I’m designing my ebb and flow system using 5 gallon buckets for the plants. I bought white ones that say they are food grade from walmart. I’m gonna start with just hydroponics but want to add the tilapia later.

Are these buckets safe for the plants, fish, and most importantly people eating it all?

Just looking for recommendations for everything including fish food, nutrients, etc for an startup

I recieved this for free (lights not pictured). I know I need a sump bucket, but my concern is how the water flows.

I know nothing about aquaponics, but looking at this set up it looks like water would sit in the legs. I'm also not sure how water is distributed to each row? Did I assemble it correctly?

I'm open to any suggestions.

So right now my system is a very simple top down system with a bell siphon, no extra containers for bio filters or catch any solid waste aside from a filter cloth at the end of the pump which will be rinsed out every week. Right now the amount of life in my 4x2 fee tank is a bunch of mosquito fish and 4 climbing perch (just testing it out for now). While the water is still clear, I wonder how long will it take for the bacteria break down the waste in my 3x2 media bed for the plants to absorb and what’s the breaking point assuming I replace the existing fish with those that produces large amounts of waste like a walking catfish

Would love some opinions on my plans here. Looking at six 27-Gallon Totes filled halfway with hydroton clay, with two 3-Gallon Buckets in each with the bottoms cut off and burlap secured to the bottom. These will be secured and sit on the surface of the hydroton clay balls.

The back Tote will sit 7" off the ground and the front tote will be 5.5". The totes will be fed from a 3" PVC pipe on the back wall that will sit about three feet off the ground. I may have a tiny decline in elevation to attempt to get flow evenish to all three drains for the totes.

The totes will be connected with 3" PVC pipe and again with a small decline in elevation to help gravity get nutrients to the bottom tote. The bottom tote will contain a bell siphon that drains into another 3" PVC running to a reservoir. Hopefully i can get the line correct to fill the back tank and front tank, probably have to have a higher line for hydroton in the front tote.

Reservoir will pump back up to the fish tank.

The Fish tank will drain to a filter and then be pumped to my aquarium chiller before returning down the feed pipe. I will probably get it all setup without the fish tank and just experiment with dual root zone and then eventually add in the fish tank, measurements are based on a 150gal.

What am I missing? Any suggestions?

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I have always been intrigued by different aquaponic systems I've seen online, and I finally have the time to start my own in my classroom. I know absolutely nothing about where to start. I have a 20 gallon tank that I can use, but I'm at a loss at what supplies I should get. I have a hydroponic tower that students plant veggies and herbs in, so I was thinking the fishtank could be more tropical house plants, like monstera or pothos. Im stuck on what size bell siphon would I need, the right media to grow plants in, how to tube everything together, what fish to get, etc. Any advice would be extremely helpful.

So, for an FFA class I’m in, we have a project where we have to explain and design an aquaponics system. The problem I’m having is figuring out what to buy, and from where. I don’t know where to buy stuff specifically for aquaponics. I need a filter, pump, tank, growbed, grow media(like gravel and stuff, I’m sure I don’t need to explain it though). We’re required to use a 75 gallon tank. I’m planning on using goldfish w/ kale(unless that’s bad).

Any suggestions/recommendations? And is there any problem with what I’m planning on using?

This project is going to be a huge part of my grade if my design is chosen, and I’m not planning on half assing it

I'm looking at the idea of having a 1 or 2 acre pond with trout, salmon, or catfish, pumping into a greenhouse with minnows or other feeder fish for the pond and vegetables.

The first thought is that pumping water from outdoors means that the greenhouse will struggle in staying warm all year, but this is more pacific northwest than Alaska, so the outdoor pond shouldn't be getting too cold.

Or just cut out pumping from the pond and focusing on getting enough nitrogen from the feeder fish indoors and cut down on the number of fish in the pond? The idea is to have a significant amount of fish in the pond though, so cutting it down to levels that algae and aquatic plants can handle isn't ideal.

Why feeder fish in the greenhouse? Farmed trout just tastes worse to me than wild trout, hoping to keep as much of that flavor as I can, plus acting as a heat sink to keep the greenhouse more regulated in temp.

Why not grow the trout or whatever in the greenhouse? Cause I want a pond for reasons beyond fish.

Hi, I do not know if this is suitable for a post here, but I have to make a multimedia presentation on a specific plant grown in aquaponics. I'm tasked with explaining how those involved in it do it, what conditions they have to meet in order to be successful, and whether there are any financial revenues from it.

So far, I have managed to come across two websites and a video that, to my mind, explain this only vaguely and do not seem to be a comprehensive source of information:

- 📝 [How to Grow Basil in Aquaponics](https://ponicslife.com/how-to-grow-basil-in-aquaponics/)

- 📝 [Guide to Growing Herbs in Aquaponics](https://gogreenaquaponics.com/blogs/news/guide-to-growing-herbs-in-aquaponics)

- 🎥 [Aquaponics Farm in Pennsylvania](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSOM9mf69NU)

Does anyone here grow basil, commercially or otherwise, and would like to explain to me more or less how it is done, and what profits come from it if possible? I would be very grateful

Set up an aquaponic system in January only 10 gallons. Got two neon tetras this week they appeared to be fighting yesterday. This morning found one dead. Do they kill each other?

How and where do you all buy the PVC pipes needed for setting up an SLO? We're currently using a 275-gallon IBC tote as our fish tank. Would it be suitable to get 2-inch PVC pipes from Home Depot, or would another option be better? Thank you!

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So I recently gotten into aquaponics and have interest in creating essential oils through distillation on my free time. First I know turtle carry salmonella which is why I don’t really have any intentions to grow consumable plants in the media bed. But my thoughts or concern are, if the plants or somehow infected with salmonella, will it impact the final product of essential oil or would it kill off my plants cause though the process of distillation involves high heat to extract oil and probably killing the bacteria, I don’t really know the science on the quality of the yield. The plants that I’m considering are pepper mint, lemongrass or pandan.

So firstly is that I’m aware turtles are a no no for Aquaponic because the likeliness of carrying salmonella. With that being said I still kinda wanna create a mini medium bed to grow flowers for the turtle since I have a spare smaller medium bed. Which goes back to my question, what kinds of plants or flowers would you grow. I wouldn’t mind growing maybe veggies for the turtle but I don’t think one little razor back or mosquito fish could eat such a large vegetable alone but I’d also appreciate flowers to encourage local bees or help to brighten up my corner of the garden.

So I just started mucking around with some old large fish tub and another one half the size to turn it into top down aquaponic system for some catfish and guppies (still figuring out on the solid waste catch but will use a filter cloth at the end of the pump for now). Im using a bell siphon and plan to use clay balls as a media bed but I wonder on the depth from, the top of the clay ball to the tip of the stand pipe so my recently sprouted bell pepper wont drown and die. Right now the depth of the top tub is 9 inches so I decided to let the stand pipe to go up to 7 inches, the top clay pellets will be till 8 inches so there will be technically 1 inch of dry pellets from the stand pipe for the plants. Is this enough or should I shorten the stand pipe by another inch or so, as I really hope that my plant don’t die.

Also the set up was made for my single razor back turtle with mosquito fish & ghost shrimps but after learning about salmonella, I might have to create a separate one.

hey there, friends!! i live in a rather small place (basically, i have one room to myself and then a shared communal space). i've had two dreams in my young adult life-- a nice, planted shrimp/goldfish tank, and an herb garden. naturally, i have the space for one of these-- but i think i would be able to maintain both in a small space in the form of an aquaponic garden on top of my demure little 20 gallon tank. i wanted to ask some more knowledgeable folk first, though-- is this plan feasible? will having both under water plants and the little herbs floating above harm my fish or be difficult to maintain? any advice will help, thank you!!

In considering setting up some fresh water prawns in the bottom of my tilapia IBC with some netting shelves (but not terriblely dense stocking on the prawns) Anyone have some experience or words of wisdom on this idea/plan?

Setting up a small DWC system with an IBC tote as the fish tank. Anyone have tips or experience turning a 35-gallon barrel into a filter? Thanks!

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Looking to set up a flagship aquaponics system in a small (20m²) campus greenhouse. Any site recommendations or resources for system design for freshman? Appreciate any pointers!

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