New Aquaponics System Tour Components and Issues

[@RobsAquaponics]

Learn about Aquaponics 🐟 🍓🍅 with my "Backyard Aquaponics for Beginners" Guide for only US$19.95. ► bit.ly/AquaponicsBeginnersGuide Don't forget to click the subscribe button if you enjoyed the video, bit.ly/Subscribe2Rob & share the clip around if you think it may help others too.👍 Cheers all & have a top one. 🐟 🌱🍅 Rob

[@eddier9380]

Good morning from Texas Rob

[@RobsAquaponics]

Hi mate. Hope all's well down in Texas. Cheers and have a top one.

Good day mate

[@RobsAquaponics]

Howdy mate. 👋

[@vaughanscott4580]

Good day Rob, have a great day!

[@RobsAquaponics]

Cheers mate. Hope you have a top one too.

[@DanSav76]

Thanks for the tour, looking great!

[@RobsAquaponics]

Cheers Daniel. Hope you have a top week mate.

[@bigwavefla161]

Great video as always Rob. I look forward to the farm updates and the new direction of growing once you guys get there. Have a great day!

[@RobsAquaponics]

Thanks mate. Not long now and we're hoping to start the moving process in about four weeks time. Cheers and look after yourself mate.👍👍

[@leonsaquaponicsandhomegard6793]

Looks good mate.

[@RobsAquaponics]

Thanks Leon. Hope your system's doing well mate.

[@leonsaquaponicsandhomegard6793]

Yes it’s going well thanks. In the process of adding a larger greenhouse

[@RobsAquaponics]

@@leonsaquaponicsandhomegard6793 Nice one mate👍👍

[@bryanpaynechefbrybry1067]

Thanks Rob for the walk around.. looks fantastic buddy.. Always enjoy watching these types of videos. Motivates me to pull my finger out and get going on mine.. And I know that I will be seeing more like this with the move to the farm..woohoo can't wait.. Cheers champion catch you on the next one..👍

[@RobsAquaponics]

Great to hear the motivating you some mate. I'm fairly sure there will be an Aquaponics build or two video coming once we get settled in and sort things out on the farm. Cheers Bryan and have a top one mate.

[@michaelsilberstein]

Thank you for another wonderful video

[@RobsAquaponics]

No problem Mr Michael. 👍👍 Cheers mate and take it easy.

[@downunderfulla6001]

It’s all looking good mate 🍺🍺

[@RobsAquaponics]

Cheers DUF. Hope you have a fantastic week mate. 🍻🍻

[@garryrepp5505]

Good Day Rob, A nice video 👍

[@RobsAquaponics]

Cheers mate. 😁👍

[@nevanalthaus2387]

👍 Looking great

[@RobsAquaponics]

Thanks mate. 😁👍

[@annakramar5088]

Excellent update.🐠

[@RobsAquaponics]

Thanks Anna. Hope spring is treating you folks well down there so far. Cheers and have a top week. 👍👍

[@annakramar5088]

@@RobsAquaponics Thanks Rob we're doing alright😁. Sydney Back Burned yesterday. Covered in the thickest blanket of smoke, looked like fog. You couldn't go outside. Lock the house up & blocked gaps under the doors. Today is better, but there is still a haze over the city.♨♨♨

[@agess658]

thanks for a break down on everything great build

[@RobsAquaponics]

No drama at all. I'm thinking about doing a build video that shows it from the start to the Finish as well. I just need to try and find all the video files. Cheers & have a great day.

[@j.m.k.3406]

Hey Rob , been awhile mate, but I'm happy to see the video. Have fun moving

[@RobsAquaponics]

Cheers mate. Slowly getting settled at the new place & hope to be posting growing vid's again real soon.

[@michaelcurtis640]

Been follow you for years!! I love all of your content and going on year 3 this coming spring for us in the states for my own system!

[@RobsAquaponics]

Nice one Michael. How big a system is it and are you running it with tilapia? Cheers and have a top one.

[@michaelcurtis640]

@RobsAquaponics it's in a shaded covered "green house" about 600 sq ft. I have 4 IBC with taliapa it gets to hot here in New Mexico for any other fish lol. A lot of learn and trying different things. But I've definitely been a huge fan!!

[@jimparsons8440]

Looks like you've been busy, Rob!

[@RobsAquaponics]

Just a little bit Jim. 😉😅 Need to catch up with some family later today before I start organizing and getting all the acroponic stuff ready to move. Hope you have a top on mate.

[@gafrers]

Great as always. Nice tour

[@RobsAquaponics]

Cheers me and have a top one.👍👍

[@sallyweiner4180]

Turned out great!

[@RobsAquaponics]

Thanks Sally. They really are an easy system to build and run. Hope you folks are doing well. Cheers and have a fantastic week.

[@lcdc59]

Good-Day Rob!

[@RobsAquaponics]

Hi there.👋

[@peterwest267]

Very informative thank you.

[@RobsAquaponics]

No problem Peter. Have a top one mate, 👍

[@jimd1617]

Thank you 🤩love it!

[@RobsAquaponics]

I'm glad you enjoyed it. Cheers and have an awesome one.😁👍

[@abzz132u]

Great info as always.

[@RobsAquaponics]

Cheers mate hope you have a top week.

[@jenniferjsaracino]

It all looks happy from moving the plants.

[@RobsAquaponics]

Play turn to bounce back really fast when transplanted into Aquaponics Jennifer. Bianca transplanted in some seaside daisies the other day made bounce back really quickly. I think you may have seen that on the other video. Cheers and have a fantastic week.

[@edengardeningtowers4923]

Love it. Puts my setup to shame. 😢 One step at a time.

[@RobsAquaponics]

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[@grim-1369]

Awesome post as usual! Glad the new setup is working good. I was curious if anyone has tried to use crawfish instead of fish and if so how did it work for you?

[@RobsAquaponics]

Many folks will have them in a system but get the majority of the nutrients for the plants from fish. The stocking rates are the issue as the crayfish can be territorial & eat each other.

[@grim-1369]

@@RobsAquaponics great! I appreciate the response. I figured that may be the case. Thank you again.

[@ASSADZMANFILMS]

Thank you so much for this, my house has a huge tub for aquaphonics and has a green house and I'm watching your videos to understand how it all works 💪, when we first got the house we had no idea what the heck was the tub for it's like a huge 10ft deep tub in the

[@RobsAquaponics]

This playlist may help explain some concepts as well kzbin.info/aero/PLBcWprMIwYYj8zCdbSzPJOR3HRXpxuBwf Cheers & happy growing.

[@therevoman]

Good day my Aussie mentor. Our bass are doing great thanks to your course. Wondering what the lowest temperatures you experience are. I’m in northern utah where most of our winter is spent around freezing. The bass should be fine if I keep the water liquid but am wondering about heating and my bio reactor

[@RobsAquaponics]

The lowest water temp we have had is about 10°C / 50°F. I didn't lose any of the perch as it was a slow drop & not sudden. Normally they start to die off at about 14°C / 57.2°F from what others have told me. I try to keep the water temp 18°C + / 64.4°F+ using aquarium heaters. Just enough to keep them comfortable.

[@RobsAquaponics]

Is great to know that the videos are helping as well mate. 👍

[@Shane_O.5158]

hey Rob, congrats on the farm, i'd put in a steel dropper and ziptie hose to that.

[@RobsAquaponics]

Do you mean a post mate? Cheers

[@Shane_O.5158]

yes, we call them steel droppers , ( fence post where i'm from ) i guess its an unused word i grew up with.@@RobsAquaponics

[@selfbuilfab]

Hi Rob! Thank you so much for your dedication to this craft! I have finally put a system together and I have one question for you. If I have two tanks, is it possible to T their stand pipes together so that they share the same filtration system and then T off the pump to keep water swirling in both tanks? I used a pair of IBC’s.

[@kennethpruitt7799]

Hey Rob I love all your stuff. When I can retire from working full time I am going to switch from hydroponic to Aquaponics go job. I live in west Texas and in the summer time. We have sometimes 4 months of of way over 100 degrees days. Would love to hear your suggestions for my climate

[@RobsAquaponics]

Keeping the system in the shade during the heat of the day will help a lot Kenneth. 👍 We have weeks up in that temperature range & find that if I can keep exposed media shaded with plants it stops it from warming up & in turn the water as well. I hope that helps some mate & hope the build goes smoothly when the time comes.

[@handy-capoutdoors4063]

I am not sure what KZbin channel I seen it but when they were getting the chop and flip IBC ready, they painted the outside surface to halt the light shining through the sides and deture algae growth. May be something to think about. Sorry it's morning here and I'm still very sleepy lol I am currently looking to do a small project. I picked up a hanging bird bath and thought it would be good for a few small plants to deture bugs congregating. Flys, bees, gnats. Do you have any suggestion for small herb garden plants from your area? I'm in the northern USA so what I've looked at so far is diffrent mints, lemon balm, basil, and a couple others. Looking for things that work in about 2 inch of soil. I was thinking of drilling a hole in the bottom and adding a 1 inch tall pvc pipe silicone to the inside. Use gravel or something around it. Some shade cloth or window screen over the top of that. Thin layer of sand and a good miracle grow soil on top. Where it would hang there is dew that drips off the slanted roof to keep it topped off. But it would be back far enough so when it rains the water Flys past it. Then it will come inside to the kitchen window over winter. Goal is mostly to keep away bugs by the front door 😅

[@RobsAquaponics]

There's not any local plants I can think of sorry. I know that East Indian lemongrass is used by some due to its citronella content. It can get away from you & become a bit of a monster & has deep roots. Sorry I'm not much of a help HCO.

[@handy-capoutdoors4063]

No problem. I kinda figured it would be a long shot being in such different climates. Best of luck getting things set up on the new farm. I'm so jealous lol.

[@anthonydomench6871]

I know nothing about these systems and they do interest me, but is there a way to have a larger environment for the fish? Or is that prohibitive in some way?

[@RobsAquaponics]

You can have a larger tank if you want. There is a point though that if you have two large volume of water and not enough fish the the nutrient level in the water will be very low and wouldn't be able to sustain a lot of plants.

[@JERRYD863]

Living in east TN, I'm wondering if it would be best to start a project like this in the back yard, or an extra building that I can keep the temperature above freezing or warmer if needed. Thank you. Jerry

[@RobsAquaponics]

Hi Jerry. I know folks that have a fish room in their basement or shed and then plumb the water out into a grow area. Come winter they drain the beds and turn off the plumbing to the plant side of the system and grow a couple of plants under lights inside where the temperature is warmer. The other option is to shut the whole system down through winter and then started up again in Spring with a fast growing fish species. Hope that helps some mate and have a top one. 👍

[@Xeno_of_Luyten]

Hi, I'm a complete newbie and have yet to set up a system. This may be a silly question, but is it sensible to have the solids settler function as a mineralization tank too? That way there is no need to clean out the solids and there is one less tank to maintain?

[@RobsAquaponics]

I have seen some folks attempt that but they had issues with the solids floating & move through the system. I was pumping out to a basic mineralisation drum on the side before I moved the system. I run through it at the start of this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/r2imhpl_e6t6g5I

[@georgeplisko2439]

Gd ay Rob another top designer clip Rob can I use 80/20 hydroton- coco mix for my grow media in my system I want to pull the trigger on it almost done with my greenhouse thanks Rob

[@RobsAquaponics]

You could have a few issues with the Organics rich water helping to break down the coco after a while. I'd probably start off with a small trial bed and see how that goes but I'm guessing it would need cleaning out regularly with new coco being added in. On the plus side, any spent Coco would help kick-start a compost pile or could be used as a mulch top dress to feed veggie plants in the soil.

[@georgeplisko2439]

Yea hi mate thanks for the reply the guy @ the hydroponics store said I could possibly wash the coco off the pellets because its a mix in a 50L bag for $26 and use like that but I don't trust him and wanted to know your input ty Rob I guess that's my two free questions good fun and congratulations with your new Diggs take care George

[@wizzzard_ponics]

Question, Do i need to grow some balls, AND POST A VIDEO, as of today i have reset the media Duel Root Zone Pots, re- amended the soil and replanted both very small starts and other's direct seeds with heirloom seeds, bar bad starts done for the season, as you know the 3 beds dissapared under tomato growth.. The Outside Loop 4 X DWC DRZ System is also being (Soil amended with the usual amendments) and reset... already have peppers foraming and the tomato i just just cut into slithers and planted as produced many baby starts.. all off 6 fish.... love it

[@edengardeningtowers4923]

Post your video. Just start. I will support you😊

[@wizzzard_ponics]

yeh, i was posting a few videos but removed or made them private, Usually updates for rob, I will make a video this weekend, and then wait for another 2 weeks, add both together and post a video on whats right, whats wrong the what i have learnt on my DRZ Journey@@edengardeningtowers4923

[@RobsAquaponics]

Why not mate👍 You have some great ideas that could help others.

[@wizzzard_ponics]

@RobsAquaponics ok.. the block that stopped me has been removed... gone to the tip... duel root zone pots being reset.. so I'll start a progress video..... but landloads no banned us from spraying.. weeds around system gone mad.. they are very strange.. yesterday they were painting and just threw excess paint over the top floor balcony.. done all over one of my potted tress.. I and living the dream.. lol

[@craftyviking]

Thank you for the walk through. I notice you haven't moved the catfish to the sump here, is having a fish to eat larvae in the sump something you'd recommend?

[@RobsAquaponics]

There's no larvae in the sump that I can see. Mosquitoes don't like moving water so they're not an issue. We may get midgefly larvae also known as blood worms but they are also a source of food for the fish.

[@roge_lelapin]

I expect to be moving my indoor system to a bigger area. Currently entire area is an 8x8 ft. (~2.5 m x 2.5 m) Two aquariums, one 55 gal (210 l) connected with a 75 gal.(285 l). A sump tank and the grow area all inclusive. The new area will have a 10x20 ft ( 3x6 m)😢grow area with a separate area for a 300-500 gal indoor pond. Are there veggies that can grow in the fishes's pond?

[@RobsAquaponics]

Hi there. You may be able to set up bog-like beds on the side, meaning that the media is submerged in the water all the time, to grow plants like taro or maybe water chestnuts. Growing plants directly in the water, say on a raft, can be an issue with some fish as they will feed on the roots. Hope that helps some.

[@malcolmquick3708]

With the green slim growth would water snails control the slim

[@downunderfulla6001]

Snails would get out of control like in aquariums. Certain catfish can control it

[@RobsAquaponics]

What DUF said above 👍👍

[@billprice2409]

Greetings from northeast Kansas, USA. What is the footprint of the system in this video?

[@RobsAquaponics]

It's sitting on two separate levels and I think it's about 3.5X 5.5 meters all up. That's about 11.5 X 18 feet. Cheers mate

[@vincentcuclair5522]

Hi from Sweden Rob 😉 I’m considering an ibc setup, one question, would some water plants in the fish tank throw the system off wack in anyway? Thanks in advance. Great content as always 👍

[@RobsAquaponics]

Not really but can become a potential clogging issue in the pipe work depending on how the plumbing is set up.

[@quickvideos8021]

How much is measured tds Water is initially used to fill tanks

[@RobsAquaponics]

I don't know if anyone that measures TDS in backyard aquaponics systems. I know a few people that test for EC but as most of the nutrients are dissolved organic waste that doesn't really give you an accurate measurement.

[@quickvideos8021]

@@RobsAquaponics Thank you . But I suffer from problems with plant growth and I noticed that the measurement EC The tap water I use is at 2 and I don't know if it is good to work or not.

[@RobsAquaponics]

@@quickvideos8021 I wouldn't worry about the EC of the tap water as the waste from the fish will be where the bulk of the nutrients come from. It will also be organic in nature so won't read on an EC meter. How old is your system?

[@insAneTunA]

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[@RobsAquaponics]

😁👍 Cheers mate.

[@shamsajmeri8361]

So is the Venturi affecting the flow from the oversized pump?

[@RobsAquaponics]

They do reduce the flow rate a bit Shams but that's why I always tend to oversize my pumps. Add a guess I'd say I'm getting 1500 litres an hour minimum through that one thousand liter tank. That's 400 gallons through a 265 gallon tank for folks over the pond. 😁😉 Cheers mate and have a top week.

[@shamsajmeri8361]

Thank you. Yes my latest design will include a 1700+ gallon an hour pump and I was thinking about adding an $10 Venturi at the end.. perfect timing.

[@RobsAquaponics]

@@shamsajmeri8361 Get yourself a decent venturi made for gas injection not the liquid injection style.

[@RobsAquaponics]

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[@shamsajmeri8361]

Thanks a bunch mate. I ordered 1!!

[@alch3myau]

air 'stone'? thats an air brick!

[@RobsAquaponics]

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[@NaughtyGoatFarm]

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[@drrahilakurdi5943]

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[@RobsAquaponics]

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[@wizzzard_ponics]

gi'day yar hairy old goat pmsl

[@RobsAquaponics]

👋Hi Dazza

[@wizzzard_ponics]

@RobsAquaponics hey Rob... congratulations

[@RobsAquaponics]

@@wizzzard_ponics Cheers mate 👍👍

[@alch3myau]

Lets get some NFT tips ! ;p

[@RobsAquaponics]

This system will be coming down in a couple of weeks most likely to be moved so no nft at the moment. I will be setting up a few rails on the farm once we settle in and I start to build a few systems. Cheers

[@gman7329]

I have been fascinated with aquaponics for years but never had anywhere to try building a system, recently an older gentleman I know offered to let me build a weekend getaway on his property out of town. I would like to have a garden to grow my own food & would really like to try aquaponics but was concerned that being in town for work during most of the week is it possible to build a self sustaining system? Any information would be greatly appreciated, thanks heaps!

[@RobsAquaponics]

I think any aquaponic system really does need to be checked regularly, at least every two or three days. While the fish can be fed with automatic feeders it's the small things that can get out of control really quickly like pests on the plants or some sort of failure with the plumbing that can put the whole system in jeopardy. Could you start off with a small system where you're living at the moment?