Backyard Aquaponics
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Today I have completed my first system (Photos attached).

It is in my garage by necessity, there is a lot of snow here right now.

Most of the space is taken by my sailboat but I have figured a way to sneak an AP system in there.

I have put a 1 metre rule on top of the grow bed to give you an idea of the scale.

I am using a 220 l blue barrel for pond, a small 110v pump (I am located in Canada) and a Rubermaid bucket which I estimate at 60 l. I plan to add another 60 l grow bed later in the experiment. I am using a Simmo type auto-siphon. It works but not reliably yet.

I am using rocks which I have collected from my backyard.

I am using the grow bed bucket cover to make a shallow low flow pool that I will use to grow fish food (maybe duck weed).

I reduce the waterflow to the grow beds by rerouting water back to the barrel with a T connector. I adjust the flow with a valve.

I will let that system run a few days to see how reliable it is and then I will stop it because I have to go on a business trip soon.

The next step is to find a way to autofeed my future golden fish.

The ultimate goal is to get a constent maximum amount of spinach for that space.

Now all you have to do is sell the boat and you will have heaps of room
AP will get you in the end
Neat set-up julien,will you have heating in the fish tank and does the sunlight get through to the growbeds?

alternately, use the chainsaw, cut open the top of the boat, fill it with gravel and you've got another growbed!

Now you are talking

I love seeing these systems, there are so many interesting verieties and they all do the same job.
Nice little system - looking forward to seeing it develop and grow.

It's a boat water proof fill it with water and put the fish in it.

lol probably has a couple of bung plugs at the rear to attach pumps to.


Neat system
Cheers
Ron

that would have been the next suggestion, well done Ron!

julien, be scared. Be very scared.

You think they're joking?

Either the boat gets converted or it's gotta go

see what i mean?

You can be glad you live WAY over there - some members would pop over to do it for you too
so... what exactly does this boat look like....

if the boat has windscreen wipers Julien, talk to Les... he'll tell ya how to link them into an auto-siphon, or airlift or geyser or .... LOL

HANG ON, dont boats have bilge pumps
there, you have one pump tpo start with

LOL!