Aquaponics in barrels

[plastid]

Aquaponics; It may not be very cheap or easy but it looks like a lot of fun;

http://www.northernaquafarms.com/knowledge...nics-Manual.pdf

[Rev]

LOl heres my aquaculture effort atm

i collect water in drums all over the garden

in each i put fish to eat mozzies

air breathing ones like gourami

or just hardy ones like guppies

now they are overwintering in the greenhouse with some late test germinated lotus

one day ill do better

[teonanacatl]

Yeah I like that idea :D His setup seems like more complex then would be needed. Surely a pond with drip system or nutrient film setup hooked up to the plants would be just as effective. If you dont want to use a pump you can use buckets on pullies lol. A good type of fish for aus would be catfish :D

http://survivalplus.com/foods/page0007.htm

[Rev]

Or Jade perch

http://www2.dpi.qld.gov.au/fishweb/14076.html

http://www.ausyfish.com/jade_perch.htm

or if you have to

even kissing gourami from the petshop get to 20cm and are raised in indonesia for eating where admitedly they prefer smaller fish

Edited April 18, 2007 by Rev

[teonanacatl]

yeah i guess the possibilities are endless.

[plastid]

Thanks, the jade perch sounds very suitable and edible.

As for the catfish (and the guinea pig idea on the other thread) its hard enough to enjoy eating a handraised creature. Catfish make a squeaky noise when caught which I find freaky. The markets near me sell live marron and crayfish for ~$20 kg, I might give them a try too.

[devance]

http://www.recipezaar.com/recipes/tilapia

Seems to be a nonfishy flavor.

But never tried it.

[devance]

The Barcoo grunter, Scortum barcoo

Sounds like a better idea.

[devance]

I not so sure with the drought conditions in the AUS anything but catfish might be the way of it.

As a interesting aside is that clam and oyster farmers lease tide land .

"blood on the half shell" / is the title of a book autobiography of jewish man that went to oregon and did so.

The blood on the half shell was when he freaked out seeing his oysters[net ]\ turn red by filtering out the red blood cells of a nearby net catch.