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Well been back from a couple of months Hiatus.
I was doing this to mimic what people did in the depression days. you know, very little money, hardly a drop of electricity, only using stuff around the house. Well it did work for some time. The problem was the city water was highly chlorinated. It would have worked with that problem fixed. I tried with little money, not going all out and spending dollars that I do not have on an aquatic system.
I do want to still try barrelponics. I see good hope in this with bigger containers, same pump, more pvc pipes, tilapia instead of catfish, and a hydroponics bed that will feed into the fish container and so on.
But my project MUST be under 100.00. That includes the fish.
The lesson with catfish in a barrel worked about 95% as eFishent as the one from the depression era. So I say it was a success.
On the extreme plus side, fish water is excellent for plants!!
I was doing this to mimic what people did in the depression days. you know, very little money, hardly a drop of electricity, only using stuff around the house. Well it did work for some time. The problem was the city water was highly chlorinated. It would have worked with that problem fixed. I tried with little money, not going all out and spending dollars that I do not have on an aquatic system.
I do want to still try barrelponics. I see good hope in this with bigger containers, same pump, more pvc pipes, tilapia instead of catfish, and a hydroponics bed that will feed into the fish container and so on.
But my project MUST be under 100.00. That includes the fish.
The lesson with catfish in a barrel worked about 95% as eFishent as the one from the depression era. So I say it was a success.
On the extreme plus side, fish water is excellent for plants!!
