Homemade Indoor Hydroponic Aquaponic (Update 7)

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18 April 2009

The video above is my latest update on my on going experiment on Indoor Aquaponic Growth System that supposedly able to grow vegetables indoor for personal consumption.

Observation is the “tea strainer” have have some problems letting the water through causing some flooding within the buckets, luckily my pump entrance is pointing upwards within the fish tank hence eliminated any kind of overflow in the above buckets.

The disappointing thing was the collapsed of multiple plants in the middle bucket that died in the “floods” and which I suspected to had melted away in the “tsunami” of water.

I had once witnessed a small dead molly fish being consumed by my “clean up crew” which are my healthy cherry shrimps within the fish tank, I think the molly fishes kept the population of the cherry shrimps in check but many of them now seems to be living happily with the fishes…weird.

I guess the molly fishes’ mouth are not wide enough to swallow an adult cherry shrimp hence leaving the shrimps alone…haha.

Next month after my reservist, I will probably move my experiments into the next level by making a MUCH more wider and Larger buckets hopefully to plant MORE vegetables enough to at least rotate the crops…and all indoors.

Pray hard, Iran won’t be attacked before I buy everything…or we can kiss our money goodbye….hyperinflation to come like “blink”…and WTF!

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[Food] Easy DIY Indoor Aquaponic Growth System (Part 03)

Today’s update is another upgrade to my hydroponic system, I had placed a tea strainer to protect the hose connector from small stones.

Tea strainer is suppose to be stainless steel or of non-rust material hence should be 100% rust free underwater.

Mesh Tea Strainer from Daiso

Mesh Tea Strainer from Daiso

Added a water flow valve to regulate the water flow so that the water won’t make so much noise lol.

Do go to the My Project page to see more of this project :)

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[Food] Easy DIY Indoor Aquaponic Growth System (Part 02)

Today, I had upgraded the flow of water to using hose connectors.

This afternoon, I went to the local river (canal) near Lavender MRT to catch some Tilapia (aka Japanese fish) but unfortunately only caught some small common  molly fish instead.

I had notice 3 dead Tilapia floated past me and I find it rather weird, it seems that the water may be too hot for them or because of the industrial waste?

Anyway, below is my latest video on the upgrade to my Aquaponic system since the last video.

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[Food] Easy DIY Indoor Aquaponic Growth System (Part 01)

This is a upgrade to my Aquaponic Growth System that I had posted in “My Project” page.

14 Feb 2009

Today I made a small innovation upgrade to my Aquaponic Indoor Grow System, I realized a very serious problem of small fishes or shrimps being sucked into the water pump…causing lot’s of pain both in my heart and pocket…($_$)

In order to reduce more unnecessary death I had decided to find a way to do the following requirements.

  1. Water Pump remain powerful to suck up the  fish waste as fertilizer to the plants above.
  2. No more death of small fishes or shrimps.
  3. No blockage at the water inlet.

Here’s the the update…drum roll!

Double Barrel Plastic Fish Protector

Double Barrel Plastic Fish Protector

Ta da!!!

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[Food] Another Aquaponic Grow System

I have to be honest, this is the project that had inspired my own Aquaponic system.

Do watch the following video diary and start doing your own!

This system is way advanced than mine which added more hoses connected to the grow bucket on the top side.

Do visit mightylittlepen.blogspot.com for more details about the progress of the above videos! ^_^

Hopefully more people will be interested in growing your own food in your own home so that the whole country can be self sustainable soon!

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[Food] Hydroponic recirculating solar powered system

Found this gem on solar powered hydroponic recirculating system that you can basically farm easily provided you have a small sun filled area.

This compared to conventional farm is the simplicity, let me list out the benefits.

  1. No Electricity cost since it’s using solar panel to pump the water.
  2. No messy soil
  3. No need to worry about infertile land.
  4. No need to worry about buried cables, pipes and sewage system.
  5. Cost Effective or Cheap.

The cons are there too.

  1. Need a sun filled area, clearly not for apartment buildings that don’t have a uncovered balcony or small garden.
  2. If the water pump goes down, need to replace it immediately or face mosquito breeding hazard.
  3. Only small plants can be grown in small pots however it should be able to scale up.
  4. Need a more stable system to avoid being blown down by strong winds.

Overall, this is a very very possible D.I.Y. method of cheap farming method for vegetables & fruits.

I recommend small chili, lady finger and tomato if weather permits.

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[Food] Hydroponic Aquaponic Indoor Grow System

Found this video very educational on D.I.Y. (Do It Yourself) food growing or gardening indoor, this can be a very potential way to grow food indoor regardless of land space.

If you have a living room full of concrete, why not try this to grow some nice vegetables & it also great for rearing fish too!

The video is from gardengirltv.com which I believe will help many people out there who wants to prepare for sustainability indoor but don’t know how.

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