What are you planning next?

[Hex]

(2 October 2013, 20:31)Scythe13 Wrote:

(2 October 2013, 18:24)Hex Wrote: finish my aquaponics build

Post up about it when you've got it done mate. I was talking to the wife about it earlier, but she's a veggie so might make the fish thing difficult.

Would love to see pics too when it's done.

will see what i can do about pics

as for eating the fish, im conflicted on this. i understand the idea behind aquaponics is you have both fish and plants to eat which is what makes aquaponics so appealing to me. the problem i can see rising though is actually getting the fish to breed and having the fry survive to an edible size without being ate by the larger fish. now breeding the fish probably wouldnt be an issue if my set up was larger as i could have a specific fry tank but since i have a reasonably small set up im not sure how it will go. if im lucky i might still be able to sort something though but if i cant breed the fish then ideally i dont want to be eating them.

the other problem is then what type of fish to raise, Talapia and trout are the most common as i understand things. Talapia however are tropical meaning the need to heat the tank water. which in turn will put a drain on my power supply. with that in mind Trout would seem like the better option, however im not actually sure how i could get trout without actually fishing for them.

of cause the other option i have is possibly filling the tank with goldfish