DIY Aquaponics using fish tank

[elephantnose3334]

How do I make an indoor aquaponics system using a large fish tank? What tools do I need to make it? How do aquaponics work?

 

[Wills]

What kind of plants do you want to grow? I have Pothos, Monsterra, Wandering Dude, Lucky Bamboo, Asparagus Fern and Peace Lillys growing in my tanks - though the Asparagus Fern is failing at the moment.

Wills

 

[WhistlingBadger]

Wandering dude.

 

[elephantnose3334]

What kind of plants do you want to grow? I have Pothos, Monsterra, Wandering Dude, Lucky Bamboo, Asparagus Fern and Peace Lillys growing in my tanks - though the Asparagus Fern is failing at the moment.

Wills

Herbs.

 

[GaryE]

It's complex, and better done with larger tanks. I've grown basil on tanks. The roots are in the water, and it draws nutrients from fish wastes. I haven't really looked into other herbs. Having them on top of the tank is a little awkward for the fishkeeping side.

Aquaponics can be complex, or simple as my experiments were. Fresh basil in a Canadian winter was nice.

 

[elephantnose3334]

It's complex, and better done with larger tanks. I've grown basil on tanks. The roots are in the water, and it draws nutrients from fish wastes. I haven't really looked into other herbs. Having them on top of the tank is a little awkward for the fishkeeping side.

Aquaponics can be complex, or simple as my experiments were. Fresh basil in a Canadian winter was nice.

Can you show me your aquaponics experiments please?

 

[GaryE]

I never took pictures. I ate all the evidence.

I used the hard plastic grills they used to sell for fluorescent lights. They could be cut. I had the young plants pushed through the 1cm by 1 cm holes, with the roots in a well filled tank. On the tank (a 275 litre), the grill covered maybe 20cm at one end, and there was natural light. I had Geophagus in the tank, and did regular water changes anyway because they are delicate fish.

I got a lot of basil, but my wife decided she didn't want to eat anything from a fishtank, and so I moved on. I have been thinking of doing it again this winter.

 

[elephantnose3334]

I never took pictures. I ate all the evidence.

I used the hard plastic grills they used to sell for fluorescent lights. They could be cut. I had the young plants pushed through the 1cm by 1 cm holes, with the roots in a well filled tank. On the tank (a 275 litre), the grill covered maybe 20cm at one end, and there was natural light. I had Geophagus in the tank, and did regular water changes anyway because they are delicate fish.

I got a lot of basil, but my wife decided she didn't want to eat anything from a fishtank, and so I moved on. I have been thinking of doing it again this winter.

Interesting, but unfortunate that you didn't take the pictures.