This guy is great. Purely open-source ecology here, recycling common materials, achievable without power tools, suggestions for methods. It’s so simple it is criminal. I see a small problem if we are going to adapt an aquaponic system to be based in these barrels, and that is that the reservoir is too large, and there could be a problem with spillage. With such a large reservoir we are adding unnecessary weight and the need to pump more water which means more energy to move the water and more water use. However it is a novel idea. It can be aptly used as a method of raised bed agriculture to redevelop an urban space with contaminated soils and can be adapted to incorporate vertical growth by stacking the barrels. Furthermore it is neat. Everything is contained in a barrel with a predetermined size can make planning a garden much easier.
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Hey guys, I have a small lake/large pond in my backyard and was wdonering if it would be feasible to take 2 old Sunfish Hulls, build a pvc greenhouse frame over them and use the water straight from the pond for a now Floating Greenhouse? I believe these boats have a foam inside and won’t sink beyond a point. And, the body of water is over 80yrs old with a underground spring supplying so it has a established ecosystem already. Hoping a floating water filter will allow for a denser fish ratio.
It should be lvlatieery mild winters where they are located but they are attempting to use biogas to heat the greenhouse where they keep the aquaponic system. Given the scale of their biogas system and the lvlatieery mild winters they should be able to do it, or at least come very close to it. 8 months of below zero won’t cut it with tilapia unless you have a small nuclear plant heating your system. You would probably need a pretty high tech high energy system to maintain it.