DIY Aquaponics build 4

June 23, 2013 | Filed under: Videos | Posted by:


Soylent Green is made of… Woot. We got the shrimp and duckweed in the mail. We’re going to feed the fish the duckweed and hopefully the shrimp will keep th…

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7 Responses to DIY Aquaponics build 4

  1. where can i get duckweed i have looked all over and called all the pond places around here i Ga no one has it

    ThunderLardner
    June 23, 2013 at 4:19 am
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  2. Hmmm, what i know is that duckweed needs LOTS of sunshine. Is you system well illuminated?, second duckweed needs standing water, or very low disturbance, and it seems from the video that your pump is quite disturbing the water. Frozen duckweed is an awesome tip 🙂

    Marc Abelha
    June 23, 2013 at 5:12 am
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  3. I wish I could say that they worked out well. The duckweed, nor the shrimp survived in this mini system. I was able to get some local duckweed that did ok in the bigger system though.

    steph1971
    June 23, 2013 at 5:59 am
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  4. How about a followup video to this, sure would like to know how this worked for you (both the shrimp and duckweed.

    frozenfowler
    June 23, 2013 at 6:26 am
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  5. Hah. That’s awesome. I may have to use that technique.

    steph1971
    June 23, 2013 at 6:52 am
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  6. Did you know you can freeze your duckweed, then take out like a ice cube size and drop it into your fish tank and they will eat it that way.

    VeggieManCenter
    June 23, 2013 at 7:46 am
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