Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

Monya had a man buy 30,000 silver fingerlings for his dam he filled the dam from another source let the fish do there bit then pumped the fish crap laden water on his market garden

Its seems hard as hell to make good profit if you sell food at wholesale prices. I have tried for years to sell people AP systems and services, but so far most people are not interested in operating a system. However, I can sell all the fish that I can raise and much more. If I choose to go commercial I would have to really scale it up to make a living. I produce a pound of fish for around .70 cents to 1.40 in food and energy. However, to make a living, I would have to direct market and raise 20,000 fish. Thats 33 times more fish than I raise now. That's a LOT of work for such a small living.

The major fault I see in all these commercial systems is that they have huge operating cost and enormous initial outlay in setup coast( greed ). For anyone claiming to sell a profitable turn key system I would have to ask to see theirs that they operate at a profit.

Hey DDM, where the heck have you been?

Yep..... Agree with you 100% there Dan... I had someone in here the other day saying they could make $1500 a week from selling lettuce with a small commercial AP system.. He reckoned $3.50-4.00 a lettuce was what he could sell his produce for, and he's only have to work a few hours a week on it. ....

$3.50 to $4.00 per lettuce? Tell him his dreaming.

Yeah, I did ask him what he pays for a lettuce at the supermarket and I could see things click in his head....

Becoming one with the land doing permaculture.