The biggest set back is that it requires an extremely educated work force that is willing to work harder for less money. One mistake will make the whole system collapse. You can’t have an operation that pays its workers well and still be profitable. Extremely difficult to hold onto workers who could use the education they have at a better paying job that’s not so repetitive
Use sand instead of soil has many advantages: it is clean, better thermal mass capability than soil, etc. The best of all, sands do not have contain weed seeds - a lot in soil. So using sands as grow media save the pain-in-the-back trouble of having to remove weeds.
I find it insane how aquaponics are advertised to have no other input than fish food. In reality, a whole bunch of macro- and micronutrients have to be added daily, in order to optain a high quality product.
the problem with everythin these day: materials costs are FAR TOO HIGH, and the profits are controlled by market values. its just plains costs too much to build a profitable system, effectively delaying potential profits. a person (not already wealthy enough to have free capital) would have to have a main job financing the operation, which then limits the time investment necessary to make a business grow and run. aquaponics CAN be a major player in the climate change game, but reality is its priced out of most peoples capability. what most of these videos fail to mention to the normal person is that most of these folks doing this at a profitable scale, were already well off before they started. ALOT of folks making these videos give a false impression that theyre broke or just have normal income. appearances are very deceiving. for a normal person, the debt required to reach sustainability and profitability, is a major turn off
"...for a normal person, the debt required to reach sustainability and profitability, is a major turn off"... Same as with most business's. A turtle doesn't get very far in life unless it sticks it's neck out.
I think you are over thinking this a bit. The term "commercial" is often associated with buying "professional" equipment, which in my opinion is extremely overpriced in the pond, aquarium, and pool market. I mention these because they use literally the same equipment. A lot of what you see in this video is over engineered. Break it down to its roots, pun intended, aquaponics is just 1 or 2 tanks, lighting, a heater (for the fish), plumbing, a pump, and fish. All of the fancy containers, overhead systems, and floating trays are greatly over engineered. Lighting frankly pisses me off the most because if you do enough research on lighting, for instance T5 vs LEDs, you'll find that you are really paying an absurd amount for design and brand name. T5 systems you can really use just about any ballast/fixtures, but T5 bulbs need to be changed about every year or so. Perfect example of over priced equipment, I had a pond pump that I use for one of my coral tanks and needed to replace it. Everywhere I looked places wanted $180 for the exact pump. So I called up the manufacturer in Louisiana. They sold it to me for $42 with shipping. My guess is that the equipment and setup is not the issue, its the logistics of sales, packaging, delivery, and the day to day operation (paying employees) is where it gets expensive. Stuff like electricity, fish food, water testing, lease (rent), and heating/cooling cost can be calculated easily. Figure out these later parts and I'm sure youll be fine.
You can use solar for pumping. But need to use 3x watts of solar panels for that particular wattage of pump for getting the initial starting power for the pump.
Hii, I am a student in my senior year and I wanted to do my biology research in aquaponic systems. But I don’t know what components I should test or how I could turn creating an aquaponic system into an experiment. I was thinking maybe testing the different types of nutrients that I use, but wouldn’t know which ones I should test.
I hope these links would be helpful for you agrilife.org/fisheries2/files/2013/10/Testing-your-Aquaponic-System-Water-A-Comparison-of-Commercial-Water-Chemistry-Methods.pdf www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project-ideas/EnvEng_p032/environmental-engineering/aquaponics www.friendlyaquaponics.com/2017/02/21/how-to-do-a-useful-experiment-in-aquaponics/ www.researchgate.net/figure/Experimental-set-up-of-the-aquaponics-system_fig1_317091034
Yes it's expensive but it's cool to watch it everyday sounds of running water makes our minds relax thus create good vibes
yes
The biggest set back is that it requires an extremely educated work force that is willing to work harder for less money. One mistake will make the whole system collapse. You can’t have an operation that pays its workers well and still be profitable. Extremely difficult to hold onto workers who could use the education they have at a better paying job that’s not so repetitive
Could sandponics be more profitable as pumps operate way less time plus the water usage is also reduced?
Use sand instead of soil has many advantages: it is clean, better thermal mass capability than soil, etc. The best of all, sands do not have contain weed seeds - a lot in soil. So using sands as grow media save the pain-in-the-back trouble of having to remove weeds.
I find it insane how aquaponics are advertised to have no other input than fish food. In reality, a whole bunch of macro- and micronutrients have to be added daily, in order to optain a high quality product.
Nice presentation. Very informative. Can i use this video as supplement for my presentation? Thnx
Sure ❤
the problem with everythin these day: materials costs are FAR TOO HIGH, and the profits are controlled by market values. its just plains costs too much to build a profitable system, effectively delaying potential profits. a person (not already wealthy enough to have free capital) would have to have a main job financing the operation, which then limits the time investment necessary to make a business grow and run. aquaponics CAN be a major player in the climate change game, but reality is its priced out of most peoples capability. what most of these videos fail to mention to the normal person is that most of these folks doing this at a profitable scale, were already well off before they started. ALOT of folks making these videos give a false impression that theyre broke or just have normal income. appearances are very deceiving. for a normal person, the debt required to reach sustainability and profitability, is a major turn off
Yes its true Chris...
"...for a normal person, the debt required to reach sustainability and profitability, is a major turn off"... Same as with most business's. A turtle doesn't get very far in life unless it sticks it's neck out.
I think you are over thinking this a bit. The term "commercial" is often associated with buying "professional" equipment, which in my opinion is extremely overpriced in the pond, aquarium, and pool market. I mention these because they use literally the same equipment. A lot of what you see in this video is over engineered. Break it down to its roots, pun intended, aquaponics is just 1 or 2 tanks, lighting, a heater (for the fish), plumbing, a pump, and fish. All of the fancy containers, overhead systems, and floating trays are greatly over engineered. Lighting frankly pisses me off the most because if you do enough research on lighting, for instance T5 vs LEDs, you'll find that you are really paying an absurd amount for design and brand name. T5 systems you can really use just about any ballast/fixtures, but T5 bulbs need to be changed about every year or so. Perfect example of over priced equipment, I had a pond pump that I use for one of my coral tanks and needed to replace it. Everywhere I looked places wanted $180 for the exact pump. So I called up the manufacturer in Louisiana. They sold it to me for $42 with shipping.
My guess is that the equipment and setup is not the issue, its the logistics of sales, packaging, delivery, and the day to day operation (paying employees) is where it gets expensive. Stuff like electricity, fish food, water testing, lease (rent), and heating/cooling cost can be calculated easily.
Figure out these later parts and I'm sure youll be fine.
Yup it also requires a extremely educated work force that is underpaid. You can’t pay employees what they deserve and still be profitable.
True
Can you build a Greenhouse that uses Geothermal heating and cooling as well as being an Aquaponic Greenhouse?
This video will be helpful for you.
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If you use solar for pumping, can it be cost effective?
You can use solar for pumping. But need to use 3x watts of solar panels for that particular wattage of pump for getting the initial starting power for the pump.
I will become rich with this as one of the main engine to do so
How's it going?
Are you rich now ?
Should I start one?
Hii, I am a student in my senior year and I wanted to do my biology research in aquaponic systems. But I don’t know what components I should test or how I could turn creating an aquaponic system into an experiment. I was thinking maybe testing the different types of nutrients that I use, but wouldn’t know which ones I should test.
I hope these links would be helpful for you
agrilife.org/fisheries2/files/2013/10/Testing-your-Aquaponic-System-Water-A-Comparison-of-Commercial-Water-Chemistry-Methods.pdf
www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project-ideas/EnvEng_p032/environmental-engineering/aquaponics
www.friendlyaquaponics.com/2017/02/21/how-to-do-a-useful-experiment-in-aquaponics/
www.researchgate.net/figure/Experimental-set-up-of-the-aquaponics-system_fig1_317091034
If you blend it into agrotourism and energy production, etc of course it is profitable - easily!
Total cost in aquaponics
It depends on many factors like total pool area, type of fish, country, height of structure etc.
Thankyou sir. Very much.
Most welcome
Awesome
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What fish eat?
Not very educational,you need to go more indepth and explain it better
We will try to improve. Thank u for ur suggestion.
Wade you need to go into more depth about which areas he could improve and explain it better. Jk but could help