I have had a small aquaponics system going for a while now. 15 gallon reservoir made from a storage tub I got at Walmart and a grow bed that i made from an old rubbermaid tub. It is on a flood and drain cycle with an auto siphon valve. It floods and drains once every 2.5 minutes.
This system has been a great showcase to me about the potential of aquaponics. It is far too small and is very unstable regarding temperature and ph. But I can still grow large plants that will fruit and taste great. I just get some leaf twist and weird deficiencies that come and go, but as I said before... The system grows tasty plants. Currently I just planted lettuce in it for the winter, there is also a single green bean plant and the one with flowers is a small tigger melon plant.
I am just about through the planning process for a bigger system. It will be a 500 gallon indoor dwc system. Lighted with LED lights, with supplemented co2, and a perfectly controlled sealed room environment. I am going to document the build out on YouTube in the coming month. For now, here is the latest picture I have taken of my small system.
