The Truth About Aquaponics

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http://www.fetch123.com/talkshow This video demonstrates the pros and cons of using aquaponics to grow your own produce… Keywords: aquaponics aquaponics sy…

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25 Responses to The Truth About Aquaponics

  1. Great info from someone who has done it…

    Top 10 Lifehacks
    January 30, 2015 at 4:16 pm
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  2. You’re calling this “The Truth?” Come on, guy. You really can’t get bent
    about failing when you haven’t done your due diligence. You should know
    exactly what you need to supplement. Iron does happen to be one, but there
    are also sometimes potassium, calcium and other deficiencies to watch for,
    which can be easily (and cheaply) fixed. When it comes to moving the fish
    indoors, you should have picked a more temperature appropriate species. A
    lot of the choices out there would survive just fine if you keep the water
    from freezing and you can do that without heat.

    Eric Mastenbrook
    January 30, 2015 at 4:56 pm
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  3. Music and singing is also a scam! I tried both and failed badly, apparently
    have no skills, so it must be a scam! 😛
    This is the same as this guys version of ‘truth’. Where does he think food
    comes from?? He slams aquaponics then says farming in general can’t be
    done..wtf O.o……wasted 4 minutes listening and will not waste more more
    moment! Too much silliness!

    Missy West
    January 30, 2015 at 5:31 pm
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  4. 30 fish in 300 gallons of water!…………not enough feed for amount of
    water,…thats like one fish producing enough waste to provide 110 liters
    with enough protein for the plants…not enough fish for water dude…

    jmpmcd
    January 30, 2015 at 5:47 pm
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  5. I always appreciate different opinions however I would recommend getting a
    variety of opinions on aquaponics from various sources before making any
    determinations. There was some good experiential opinion here, however the
    majority of the info out there would point to a more positive outlook on
    aquaponics farming than what is described here. I would tend to disagree
    with most of this information but it is always up to each to make his/her
    own determination. Thanks for sharing an opinion.

    SSLFamilyDad
    January 30, 2015 at 5:59 pm
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  6. Funny sounds like a city slicker trying to be a farmer and lacks basic
    construction skills. I have been farming for 4-5 years which AP for 4. I
    live in the south and we have high humidity and high heat for about 6
    months out of the year… This fella should have been using trout for the
    NY area. Second thing he is using clay/glass should have been used local
    sourced rocks… But from hearing this fella’s comments he doesn’t have
    much experience and shouldn’t be doing a podcast about the subject… 

    Leesville Aquaponics Homestead
    January 30, 2015 at 6:42 pm
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  7. A dissenting opinion is not truth.

    I can tell he didn’t think this thing out – didn’t account for his local
    environment, didn’t account for operational costs, didn’t account for
    temperature dips and spikes, didn’t account for seasonal growing, didn’t
    account for humidity – yes, true – aquaponics isn’t easy and the
    oversimplification of what it is online isn’t morally right…but let’s
    hear someone who HAS succeeded…not someone who failed and can’t even name
    the plants he’s currently growing…really?

    Anyone who has run an ornamental pond will understand that aquaponics is
    the artificial formation of a rich ecosystem in a fraction of the space in
    a closed-circuit loop. It takes time, it takes patience, it takes failure
    for humans to create nature. And more often than not, nature wins out when
    you don’t work with it. Aquaponics relies on a balance – and if you’re too
    impatient to wait for that balance to happen, then yeah, it’s probably not
    for you. Let’s have a real roundtable discussion on the pros and cons –
    because it’s not the savior of the human race and for areas that get
    bone-chillingly cold it can be out of reach financially, but for where I
    live (Southern California) it makes perfect sense in our metropolitan
    desert urban wasteland.

    So don’t label stuff as truth, when it only applies to one person’s
    negative experience…and a various smattering of farm-fishing news
    stories. Farm fisheries are known for accepting disgusting practices to get
    the most profit out of our insatiable craving for fish. It’s nothing new –
    when you treat life as a commodity, this is what happens. But stories like
    that have nothing to do with the backyard AP movement.

    Mike Sheets
    January 30, 2015 at 6:55 pm
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  8. Here is a clue, deconstructed aquaponics! different temps, pH, locations,
    ect. ….. the quality of food grown from a completely living system with a
    large biodiversity is unbeatable. keep working. Do you need a hand? More
    money in not the answer

    Paul Jensen
    January 30, 2015 at 7:22 pm
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  9. Wow…and yet so, so many people succeed. Go figure…..

    Michael H
    January 30, 2015 at 7:45 pm
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  10. This better be a joke!

    Julien Griffe
    January 30, 2015 at 7:45 pm
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  11. “a lot of work” how many hours do you work to buy your food
    conventionally, your after tax dollars

    Paul Jensen
    January 30, 2015 at 8:16 pm
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  12. Ill tell you what is missing. Your lack of research on the subject. Do not
    deter people from aquaponics as this is the future of farming. 

    David Edlund
    January 30, 2015 at 9:05 pm
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  13. lol 30 hole fish wow gave it a good try didn’t you. “hopefully sarcasm
    noted” this hole thing is a comedy “they spray cow manure on everything?”
    sounds like they did their home work. the guy doing the aquaponics didn’t
    even know anything about nutrient breakdown. this whole thing was a good
    laugh on a wannabe farmer.

    zinx99
    January 30, 2015 at 9:27 pm
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  14. Just found the vlog.. I’m also in upstate (716) wanting to know if the
    system is still going or if he really is selling if selling I would be
    interested in done things 

    Mike Kendrick
    January 30, 2015 at 10:23 pm
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  15. welcome to being a farmer

    michael kindscherm
    January 30, 2015 at 10:58 pm
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  16. At least he does start out by saying that farming in general is too
    difficult for his personality or lifestyle. Most of his concerns can be
    solved by automation equipment (better greenhouse, climate control,
    thermometers, replacing the broken humidity controls, proper fish/system
    gallon ratio, renewable energy supply, etc.) The pH issues can be
    mitigated by selecting more standard aquaponic vegetation that thrives at
    similar pH levels as the fish. The benefit of aquaponics vs hydroponics is
    that it’s much less dependent on outside, made-by-manufacturer materials
    (liquid plant food in a bottle.) I’ve seen an aquaponic system that has
    been in continuous operation for more than a decade. The owner grows the
    feed for his tilapia, powers his greenhouse with solar for heating and wind
    for electricity, collects heirloom seeds at each harvest, and even breeds
    the fish for the next generations. To each his own, but this is pretty
    awesome in my opinion.

    PSPSMITH202
    January 30, 2015 at 11:48 pm
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  17. Good to point out the cons, it’s something one is “married” to. Any farmer
    will tell you that their days are spent fixin’ fences. The pump goes out,
    you have to hand fill them a few times a day until you get it replaced,
    etc. However… if one builds the system from scratch, one knows its
    foibles and the little upsets are easier to deal with. Bought automated
    systems spoil a person and when something goes wrong, the person is at a
    loss. Farm water bucket heaters solve the problem with heat. As the
    weather gets cooler, I place one of these into a 5 gallon bucket and float
    it. These cut on at below 80 and off at 110. When hard freezes come in,
    dropping the bucket below the water level keeps it warm without overheating
    the water outside the bucket. We’ve had 5 degrees last winter and the
    raising and lowering of the buckets did great. I pay particular attention
    to keeping the greenhouse overall at above 60F at night as I am using it
    primarily to grow tropicals. It’s not easy, but well worth it. my coffee,
    chocolates and coconuts are doing well. Self-sufficient farming is a
    dedication, not a hobby. Having feel-good foods home grown can be done as
    a hobby… but the dedication to self-sufficiency requires work and
    ingenuity as the fences need mending.

    Cecilia Morris
    January 31, 2015 at 12:37 am
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  18. I listened for about 2 minutes. The guest couldn’t hardly state what he was
    growing? Uhh, BS. It’s no wonder why the thumbs down is triple the thumbs
    ups. Keep it.

    Hugh Jaynus
    January 31, 2015 at 12:56 am
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  19. One should learn as much able before starting any new enterprise. Too
    little research can cause many unforeseen problems. This is the place this
    guy found himself in. Aquaponics uses about 10% of the water and as little
    as 20% of the land as conventional farming, for the same amount of
    production. It can be very rewarding if you take the time and build a good
    working system.

    gary kimberly
    January 31, 2015 at 1:00 am
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  20. A few guys that know little to nothing about aquaponics telling people the
    truth about it. Yes it takes money to heat system and it takes time to
    maintain. Truth is everything in life takes time and money. Sounds like the
    guy got into aquaponics and didnt like it. The fact that he doesn’t know
    whats growing in his system tells me that someone else is probably
    maintaining it. Most of the info in this is incorrect. 

    kenny2william
    January 31, 2015 at 1:17 am
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  21. I do t know where he would put earth worms? There shouldn’t be any soil or
    anything substrate that can be toxic to the fish

    7205buttas
    January 31, 2015 at 2:12 am
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  22. just listened for the second time………..take this off the
    interweb….you are give bad and false info about pretty much
    everything….talking about stuff your not familiar with and giving false
    info…REMOVE…

    jmpmcd
    January 31, 2015 at 3:08 am
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  23. What kind of trash talk show is this? Attacking Einstein? I have no
    opinion on the matter but that seems pretty counter productive on their
    part. The one guy who actually knew about aquaponics didn’t know anything
    about it such as how to fix the problems associated with it. Of course
    you’re going to hate something if you don’t understand it. They tried to
    bring up counter points to certain arguments but did a poor job of it. His
    climate problem could have been controlled very easily outdoors with very
    simple techniques. You can use fish that don’t require a strictly
    regulated temperature for winter growing. You can add earth worms to the
    grow beds to help with the nutrient deficiencies. The bacteria are not
    strong in the system in the first few months to grow nutrient intensive
    plants such as tomatoes. They did such an injustice to this aquaponics
    community. 

    Fizicks1
    January 31, 2015 at 3:45 am
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  24. 7 people suck dog nuts

    terrence dean
    January 31, 2015 at 4:03 am
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  25. no one should believe this!

    Keven Osterloh
    January 31, 2015 at 4:33 am
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