One of the best system, all 3 methods integrated. This will help lot in my future plan for home aquaponic system. Thanks and respect you sir from Kerala, India.
Awesome - very thoughtful management system. Well done. This an excellent food production model for all nations. Would love to see a rice with crawdad, lobster, shrimp production in this type of system. Also - maybe they'd be interested in growing Moringa for the seeds to use in the filtration system? By the way if you want a great aquaponics system then go here: AquaSystem.xyz
Perfect. Absolutely perfect translation for those who have no prior experience to gardening, least likely hydroponic nor auquaponics. This system could easily be placed indoors by moving fish into a tub. Great job.
This gives me a reason to get a larger fish display tank (55 gallons) and routing the water filter through a pvc hydroponic system across the wall, bringing clean water back to the tank.
I enjoyed the way you described the setup and the process; practical so that I could immediately begin the setup of my own system, and with brevity, using enough description to understand the process. The way you incorporated the three main aquaponic systems, 1. "NFT" [Nutrient Film Technique {or N. F. Transfer}] 2. "Media Growbed" and 3. "DWC" [Deep Water Culture], and then the order in which to commence the build process was great. Thanks Saeid
I had fantastic success with an aeroponics/NFT system I designed, that would simply spray the roots for one minute, then off for ten minutes. No aeration pump is needed, and the nutrient pump only runs one of every ten minutes. Admittedly this was a 420 grow concept borrowed from a dude known as "Stinkbud", in case anyone wants to research it, but I intend to resurrect this and adapt to grow fish, and veggies, in my quest for a self-sufficient retirement. There is very little info about combining aeroponics and aquaponics, so I would welcome any insight you or anyone can give me. Your presentations are excellent and the time you spend with the commenters impressive. Thank You Saeid!
Hi Kelhawk. I think you should be able to marry the two, aero and aquaponics. Specially since you already have some experience with aeroponics. I would start with a small system and test it out. It could be a question of finding which plants this will work for. The one minute on, ten off that you mention sounds great. I'm gonna keep that in mind for when I get a chance to put myh next system together. I've always been concerned about running a pump continuously. THis will fix that problem. Thank you, Saeid
Saeid Momtahan Thanks for the acknowledgement Saeid! The intermittent spray idea was originally 1 on, 5 off, but I found a $5 momentary-on 10 min. timer, that was easily modified to run continuously as a repeat cycle timer. I could have set it up to be off for 5 min, but experience told me the roots can drain longer, probably 15 minutes or more. That translates into way less pump heat to deal with in the tank, so I am surprised this hasn't become more popular. But then, those potheads are kinda secretive. ;-) My 1in10 timers were conceived after bad experiences with the popular C.A.P. solid state timer, and have proven extremely reliable. I would be happy to send you one to experiment with if you can PM me. I mount them in a double gang PVC conduit box alongside a duplex receptacle. One outlet can be "timed" and the other can feed current thru to the next timer if desired. You just plug in the timer, and plug in the pumps...or relays to run more pumps. It is a micro switch, tripped by a hysteresis synchronous motor, and only rated for 5 amps. With a suitable relay, one can run as many pumps as practical.
Hi. That's great info which I will have to keep for later use. I'm in a phase right now where I have no idea what I'll be doing the next few years. Don't even know where I'll be doing what I don't know I'll be doing (-: So I will take a rain check on your offer. I much appreciate it. It is very kind of you. I have seen the 1 minute on, 5-10 minutes off before in a few different systems. But there is so much information on the Net that some of it gets lost, until you're reminded again. I will keep it in mind for my next system, when ever and where ever that might be. Saeid
Your whole system is great as it is. You can, however, improve it a bit by installing another filter after the swirl filter. The swirl filter can only filter heavy solids. It cannot filter suspended solids. These suspended solids will eventually lodge in the roots of the NFT system rendering those plants inefficient. If you don't want to install a fine filter then you can put the growbed before the NFT. The growbed will act as a fine filter.
Saeid, First, I hope you and yours have settled and you are all comfortable. Secondly, I've spent quite a bit of time exploring ideas for my initial start up Aquaponic system, and this is the most compact and efficient design I've seen so far. The great part is, as a beginner, I can build this in phases once I confirm I can grow plants AND keep the fish healthy. Really nice job, and great use of SKETCHUP for the presentation. Thanks for putting this all together.
Thank you very much Daniel. I'm glad you found the video useful. Just give yourself time and learn. Most AP System videos I've seen make it sound like you throw some fish in a bucket and some plants in a grow bed and you'll be harvesting in no time. But there is room for quite a bit of learning and experimenting. TY Saeid
☆♡☆THE VERY BEST☆♡☆ VIDEO CREATED ON YOU TUBE ! LOVE THE DIAGRAM ! What a fantastic way to demonstrate how this works. after so many videos I was left totally confused on how this gets put together. Obviously I'm not ready to build my own just yet of course I need to find the other video that explains how to build the drain thing that you have in the bathtub. love the accent and the very calm clear voice and the typing at the bottom. Thank you!
Very helpful! It's nice to see a tiny system made for one person or family - not a huge system set up to be a "farm" to sell produce and fish at market! This is much more manageable - and of course cheaper. TY, Saeid!
Real nice and you explained is very nicely, just wana know as you said in the high filter have organic material in bottom, what material is that? (as i new on this and still not yet had started any aquaponics system) i need to know as you pipe showing will be water in the pipe, is the water should be always in the pipe as you showing not big bend pipe used as size of pipe, if you use same size of pipe bend then water will just pass by will not stay in the pipe, also you said need to use air pump. where should fix and need it.....please explain a bit more, thanks
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Hi Said, I am new at the whole thing here but really appreciate your system. I am wondering how this would work in a much larger way. I will have 90 Sq M of space to utilize and like the integration of all three systems. Any suggestions. Thanks much
nice design sir... but raft system might over flow because grow bed's siphon eject water rapidly and in high volume... maybe switching the order of the growbed and raft system will work better?
Hi Saeid. I have a question about the bathtub siphoning into the raft system. When the bell siphon kicks in and empties into the raft do yo have any problems with the raft overflowing? Is the 1.5" drain pipe large enough to handle the flow of water entering into the raft.
Great point! THe water in the Raft has to be sufficiently low to avoid overflow. Alternatively, or in combination with that, the output back to the pool has to be bigger. TH SAeid
Your graphic makes it better to understand how the system works. Even though, you included three growing plant areas!! The PVC, the tub and the raft. As a beginner, it is important to know the name and size of the items to use. Thanks.
Saei hello I have been looking at alot of vidios and the media bed I am trying to understand. there ia a 2 inches dry about 8 inches of root zone then an area that does not drain out. Are these hard numbers or the roots will go deeper . your media is deeper Thanks for your vidio very helpfull Larry
I want to build a system very similar to this but i was wondering if i could have the fish tank raised. Could i pump the water back up to the fish from the last grow bed on the ground.
This is a great idea to make use of all the nutrients and cater to a variety of different plants. There is however one downside to your system, due to the bell siphon in the grow bed, your fish tank will experience a rise and fall of water depth which is supposedly not ideal nor is the pump within the water. An easy solution is to create a reservoir housing the pump, this is then attached to an overflow on your fish tank and therefore keeping the irritation of the pump and water lever of the fish tank to an appropriate level at all times.
Hi Saeid and thanks for a very nice video and setup. Inspiring. I have a question since I am about to do a very simple grow bed version to test. I thought the grow bed was the bio-filter that captured the nutrients from the fish to feed the plants? Why do you have the swirl filter remove them before the plants can use them? I am confused. Thanks
Hi Joakim. My understanding is that the plants use the nutrients in the water , and not the floating debris. I have forgotten what the chemical reactions are. THe filter is there t take out all the gunk that develops over time, which will clog up yr system, as well as gather around the plants roots TY Saeid
Ok that makes sense then :). Thanks for clearing that up. Maybe I will have to add a filter then since now I only have the bio-bed. Good to know. Cheers /Joakim
I've wondered on the root rot bit. If you had the water falling into the raft tank with an aerator on the tip the water falls from, would that allow for enough oxygen to be entrained in the stream and be oxygenated enough to prevent root rot?
Could you use a kratke method for your raft bed? No idea if I spelled kratke right but basically you leave air space on the root so you don't need a pump.
Saeid, Would you be able to incorporate some prawns/shrimp into this system? Typically I'm seeing them placed into the fish tank via netting separations, or into the sump tank, but you don't have a sump tank here....possibly in the raft bed? Thanks! Great vid, by the way!
hI kIM. nOT SURE about Shrimps and Prawns. Although I do remember seeing a video on AP with Shrimps that was very successful. I can't see why not. As you suggested separated by a net. I would put them in the fish tank with the fish. Thanks, Saeid
Kimveri, shrimp or prawns will have to be fresh-water species or they will die. If you put in enough salt to keep brackish varieties, the plants will die. I don't know of any fresh water species, or where to find the. You could put in crayfish, but they will need to be fed if put into the floating raft part. If in the pond with fish, be aware that they are predators, so make sure that the fish are too big for them. Personally, I wouldn't go that route, but, it could be an interesting experiment. Good luck
Freshwater shrimp exist, they would love the raft system and would readily breed among the root system, perhaps their presence would increase the plants efficiency by cleaning the roots, or perhaps they'd hinder and kill the plants by their actions on the roots. I do not know. Freshwater crayfish exist and will eat the plants roots and eventually the entire plant if put in the raft bed. Crayfish will eat fish if given the chance. Fish will eat shrimp to extinction very quickly in a confined space with no vegetation.
Hi Saeid. Very interesting tutorial. I have a couple of points/questions for you. I built my own prototype (40L'ish with a dozen odd goldfish) a couple of years or so ago, which flushed out all sorts of design flaws, but made great tomatoes and spring onions too :-D I'm now planning one with about 2000L capacity. First I'm wondering why you have a separate raft system. I was planning that, if I include rafts, I'd float them directly on the fish tanks, perhaps with a root guard to stop the fish nibbling them down too much if needed. Next, I was a little concerned with you feeding the raft tank from a flood drain system. The raft tank water level will fluctuate quite a lot from this. Is that the intended function of the tank, in order to isolate the fish tank from that stress? On my prototype system I found that by having a 2 level system I could have a flood/drain at the top, flooding slowly and draining rapidly through a bell syphon. That inundated the second lower section which had a continuous drain so this was intrinsically a flood fast, drain slow system. It was self regulating enough because 1) it drained faster when it was full and 2) it was tuned to fully drain a little bit before the next inundation occurred. Combined this way the level in the fish tank remained very stable, both systems were flood/drain thanks to a single bell syphon (which I understand is optimal for moistening and oxygenating the plant roots and boosting growth). Because the water levels were going up and down in both beds, pumping air in and out of the beds like a set of lungs, the return water must have been about as oxygenated as it possibly could have been too. Also I'm wondering why the swirl filter is required? Isn't the solid waste of value to the grow beds? Is it just to reduce grow bed maintenance? I did find a lot of sludge in my prototype when I decommissioned it, but it didn't seem unmanageable. May be interesting for you to know, I introduced a dozen or so earth worms to the beds at the start, in the hopes that they would inoculate the grow beds with their friendly gut bacteria. I thought the flood drain might just drown them, but in fact they thrived and you could hear them moving around in there and watch them coming up to eat fallen leaves at night. I even found some had become fully aquatic, living in the sludge at the bottom of the fish tank when I decommissioned it and the grow bed itself had hundreds of them in the end.
Hi Richard. I will address your questions in order and to the best of my knowledge. Floating the rafts on the fish tank is a GREAT idea. I have seen a few examples by this guy in South Korea, I think. It's an amazing system. IT makes perfect sense too. That's my dream system if I can have a pond big enough to do that. Second, feeding the raft from the bell syphon shouldn't fluctuate the water level too much, if any at all. The input, out put should be tuned, as you mentioned. I imagine an input of 1 inch into the raft and out put of 2" would do the trick. Again has to be tried out. THe swirl filter as far as I know is required to get the sludge out. That's one of the causes of root rot as the sludge gather around the roots. I have seen examples of worms in AP systems and it was said that it's agreat help. I'm really happy to hear that you've already had a successful AP system and are upscaling. Thank you SAeid
What size tank do you use and approximately how many fish does it take to facilitate the system? Also, do nutrient dependent plants do better in the pipe portion?
if the raft system is 89 gallons & the bathtub is standard 42 gallons would this keep the system balanced? also how many gallons do you suggest for aquarium? Thanks
@@AbhimanyuNaikareWebDeveloper Different plants have different requirements, so rather than just limitting yourself to leafy greans in an NFT system you could add growbeds and allow for tomatoes etc.
@@gaijinguide9017 Thanks for the quick response. Can i find which plant suits which system anywhere? Also there is no mention of temperature control here. I believe it also plays an important role. The nutrients being added in water won't harm the fishes in the last pond?
@@AbhimanyuNaikareWebDeveloperThe School of Aquaponics channel is really helpful. Other than that there are a handful of others that I'm subscribed to. (You can search thru my subs if you wish) Don't know too much about water temp honestly. Adding chemicals to treat your fish/plants can be destructive but their are plenty of nutrition supplements that will work great in Aquaponics. Just search "trace nutrients in Aquaponics" and something should come up.
Hey Sandman, thanks! As you notice I don't give much in the way of sizes of things here. THis is just a concept video. A 55 gallon barrel is huge. If you got a small system, like the one I'm shwing you here, something about half of that would be OK. But look around for examples of Swirl filter to get more ideas Later, Saeid
Hi Saeid, great video. Don't nft systems need very little flow to function? With such low flow draining into the grow bed won't it take a very long time to fill to create the siphon?
Hi Sean. As far as I know NFT systems can work with little flow. But it doesn't mean they won't work with much more flow. That's what my understanding is. May be you could research it some more and find out. TY SAeid
Is there any particular advantage to using a bell siphon vs just a plain old drain pipe? I was asking a horticulture teacher recently about why some commercial operations i see have the plants continuously submerged, like media cups just poked through holes in styrofoam and the foam floating directly on the water and others do these ebb and flow setups where they're only exposed to the nutrient water for limited amounts of time. Why? Are there certain plants that just don't do well with constant exposure?
How do you keep the raft part from bottoming out/draining too much before the bell siphon kicks in and refills it? Thank you in advance, this is a question I've had for a while.
I cannot say for sure but I imagine the raft box empties through an overflow which is set at the proper level. So when it begins to fill, it automatically begins to drain as well.
how come the water from the fish goes to the pipe then goes to the gravel? or i misunderstood it? some other aquaponics fish goes to sump then goes to plants... for clarification sir
Hello, This is a great video. Sufficient enough to understand the whole system. I want to know whether I can only use the raft system without the other two systems to grow plants.
Hi, i am thinking about building my own aquaphonics system in a room in my flat, where there is not direct sunlight. How is it with artificial lighting? Do i need to use some sodium lamp for the green herbs and letuce to grow? Thanks.
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how does the plants got their nutrients?i mean how can we apply nutrients to plants?what kind of fertilizers and does it effects the fish?anyway thanks again sir.seriously i have learned a lot from you.i am a student and i want to become a farmer and honestly everything i've learned from you is going to change my future.thanks a lot!love and respect!
nirvik singh The fish poo is a actually your fertilizer. The fish poo. That water is pumped to the plants. They benefit from the poo and filter it, too. When the water reaches the fish again, it's filtered and clean. So, the fish are good for the plants, and the plants are good for the fish.
The video was really helpful, thank you. Do I need an air pump for NFT system when I have the secondary aeration technique which is the open pipe that let's water back into the pond
This is great, thank you . One question ; are you sure the raft system is still getting enough nutrient rich water after it filters through the gravel .. Thanks again
Great video Mr. Saeid. Any chance we are going to see a future video of a diagram of a geodesic dome aquaponics system? Hypothetically speaking, if you had 2 acres or 4, how would you personally set up you diagram inside a geodesic dome.
The only place in the system that the ammonia is being changed into useful nitrates is the bath tub. This will cause the tub and the float tank to have a slight advantage, as they can get to any new nitrogen first. I don't know if that will seriously effect growth rates or not, though.
That's a good point Bubba. I have seen, well they're every where, systems that consist of only the NFT (the first section with the semi parallel PVC pipes) that do well in growing certain greens.
thanks bro.. this is very helpful for me. i've been thinking about making this system at our backyard. may i ask you what kinds of tanks can i use for the raft and fish tank.. and do you have any idea for the fish and volume of water ratio?
Looks good! I have some questions; 1. is there still enough nutrietens in the water when it gets to the raft system? 2. how much water should you pump through the system (or what kind of water pump do you need). I like the idea of having 3 different setups, because you can test which one works best for your situation. Also maybe this is a good idea; you mention you should start at the end of the system with building. How about you use flexible piping/garden hose for the systemoutputs? Then you can just bend them in shape (assuming there's not too much gravitational resistance). Thanks for the video!
I have one suggestion. I think if you put the grow bed tub a little bit higher and allow it's drainage system to flow from a higher point then the turbulence that it will make into the raft system will be enough to build up the oxygen level and prevent the root rot. In that sense the the air pump is unnecessary and you can save some money. Am i right?
The only problem I see with this system is that as the ebb-and-flow tub is filling, the pond level will go down. Your fish pond must have way more water than will be used in the tub. This is the reason why many systems use a storage basin that rises and falls, while the pond stays at a constant level. The pond has an outflow pipe near the top similar to the floating raft to maintain a constant level, this pipe feeds into the storage basin. The pump pulls the water out of the storage basin whose level will drop while the tub fills. When the tub drains through the raft area, it's outflow then goes back to the pond, which again overflows into the storage basin where the water level rises with the excess water being dumped into it.
@@ealmuete9143 Not really , coming out of de syphon it will have some speed (every 15 minits de water will come out of the grow bed ) and will have enough speed to create a ventury system coming in the raft bed.
Great video. anyway, what types of rocks could be best used in the growth bed? Anyway, will the first gallon filter clear all the nutrition before going into the PVC lines?
+Jeremy Marsaglia a very nice video about hydroponic vertical garden. When i search google with the phrase 'diy aquaponic systems ', i found another excellent technic called Panlarko Expert Aquaponics Planner. A mind blowing technology
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Excellent Video clip! Excuse me for butting in, I am interested in your thoughts. Have you heard about - Patlarny Gardening Expert Principle (google it)? It is a good exclusive product for learning how to expand your produce with the clever art of aquaponics minus the normal expense. Ive heard some great things about it and my work buddy after a lifetime of fighting got amazing results with it.
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I'm not sure but ,if anyone else is searching for how to build an aquaponics system cheap try Proutklarton Surviving Instruction Plan (do a google search ) ? It is a good exclusive product for building a proven aquaponics system without the normal expense. Ive heard some pretty good things about it and my mate at very last got excellent results with it.
The water from media bed to raft bed flows not continuous, for example until the siphon opens and let some amount of water flow to raft bed i cannot imagine what will be the level of water on raft bed.
Hello Duman Kurenbaev, because the inflow pipe to the raft bed is at the same height as the outflow pipe, the water in the raft bed will stay the same all the time. So when the bell siphon in the media grow bed opens (siphons) the same amount of water will flow out of the raft bed as flows into the raft bed from the media grow bed. In this system, it is the water level in the fish tank, being used also as the sump tank, which will rise and fall as the water flows into the media bed and siphons out to the raft bed.
Wouldn't it make more sense having the NFT draining into the raft bed before running into the media bed, as the media bed when draining via the bell siphon would put a major leak risk by adding too much water when draining. Adding the raft before the media bed means that the constant drain from the Raft and NFT work at a more even pace removing or lessening the risk of overflow or leaks, and u could add a ventauri to the drain into the fish tank that would only work when the siphon is running.. Just occurred to me when looking at the design. No insult or slight intended, just observation
Thank you very much my friend. Please keep me informed about how your system performs. I have noticed a common problem that most people don't address and that would be the ratio's of lb's of fish to gallons of water and gallons of water to grow beds. seems to be a simple 1:1 for lbs to gallons and 1:1 or 1:2 for gallons to square feet of grow bed.
Also if it wouldn't be to much trouble and if your not interested I'd understand but I'm new to SketchUp and it would be great if I you could send me some of your 3d models if you have any saved up. Mostly just for inventory purposes something for me to work off of.
rainwater, and simply avoiding calciumrich medium and making a clean system (avoid organic waste) will normally do the job or at least create a rather stable neutral pH.
what kind of vegy that we can plant in raft system... any type of plant ? I would glad if u talk more further regarding raft system... sounds interesting organic
I once had a pump going directly to a swirl filter and it never worked at all. Too much water flow. In the end I had a fish tank drain into a swirl filter, and then at the end I pump the water back to the fish tank.
+Martin Currah interesting points ,if anyone else needs to find out about aquaponics courses try Morundan Total Aquaponics Mastery ( search on google ) ? Ive heard some great things about it and my cousin got excellent success with it.
Hello Thùy Linh Nguyễn Thị, the swirl filter is likely to settle most of the solids which can then be removed and used for fertiliser on the soil garden (vegetable or flowers). However, if the solids accumulate too quickly a bio-filter would be useful, particularly before an/the NFT system.. Often, the media grow bed is used or takes the place of, the bio-filter.
The media bed is a bio filter by default, if it has surface area and oxygen it becomes a bio filter. Tis important to keep solids to a minimum if you dont want the media bed being clogged up, in which case its a mechanical filter that is needed.
I'm not sure but ,if anyone else wants to discover aquaponic gardening system try Aqua Recovery Tactics (aqua.RecoveryTactics.com ) ? Ive heard some interesting things about it and my co-worker got amazing success with it.
You probably can build a indoor garden that doesn't need weeding, tilling or cultivating, the spreading of fertilizer or garden compost, without watering or irrigating; all while your plants yield up to 10 times the amount of vegetables than plants from the dirt garden.
One of the best system, all 3 methods integrated. This will help lot in my future plan for home aquaponic system. Thanks and respect you sir from Kerala, India.
Awesome - very thoughtful management system. Well done. This an excellent food production model for all nations. Would love to see a rice with crawdad, lobster, shrimp production in this type of system. Also - maybe they'd be interested in growing Moringa for the seeds to use in the filtration system? By the way if you want a great aquaponics system then go here: AquaSystem.xyz
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Perfect. Absolutely perfect translation for those who have no prior experience to gardening, least likely hydroponic nor auquaponics. This system could easily be placed indoors by moving fish into a tub.
Great job.
This gives me a reason to get a larger fish display tank (55 gallons) and routing the water filter through a pvc hydroponic system across the wall, bringing clean water back to the tank.
I enjoyed the way you described the setup and the process; practical so that I could immediately begin the setup of my own system, and with brevity, using enough description to understand the process. The way you incorporated the three main aquaponic systems, 1. "NFT" [Nutrient Film Technique {or N. F. Transfer}] 2. "Media Growbed" and 3. "DWC" [Deep Water Culture], and then the order in which to commence the build process was great. Thanks Saeid
I had fantastic success with an aeroponics/NFT system I designed, that would simply spray the roots for one minute, then off for ten minutes. No aeration pump is needed, and the nutrient pump only runs one of every ten minutes. Admittedly this was a 420 grow concept borrowed from a dude known as "Stinkbud", in case anyone wants to research it, but I intend to resurrect this and adapt to grow fish, and veggies, in my quest for a self-sufficient retirement. There is very little info about combining aeroponics and aquaponics, so I would welcome any insight you or anyone can give me. Your presentations are excellent and the time you spend with the commenters impressive. Thank You Saeid!
Hi Kelhawk. I think you should be able to marry the two, aero and aquaponics. Specially since you already have some experience with aeroponics. I would start with a small system and test it out. It could be a question of finding which plants this will work for.
The one minute on, ten off that you mention sounds great. I'm gonna keep that in mind for when I get a chance to put myh next system together. I've always been concerned about running a pump continuously. THis will fix that problem.
Thank you,
Saeid
Saeid Momtahan Thanks for the acknowledgement Saeid!
The intermittent spray idea was originally 1 on, 5 off, but I found a $5 momentary-on 10 min. timer, that was easily modified to run continuously as a repeat cycle timer. I could have set it up to be off for 5 min, but experience told me the roots can drain longer, probably 15 minutes or more. That translates into way less pump heat to deal with in the tank, so I am surprised this hasn't become more popular. But then, those potheads are kinda secretive. ;-)
My 1in10 timers were conceived after bad experiences with the popular C.A.P. solid state timer, and have proven extremely reliable. I would be happy to send you one to experiment with if you can PM me. I mount them in a double gang PVC conduit box alongside a duplex receptacle. One outlet can be "timed" and the other can feed current thru to the next timer if desired. You just plug in the timer, and plug in the pumps...or relays to run more pumps. It is a micro switch, tripped by a hysteresis synchronous motor, and only rated for 5 amps. With a suitable relay, one can run as many pumps as practical.
Hi. That's great info which I will have to keep for later use. I'm in a phase right now where I have no idea what I'll be doing the next few years. Don't even know where I'll be doing what I don't know I'll be doing (-:
So I will take a rain check on your offer. I much appreciate it. It is very kind of you.
I have seen the 1 minute on, 5-10 minutes off before in a few different systems. But there is so much information on the Net that some of it gets lost, until you're reminded again. I will keep it in mind for my next system, when ever and where ever that might be.
Saeid
Your whole system is great as it is. You can, however, improve it a bit by installing another filter after the swirl filter. The swirl filter can only filter heavy solids. It cannot filter suspended solids. These suspended solids will eventually lodge in the roots of the NFT system rendering those plants inefficient. If you don't want to install a fine filter then you can put the growbed before the NFT. The growbed will act as a fine filter.
Aquatic plants waterhycine deep roots plants can help
Thank you for your concern and care as it is a rare commodity these days. Some still believe that good will prevail and celebrate all life.
Saeid,
First, I hope you and yours have settled and you are all comfortable. Secondly, I've spent quite a bit of time exploring ideas for my initial start up Aquaponic system, and this is the most compact and efficient design I've seen so far. The great part is, as a beginner, I can build this in phases once I confirm I can grow plants AND keep the fish healthy.
Really nice job, and great use of SKETCHUP for the presentation.
Thanks for putting this all together.
Thank you very much Daniel. I'm glad you found the video useful.
Just give yourself time and learn. Most AP System videos I've seen make it sound like you throw some fish in a bucket and some plants in a grow bed and you'll be harvesting in no time. But there is room for quite a bit of learning and experimenting.
TY
Saeid
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VIDEO CREATED ON YOU TUBE ! LOVE THE DIAGRAM ! What a fantastic way to demonstrate how this works. after so many videos I was left totally confused on how this gets put together. Obviously I'm not ready to build my own just yet of course I need to find the other video that explains how to build the drain thing that you have in the bathtub. love the accent and the very calm clear voice and the typing at the bottom. Thank you!
you're very kind Arlene, Thank you
Great illustration Mr. Saeid. Very helpful. TQ
Thanks
this is possibly one of the best videos on Aquaponic design i've seen on youtube! thank you!
سلام
آقا سعید بسیار ممنون تصاویر خوب وتوضیح حوب و مفید موفق باشید
Khahesh mikanoam,
Ty
SAeid
Very helpful! It's nice to see a tiny system made for one person or family - not a huge system set up to be a "farm" to sell produce and fish at market! This is much more manageable - and of course cheaper. TY, Saeid!
+Linda Zambanini Thank you Linda. glad you found the video helpful.
Saeid
Great explanations and graphics incorporating all three major systems. Thanks for posting this - I have subscribed.
Are the aquaponics system need additional nutrient?
Real nice and you explained is very nicely, just wana know as you said in the high filter have organic material in bottom, what material is that? (as i new on this and still not yet had started any aquaponics system)
i need to know as you pipe showing will be water in the pipe, is the water should be always in the pipe as you showing not big bend pipe used as size of pipe, if you use same size of pipe bend then water will just pass by will not stay in the pipe,
also you said need to use air pump. where should fix and need it.....please explain a bit more, thanks
I'm trying to source the neccessary components to build a indoor herb chilli windowsill garden here's an update I ended up investing in a dwc bubbler at the moment I've got a fully grown rosemary herb plant in there and I m learning how to keep water ppm pH nutrient balanced before I put a chilli seedling in
Good luck
Hi Said, I am new at the whole thing here but really appreciate your system. I am wondering how this would work in a much larger way. I will have 90 Sq M of space to utilize and like the integration of all three systems. Any suggestions. Thanks much
+Thomas Rossetti
Hi Tom, My suggestion is to start small.
ok thanks
nice design sir... but raft system might over flow because grow bed's siphon eject water rapidly and in high volume...
maybe switching the order of the growbed and raft system will work better?
Good point sir, thank you
Hi Saeid. I have a question about the bathtub siphoning into the raft system. When the bell siphon kicks in and empties into the raft do yo have any problems with the raft overflowing? Is the 1.5" drain pipe large enough to handle the flow of water entering into the raft.
Great point! THe water in the Raft has to be sufficiently low to avoid overflow. Alternatively, or in combination with that, the output back to the pool has to be bigger.
TH
SAeid
Your graphic makes it better to understand how the system works. Even though, you included three growing plant areas!! The PVC, the tub and the raft. As a beginner, it is important to know the name and size of the items to use. Thanks.
If you want a great aquaponics system then I recommend you use this one: AquaSystem.xyz
Saei hello I have been looking at alot of vidios and the media bed I am trying to understand. there ia a 2 inches dry about 8 inches of root zone then an area that does not drain out. Are these hard numbers or the roots will go deeper . your media is deeper Thanks for your vidio very helpfull
Larry
I want to build a system very similar to this but i was wondering if i could have the fish tank raised. Could i pump the water back up to the fish from the last grow bed on the ground.
This is a great idea to make use of all the nutrients and cater to a variety of different plants. There is however one downside to your system, due to the bell siphon in the grow bed, your fish tank will experience a rise and fall of water depth which is supposedly not ideal nor is the pump within the water. An easy solution is to create a reservoir housing the pump, this is then attached to an overflow on your fish tank and therefore keeping the irritation of the pump and water lever of the fish tank to an appropriate level at all times.
Hi Saeid and thanks for a very nice video and setup. Inspiring. I have a question since I am about to do a very simple grow bed version to test. I thought the grow bed was the bio-filter that captured the nutrients from the fish to feed the plants? Why do you have the swirl filter remove them before the plants can use them? I am confused. Thanks
Hi Joakim. My understanding is that the plants use the nutrients in the water , and not the floating debris. I have forgotten what the chemical reactions are. THe filter is there t take out all the gunk that develops over time, which will clog up yr system, as well as gather around the plants roots
TY
Saeid
Ok that makes sense then :). Thanks for clearing that up. Maybe I will have to add a filter then since now I only have the bio-bed. Good to know.
Cheers /Joakim
I've wondered on the root rot bit. If you had the water falling into the raft tank with an aerator on the tip the water falls from, would that allow for enough oxygen to be entrained in the stream and be oxygenated enough to prevent root rot?
Could you use a kratke method for your raft bed? No idea if I spelled kratke right but basically you leave air space on the root so you don't need a pump.
Saeid, Would you be able to incorporate some prawns/shrimp into this system? Typically I'm seeing them placed into the fish tank via netting separations, or into the sump tank, but you don't have a sump tank here....possibly in the raft bed?
Thanks! Great vid, by the way!
hI kIM. nOT SURE about Shrimps and Prawns. Although I do remember seeing a video on AP with Shrimps that was very successful. I can't see why not. As you suggested separated by a net. I would put them in the fish tank with the fish.
Thanks,
Saeid
Thanks, Saeid! Great info on your vids!
~K
Kimveri, shrimp or prawns will have to be fresh-water species or they will die. If you put in enough salt to keep brackish varieties, the plants will die. I don't know of any fresh water species, or where to find the. You could put in crayfish, but they will need to be fed if put into the floating raft part. If in the pond with fish, be aware that they are predators, so make sure that the fish are too big for them. Personally, I wouldn't go that route, but, it could be an interesting experiment. Good luck
Freshwater shrimp exist, they would love the raft system and would readily breed among the root system, perhaps their presence would increase the plants efficiency by cleaning the roots, or perhaps they'd hinder and kill the plants by their actions on the roots. I do not know. Freshwater crayfish exist and will eat the plants roots and eventually the entire plant if put in the raft bed. Crayfish will eat fish if given the chance. Fish will eat shrimp to extinction very quickly in a confined space with no vegetation.
Does the pond water contain enough nutrients to grow something hungry like tomatoes? 🍅
Hi Saeid. Very interesting tutorial. I have a couple of points/questions for you.
I built my own prototype (40L'ish with a dozen odd goldfish) a couple of years or so ago, which flushed out all sorts of design flaws, but made great tomatoes and spring onions too :-D I'm now planning one with about 2000L capacity.
First I'm wondering why you have a separate raft system. I was planning that, if I include rafts, I'd float them directly on the fish tanks, perhaps with a root guard to stop the fish nibbling them down too much if needed.
Next, I was a little concerned with you feeding the raft tank from a flood drain system. The raft tank water level will fluctuate quite a lot from this. Is that the intended function of the tank, in order to isolate the fish tank from that stress?
On my prototype system I found that by having a 2 level system I could have a flood/drain at the top, flooding slowly and draining rapidly through a bell syphon. That inundated the second lower section which had a continuous drain so this was intrinsically a flood fast, drain slow system. It was self regulating enough because 1) it drained faster when it was full and 2) it was tuned to fully drain a little bit before the next inundation occurred.
Combined this way the level in the fish tank remained very stable, both systems were flood/drain thanks to a single bell syphon (which I understand is optimal for moistening and oxygenating the plant roots and boosting growth). Because the water levels were going up and down in both beds, pumping air in and out of the beds like a set of lungs, the return water must have been about as oxygenated as it possibly could have been too.
Also I'm wondering why the swirl filter is required?
Isn't the solid waste of value to the grow beds? Is it just to reduce grow bed maintenance? I did find a lot of sludge in my prototype when I decommissioned it, but it didn't seem unmanageable.
May be interesting for you to know, I introduced a dozen or so earth worms to the beds at the start, in the hopes that they would inoculate the grow beds with their friendly gut bacteria. I thought the flood drain might just drown them, but in fact they thrived and you could hear them moving around in there and watch them coming up to eat fallen leaves at night. I even found some had become fully aquatic, living in the sludge at the bottom of the fish tank when I decommissioned it and the grow bed itself had hundreds of them in the end.
Hi Richard. I will address your questions in order and to the best of my knowledge.
Floating the rafts on the fish tank is a GREAT idea. I have seen a few examples by this guy in South Korea, I think. It's an amazing system. IT makes perfect sense too. That's my dream system if I can have a pond big enough to do that.
Second, feeding the raft from the bell syphon shouldn't fluctuate the water level too much, if any at all. The input, out put should be tuned, as you mentioned. I imagine an input of 1 inch into the raft and out put of 2" would do the trick. Again has to be tried out.
THe swirl filter as far as I know is required to get the sludge out. That's one of the causes of root rot as the sludge gather around the roots.
I have seen examples of worms in AP systems and it was said that it's agreat help.
I'm really happy to hear that you've already had a successful AP system and are upscaling.
Thank you
SAeid
Saeid Momtahan Thanks Saeid. The sludge and root rot is very useful to know about.
Pijush Dey
Thanks for the suggestion Pijush/Siful. I'll check it out.
What size tank do you use and approximately how many fish does it take to facilitate the system? Also, do nutrient dependent plants do better in the pipe portion?
Thank you for sharing this video. Just starting in aquaponics. This is a really cool system because of limited space
Well explained, thanks for the details video and is there any ratings of the motor as per the sizes of the water tank, grow bed etc, please reply
Good explanation.can we use coco peat as grow bed.
if the raft system is 89 gallons & the bathtub is standard 42 gallons would this keep the system balanced? also how many gallons do you suggest for aquarium? Thanks
I am amazed by the design of your video. Great Job!!! loved the 3D explained
Nice design! I think having at least 2 different growing styles is ideal. I think this is the first i've seen that uses 3 different methods.
Any particular reason to use multiple systems?
@@AbhimanyuNaikareWebDeveloper Different plants have different requirements, so rather than just limitting yourself to leafy greans in an NFT system you could add growbeds and allow for tomatoes etc.
@@gaijinguide9017 Thanks for the quick response. Can i find which plant suits which system anywhere? Also there is no mention of temperature control here. I believe it also plays an important role.
The nutrients being added in water won't harm the fishes in the last pond?
@@AbhimanyuNaikareWebDeveloperThe School of Aquaponics channel is really helpful. Other than that there are a handful of others that I'm subscribed to. (You can search thru my subs if you wish) Don't know too much about water temp honestly. Adding chemicals to treat your fish/plants can be destructive but their are plenty of nutrition supplements that will work great in Aquaponics. Just search "trace nutrients in Aquaponics" and something should come up.
Saed, great video bro. But what size is the barrel for the swirl filter. Is that a 55 gallon blue barrel or some barrel much smaller?
Hey Sandman, thanks! As you notice I don't give much in the way of sizes of things here. THis is just a concept video.
A 55 gallon barrel is huge. If you got a small system, like the one I'm shwing you here, something about half of that would be OK. But look around for examples of Swirl filter to get more ideas
Later,
Saeid
Are the nutrients not used up before the water gets to the raft system?
Hi Saeid, great video. Don't nft systems need very little flow to function? With such low flow draining into the grow bed won't it take a very long time to fill to create the siphon?
Hi Sean. As far as I know NFT systems can work with little flow. But it doesn't mean they won't work with much more flow.
That's what my understanding is. May be you could research it some more and find out.
TY
SAeid
Is there any particular advantage to using a bell siphon vs just a plain old drain pipe? I was asking a horticulture teacher recently about why some commercial operations i see have the plants continuously submerged, like media cups just poked through holes in styrofoam and the foam floating directly on the water and others do these ebb and flow setups where they're only exposed to the nutrient water for limited amounts of time. Why? Are there certain plants that just don't do well with constant exposure?
Great video. Can you provide more information where top locate the fittings used to connect through the tanks and specifications for the pumps?
How do you keep the raft part from bottoming out/draining too much before the bell siphon kicks in and refills it? Thank you in advance, this is a question I've had for a while.
I cannot say for sure but I imagine the raft box empties through an overflow which is set at the proper level. So when it begins to fill, it automatically begins to drain as well.
As Jennifer said, the level of the drain pipe determines when and how much water flows out. It's very simple actually.
SAeid
how come the water from the fish goes to the pipe then goes to the gravel? or i misunderstood it? some other aquaponics fish goes to sump then goes to plants... for clarification sir
Excuse me! could I use only red claw crawfishes instead of fishes in this system?
+Sokha Seang not sure if you can
so if there is a blackout....which system will fail first and how long before plants fail? i guess the raft is the safest.
The 'media' (not medium) I got before the video was a commercial for Roundup ! Sick !
Good work.
great... I love the graphics... and of course the integration of three types of aquaponics.
What is the purpose for that cerculating the water?
Hello, This is a great video. Sufficient enough to understand the whole system.
I want to know whether I can only use the raft system without the other two systems to grow plants.
+Rajesh Swain of course you can
Yes,you can
How much did it all cost?
Just a design idea
Hi,
i am thinking about building my own aquaphonics system in a room in my flat, where there is not direct sunlight. How is it with artificial lighting? Do i need to use some sodium lamp for the green herbs and letuce to grow? Thanks.
excellent job. would u pls tell us the apps U used?
+ناسر رهیمی
Hi Naser. It's Sketchup
+ناسر رهیمی I've been studying home aquaponics and found an awesome website at Keiths Ponics Site (check it out on google)
There are several components to studying aquaponics. One plan I found that successfully combines these is the Keiths Ponics Site (check it out on google) without a doubt the no.1 course that I've seen. look at this amazing website.
how does the plants got their nutrients?i mean how can we apply nutrients to plants?what kind of fertilizers and does it effects the fish?anyway thanks again sir.seriously i have learned a lot from you.i am a student and i want to become a farmer and honestly everything i've learned from you is going to change my future.thanks a lot!love and respect!
nirvik singh The fish poo is a actually your fertilizer. The fish poo. That water is pumped to the plants. They benefit from the poo and filter it, too. When the water reaches the fish again, it's filtered and clean. So, the fish are good for the plants, and the plants are good for the fish.
Sediments not good fertilizer?
True
The video was really helpful, thank you. Do I need an air pump for NFT system when I have the secondary aeration technique which is the open pipe that let's water back into the pond
Hello, What material did you use for the inside of the swirl filter?
WOW, I am excruciatingly gobsmacked by this unique video, thanks Mr. Saeid. i would like to know if it is possible to grow basa fish in this system?
I have mo idea Ahmad. It's all about trial and error
This is great, thank you . One question ; are you sure the raft system is still getting enough nutrient rich water after it filters through the gravel .. Thanks again
it all d3pends on how many fish you have. this is only showing all 3 systems and how they work. you don't need to combine all three.
Great video Mr. Saeid. Any chance we are going to see a future video of a diagram of a geodesic dome aquaponics system? Hypothetically speaking, if you had 2 acres or 4, how would you personally set up you diagram inside a geodesic dome.
The only place in the system that the ammonia is being changed into useful nitrates is the bath tub. This will cause the tub and the float tank to have a slight advantage, as they can get to any new nitrogen first. I don't know if that will seriously effect growth rates or not, though.
That's a good point Bubba. I have seen, well they're every where, systems that consist of only the NFT (the first section with the semi parallel PVC pipes) that do well in growing certain greens.
thanks bro.. this is very helpful for me. i've been thinking about making this system at our backyard. may i ask you what kinds of tanks can i use for the raft and fish tank.. and do you have any idea for the fish and volume of water ratio?
*A really useful and well made video. I will use it for my personal experience.*
Very helpfull video for AP rooky. can y explain the ratio? how many holes, how many fish, pound size.. what is the size of the raft system?
Looks good! I have some questions; 1. is there still enough nutrietens in the water when it gets to the raft system? 2. how much water should you pump through the system (or what kind of water pump do you need).
I like the idea of having 3 different setups, because you can test which one works best for your situation.
Also maybe this is a good idea; you mention you should start at the end of the system with building. How about you use flexible piping/garden hose for the systemoutputs? Then you can just bend them in shape (assuming there's not too much gravitational resistance).
Thanks for the video!
I have one suggestion. I think if you put the grow bed tub a little bit higher and allow it's drainage system to flow from a higher point then the turbulence that it will make into the raft system will be enough to build up the oxygen level and prevent the root rot. In that sense the the air pump is unnecessary and you can save some money. Am i right?
same thought, would water trickle from the grow bed be enough to aerate the raft bed?
The only problem I see with this system is that as the ebb-and-flow tub is filling, the pond level will go down. Your fish pond must have way more water than will be used in the tub. This is the reason why many systems use a storage basin that rises and falls, while the pond stays at a constant level. The pond has an outflow pipe near the top similar to the floating raft to maintain a constant level, this pipe feeds into the storage basin. The pump pulls the water out of the storage basin whose level will drop while the tub fills. When the tub drains through the raft area, it's outflow then goes back to the pond, which again overflows into the storage basin where the water level rises with the excess water being dumped into it.
@@ealmuete9143 Not really , coming out of de syphon it will have some speed (every 15 minits de water will come out of the grow bed ) and will have enough speed to create a ventury system coming in the raft bed.
What computer program was used in this video to design the system?
Google Sketchup. It's free and easy to use
SAeid
in the grow bed that is full of water. Can u give me a list of plant that go in that bed
Great video.
anyway, what types of rocks could be best used in the growth bed?
Anyway, will the first gallon filter clear all the nutrition before going into the PVC lines?
Very cool. Thanks for sharing. What software did you use to produce this?
David
Sketchup by Google. IT's free
Thanks!
Does anyone know what program was used to design this system?
+Jeremy Marsaglia
Sketchup
+Jeremy Marsaglia a very nice video about hydroponic vertical garden. When i search google with the phrase 'diy aquaponic systems ', i found another excellent technic called Panlarko Expert Aquaponics Planner. A mind blowing technology
can u eat all the plants or only the ones in rafts system???
all the plants
Wait, shouldn't the water filter be near the end of the pipe because the fish poop is beneficial and acts as a natural fertilizer for the plants?
And what's the contingency plan when you have yo clean the swirl filter? If any
nice! can you add the link for filters as promised
Saeid, great video. I am going to try an ap system here in Mt View, HI. I am going to used talapia as my fish. Wish me luck. Mahalo B.
GOOD LUCK Mahalo.
Saeid
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Hey Saeid, how did you make the graphics? Very neat.
Sketchup. it's free
Saeid Momtahan you're the man! Thanks!
There are many factors in learning home aquaponics. One resource I discovered that succeeds in merging these is the Keiths Ponics Site (check it out on google) without a doubt the most helpful course that I have ever seen. look at this interesting site.
Fantastic video mate, very well done, and excellent presentation and graphics :) Keep up the great work. Got my sub :)
Thanks very much
Saeid Momtahan what application did you design this with?
Excellent Video clip! Excuse me for butting in, I am interested in your thoughts. Have you heard about - Patlarny Gardening Expert Principle (google it)? It is a good exclusive product for learning how to expand your produce with the clever art of aquaponics minus the normal expense. Ive heard some great things about it and my work buddy after a lifetime of fighting got amazing results with it.
There are many factors in studying home aquaponics. One plan I found that successfully combines these is the Keiths Ponics Site (google it if you're interested) without a doubt the most incredible info i've heard of. look at this awesome resource.
THIS organic plant nutrition secret is amazing
What software did you use to design this, thanks
Google Sketchup
Saeid
Hello sir. Canyou snd me more videos for easy settings of hydro and aqua. Am setting one for my home requirement.Thabks. Raj
Awesome video and explanation. Can you say which software did you usa to draw the system?
it's Sketchup
I can't hear a word. Thank you for the subtitles!
I'm not sure but ,if anyone else is searching for how to build an aquaponics system cheap try Proutklarton Surviving Instruction Plan (do a google search ) ? It is a good exclusive product for building a proven aquaponics system without the normal expense. Ive heard some pretty good things about it and my mate at very last got excellent results with it.
Why wouldn't you put the swirl filter before the pump in the pond to stop the pump becoming clogged from the larger waste in the tank
Need to know how to construct the filter.
The water from media bed to raft bed flows not continuous, for example until the siphon opens and let some amount of water flow to raft bed i cannot imagine what will be the level of water on raft bed.
Hello Duman Kurenbaev, because the inflow pipe to the raft bed is at the same height as the outflow pipe, the water in the raft bed will stay the same all the time. So when the bell siphon in the media grow bed opens (siphons) the same amount of water will flow out of the raft bed as flows into the raft bed from the media grow bed. In this system, it is the water level in the fish tank, being used also as the sump tank, which will rise and fall as the water flows into the media bed and siphons out to the raft bed.
how do you solve the mosquito problem?
Wouldn't it make more sense having the NFT draining into the raft bed before running into the media bed, as the media bed when draining via the bell siphon would put a major leak risk by adding too much water when draining.
Adding the raft before the media bed means that the constant drain from the Raft and NFT work at a more even pace removing or lessening the risk of overflow or leaks, and u could add a ventauri to the drain into the fish tank that would only work when the siphon is running..
Just occurred to me when looking at the design. No insult or slight intended, just observation
I agree with your thinking. The inlet to the Raft can be at the bottom and outlet on top so there is no stagnant water.
I've been investigating books on and found an awesome website at Fast Track Grower (look it up on google)
Here's a great aquaponics system that I use: AquaSystem.xyz
agree
I was wondering if you would tell me the program you used to design this system?
SKETCHUP. It's easy to use
Saeid
Thank you very much my friend. Please keep me informed about how your system performs. I have noticed a common problem that most people don't address and that would be the ratio's of lb's of fish to gallons of water and gallons of water to grow beds. seems to be a simple 1:1 for lbs to gallons and 1:1 or 1:2 for gallons to square feet of grow bed.
Also if it wouldn't be to much trouble and if your not interested I'd understand but I'm new to SketchUp and it would be great if I you could send me some of your 3d models if you have any saved up. Mostly just for inventory purposes something for me to work off of.
Brandon, look up Sketchup Warehouse. There are a little over 5 million design that you can download for free
Saeid
This is great video instruction, anyway how can we control pH level?
rainwater, and simply avoiding calciumrich medium and making a clean system (avoid organic waste) will normally do the job or at least create a rather stable neutral pH.
what kind of vegy that we can plant in raft system... any type of plant ? I would glad if u talk more further regarding raft system... sounds interesting organic
In this process , will all fertilizer reach to final setup?? I can understand for first system(NTF) all fertilizer will flow.
I once had a pump going directly to a swirl filter and it never worked at all. Too much water flow. In the end I had a fish tank drain into a swirl filter, and then at the end I pump the water back to the fish tank.
+Martin Currah
It makes perfect sense what you're saying
+Martin Currah interesting points ,if anyone else needs to find out about aquaponics courses try Morundan Total Aquaponics Mastery ( search on google ) ? Ive heard some great things about it and my cousin got excellent success with it.
Some systems have biofilter after swirl filter - your system does''nt need that why?
Hello Thùy Linh Nguyễn Thị, the swirl filter is likely to settle most of the solids which can then be removed and used for fertiliser on the soil garden (vegetable or flowers). However, if the solids accumulate too quickly a bio-filter would be useful, particularly before an/the NFT system.. Often, the media grow bed is used or takes the place of, the bio-filter.
The media bed is a bio filter by default, if it has surface area and oxygen it becomes a bio filter. Tis important to keep solids to a minimum if you dont want the media bed being clogged up, in which case its a mechanical filter that is needed.
pump flow rate per litre or gallon per hour?
Love this design it can grow several species of plants
I'm not sure but ,if anyone else wants to discover aquaponic gardening system try Aqua Recovery Tactics (aqua.RecoveryTactics.com ) ? Ive heard some interesting things about it and my co-worker got amazing success with it.
I want to see the live example.. do u have some thing in India ?
You probably can build a indoor garden that doesn't need weeding, tilling or cultivating, the spreading of fertilizer or garden compost, without watering or irrigating; all while your plants yield up to 10 times the amount of vegetables than plants from the dirt garden.
What software to design this?
Wouldn't the nutrients get less and less time it gets to the end of the system?
Is pumps should on 24 hrs
Love the music at the end, whats the song name?
Cancun, from youtube free music library.
TY
Saeid