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Well, maybe not all fish, but what I meant is to ask is whether any fish that can be grown is suitable for aquaponics.
I'm not getting you about the symbiotic AC system. Can you clarify?
-- iCultivate --
You've pretty much got the sum of what I know with regard to aquaponics--remember, my work in trade was ornamentals, not consumables. I'm going to be spending a *lot* of time on that website, though I'm not ready to drop the dough-ray-mee on their vertical system, there's a lot of information that deals with very specific questions I've had, such as how P is handled in aquaponics.
I'm also curious to see if anyone's aquaponicking crawdaddies. No bones! And even tastier than any fish we could rear. The one problem? Inverts generally generate a very low to almost nil waste load.
I've often thought to myself that it's really too bad a crawdaddy claw has so little meat, because I can see it being a perpetual system otherwise.
albeit a ruthless n rather heartless one!
neverbreak
No more or less heartless than raising fish for food in the first place...
i respectfully disagree.
in raisin fish ya raise 'em til ya kill 'em, clean n simple. in raisin crawdaddies to continually harvest their claws, yer raisin 'em to lop off a body part, waitin til it grows back n doin it again..and again...and again...until one day they die. for me, i don't see the difference between that and farmin bears for bile. it's a lifetime of pain, not just a swift death at the end.
neverbreak
On the surface it does appear to be that way, doesn't it? And you may or may not know that I'm one of those people who can't stand to see or cause suffering.i respectfully disagree.
in raisin fish ya raise 'em til ya kill 'em, clean n simple. in raisin crawdaddies to continually harvest their claws, yer raisin 'em to lop off a body part, waitin til it grows back n doin it again..and again...and again...until one day they die. for me, i don't see the difference between that and farmin bears for bile. it's a lifetime of pain, not just a swift death at the end.
neverbreak
There are apparently quite a few varieties of fish that are particularly amenable to our purposes, including but not limited to pacu, tilapia, trout, carp, bass, catfish and more. One important decision to make early is whether you want to maintain warm water fish or cold. Warm varieties tend to be more productive, yield more, eat more and of course add more ammonia and such to the system. They can also be expensive to keep warm in the winter.
Again, I'm parroting back information I've gathered second hand. The hands on person to talk to about aquatics is @Seamaiden ...so I tag thee, in hopes that she shall appear and enlighten all of us!
Back to the AC part. I'm choosing a warm water system, with the tank water to hover around 60 at a bare minimum in the winter, and warm into the 70s F in summer. I believe I can keep the tank water warmer than 60 all winter, because I already employ an integrated water cooling system, connected to a 2 Ton chiller. What's the connection? Well, water- the chiller's job is to remove heat from a closed circuit water system that chills RDWC as well as cools and dehumidifies the growroom.
If I run the return from those circuits through a water to water heat exchanger, passing it across water coming inside from the fishtank, then the excess heat ends up in the nutrient water, just as it's coming inside to do all of its filtration, nitrification and purification duties. This encourages those processes, and the now chilled return water in the cooling system returns to the reservoir, ready to be used again. Only when the water outside is not sufficiently cold will the indoor chiller unit chug to life and actively cool the circuit.
Meanwhile, that warm water passes through the entire indoor part of its cycle, now warmed up to its optimal temperature. It's then returned to the tank outside, keeping it and fish warm without the use of a heating element!
We'll cover walking on water another time, lol.
I like your thinking, linking both indoor and outdoor grows into one efficient system. Would love to see something like this a reality. It's got great potential.
-- iCultivate --
If I build one of these systems for my house and then attempt to offer my services professionally, will the industry care?
Difficult to say, but sustainable projects are gaining traction and popularity. I imagine there would be a niche for your professional services if it works as you're planning. Go for it Ty, it's a great idea.
Haha, right on bro!
ya reckon by integratin the whole thing, ya might run into trouble? as in, if one part fails, will the whole system collapse? just ponderin...
neverbreak
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