Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

OK. It has been awhile but I now have pics of my progress:

Meant to put everything in one post. Here we go again:

(OK so only three pics per post, onward)

Next set of pictures:

Now for my greenhouse heating system. I have this barrel inside of the greenhouse:



This has pipe going all around the greenhouse on the inside and about 500 feet of coiled pipe inside of this compost pile in back of my greenhouse:



All connected to a pump inside this barrel. Water is pumped through pipe in compost pile (which averages 140 degrees F at its core) and though the greenhouse back into barrel and out to compost. Keeps greenhouse about 80F at night.



Outside of greenhouse.

So far everything is working fine. I have no siphons and just have gravity do my work. Now to get the rest of it going .........

My wife wanted one side of the greenhouse for her stuff. So I thought I would not be able to use the other side for aquaponics. But then she started planting in the grow beds and saw how much better her plants did so now she wants growbeds on the other side also. She also wants grow beds outside so I will get a couple more tanks for crappie, bluegill and bass. Already have some striped bass so I am part of the way there. Will grow cold weather plants out there since the fish stay active in the cold.

This is addictive, somebody stop me!