aquaponics

sorry guys she wasnt growing very fast. transplanted the plants into soil. the fish is in a much better and bigger place now and made some friends.



i cannot get any of those bulbs to sprout so im stuck with all fake plants for now. he seems much happier now. entertaining to watch at times. i named him beta carotene but we also call him cyrus. hes cumming all over the place at times. i think he needs a female.

A while after this a friend and I did a small experiment with a clone in a small rockwool cube in a net pot which I placed in a little slit I found in the aquarium cover by where the filter goes. This is a regular aquarium not made for aquaponics. Used a weak desk lamp for lighting since the regular light was underneath for the fish. Plant rooted with ease. Did nothing to the water for the plant. No PH nothing. Simple as can be.

Would love to see someone do this on a bigger scale and do it better. Good luck.

radrolley said:

sorry guys she wasnt growing very fast. transplanted the plants into soil. the fish is in a much better and bigger place now and made some friends.

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i cannot get any of those bulbs to sprout so im stuck with all fake plants for now. he seems much happier now. entertaining to watch at times. i named him beta carotene but we also call him cyrus. hes cumming all over the place at times. i think he needs a female.

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I like this project its a great idea but you would need to go way bigger to grow out plants of any size through to flowering but Aquaponics is a cool and totally self contained way to grow. Since it didn't work I suggest using the fish water for your plants when you change out the water. I give my organic plants the nasty fish water and it makes them pray in homage every time. Fish water is very high in nitrogen and will make vegging plants super happy as long as you don't add any dechlorinating chemicals to your fish tank.

radrolley said:

A while after this a friend and I did a small experiment with a clone in a small rockwool cube in a net pot which I placed in a little slit I found in the aquarium cover by where the filter goes. This is a regular aquarium not made for aquaponics. Used a weak desk lamp for lighting since the regular light was underneath for the fish. Plant rooted with ease. Did nothing to the water for the plant. No PH nothing. Simple as can be.

Would love to see someone do this on a bigger scale and do it better. Good luck.

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It's been done a lot.
About 5:30 for first look at clones in Aqua-Aero. Cheers

This looks cool, but wont the roots take over. I always though this method you just had a separate fish tank and pumped the water around like a rdwc, but the RES was a fish tank lol

Subbed to watch this one either way

kiwipaulie said:

This looks cool, but wont the roots take over. I always though this method you just had a separate fish tank and pumped the water around like a rdwc, but the RES was a fish tank lol

Subbed to watch this one either way

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Yes, root following the water down the drain was a problem, so I upgrade.

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Looking awesome!!

New Moving Biofilter for a higher load of fish to come later...

Next to the old 39gal trash can Moving Biofilter, this new filter is a monster!


Some flowers grown in fish poo, for your pleasure...