few rows of 4" black ABS piping (I'll heat it and flatten the bottom to create an NFT style system) with 1" netpots every 4 inches. I'd like to do alternating lettuces and strawberries on the walls. I'll probably get an IBC or two (can't fit more than that) to put in the middle with a modified top-feed system to maximize the growth potential in the veggies. But for the moment, I am probably going to start small, with things I can build from what I've got around. Start small, and grow from there!
Anyways,
Glad to have found a forum for this new passion of mine!
g'day Tank take some pics as you go and post them here so we can watch it grow
