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duane hennon
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Posts: 770
Location: western pennsylvania zone 5/a
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posted 4 years ago
http://permaculturenews.org/2013/05/28/chinampas-2-0-an-elegant-technology-from-the-past-to-save-the-future/
basically aquaponics designs are just variations on the theme:
separating the growbeds from the ponds(fish tanks)
housing in greenhouses for weather concerns
using tubes and trays and pumps
some things may be necessary for local conditions
but many "improvements" seem to add unnecessary costs and things to go wrong
is the outcome of the project to grow plants and fish
or to see how complicated we can make things?
http://permaculturenews.org/2013/05/28/chinampas-2-0-an-elegant-technology-from-the-past-to-save-the-future/
basically aquaponics designs are just variations on the theme:
separating the growbeds from the ponds(fish tanks)
housing in greenhouses for weather concerns
using tubes and trays and pumps
some things may be necessary for local conditions
but many "improvements" seem to add unnecessary costs and things to go wrong
is the outcome of the project to grow plants and fish
or to see how complicated we can make things?
Mary James
Posts: 145
Location: NW MT Zones 4/5 Rollins Mt
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R Scott
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Location: Kansas Zone 6a
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posted 4 years ago
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Nathan Wrzesinski
Posts: 79
Location: Austin Texas
posted 4 years ago
Actually, the opposite happens. The fish eat the mosquitoes, eggs, and larvae. The mosquito populations drop dramatically when using aquaponics systems. If countries that have problems with malaria would promote a national aquaponics campaign, thousands of people's lives could be saved every year.
Fun fact: Only female mosquitoes bite.
Matthew Clark wrote:Wouldn't mosquitoes and the disease they spread be a problem with this system in use in a tropical environment?
Actually, the opposite happens. The fish eat the mosquitoes, eggs, and larvae. The mosquito populations drop dramatically when using aquaponics systems. If countries that have problems with malaria would promote a national aquaponics campaign, thousands of people's lives could be saved every year.
Fun fact: Only female mosquitoes bite.
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Jeremiah Robinson
Posts: 92
Location: Madison, WI
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posted 3 years ago
I think it depends what you compare it to. My aquaponics has two moving parts - a pump and an aerator. If you count the indexing valve, that's three.
Conventional farming uses 4-5 or more entire machines with hundreds of moving parts each.
However, the complexity of the soil food web will always surpass the methods we employ to make use of it, by a great deal.
Conventional farming uses 4-5 or more entire machines with hundreds of moving parts each.
However, the complexity of the soil food web will always surpass the methods we employ to make use of it, by a great deal.
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