Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

Hi Ron -

Thought of you yesterday

Thanks to Rob I'm working on a build right now.

chris?

thats funnny alex!

Hello I live in Lake Stevens, Wa

I got my first system up and running (just found out about aquaponics 7 weeks ago) in my garage everything seems to be doing well so far I am raising Tilapia and using my water heater for heat source with a 600 watt HPS bulb for growing so far so good. j

welcome! you should start a thread in members builds with pics!

I've posted pictures here

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nice! any other Washingtonians?

Hey RobD! I'm from Granite Falls. I found this site via my husband and your HuntWA post. I've been enjoying your thread as your system progresses, it's a great learning experience!

awesome! which member is he? well get busy and get a system built!

Fishstiq...

We're working on it!! We had to get the baby turkeys out of the garage first, they were starting to stink up the whole house!

ah sweet! turkeys? Mmmmmm smoked turkeys now im hungry

This is my first visit to this site so I'll shed a little light on my work. I have a 2200 gallon backyard pond I built. It contains goldfish, Koi, bluegill and catfish. Once the pond was complete I started work on the aquaponic portion. I am using steel gorilla style shelving with plastic bins. The aquaponic portion is still in it's infancy with the first plants being only a week old. I will be adding the second bin and media this weekend.

I posted in this forum because I live just across the river from you Washingtonians and I expect we have much in common. I am very excited to get this project started, and it is time my fish earned their keep. I am very much interested in seeing what you are having success with.

Since my project is quite new I am using one growing bin filled with 50% hydroton and 50% growstones. The hydroton is no longer available so the second bin will have to be 100% Growstones.

After I prove the system this year I may want to expand to larger grow tanks providing I have the room. I know my fish can supply a whole lot more growth inducing excretions than I am currently able to use. There are probably 50 fish in the pond currently ranging in size from 21 inches down to 2 inches.

I will upload a picture or two in the near future.

aquatanker

pics?

2200 gallons? is this a man made pond or a swimming pool or? wholy shit thats big! right on !! i wanna see how this unfolds!

I have pics but I need to find a way to resize them before I can post them here. I built this pond myself over the past few months. I one thought I would like to have a few emergency fish available should the food supply run low. They have become my babies now but if I can't eat them I can at least put them to work fertilizing my plants.

I should be able to make a new member post this weekend with a pic or two. This will be my first real test of the aquaponics plan. I would make it bigger but the wife wants to be able to see the pond.

Longview here!! I have 3-100 gallon stock tanks with crawfish,catfish, goldfish,snails, and clams. Been into AP for about 4 months now. Just started reading on forums to learn more about my new obsession.