AQUAPONICS IN OUR GREENHOUSE

For the past 4 years we have had a "test" aquaponics system set up on our back porch.

This system started with a 50 gallon barrel using 1/3 for the grow bed and 2/3 for the fish tank.

We began with a simple pond pump and a bell siphon system set up.  We sacrificed a dozen or so goldfish getting the system to balance with the right bacteria but once regulated we found the tank habitable for a single catfish we fished from our stock pond.  After about 6 months we found the bell siphon too finicky and we opted to move forward with an ebb and flow set up which proved much easier to maintain.  Over the years we tested many different kinds of vegetable and herb plants in the system often placing hardier herbs in to maintain things over the colder winter months.