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Originally posted by Monty
Aquaponics seems to be the latest thing especially in Australia. Grow seafood and vegetables in one integrated system. I was wondering if it would be a worthwhile community project for the big island.
One of my neighbors has the system.The cost
without installation was about 2K.
I'd guess that for people who try to be self-sufficient it's not particular affordable price.
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There are a lot of homebuilt aquaponic systems which don't require that much upfront costs. My neighbors are building one with two stock tanks (roughly $100 each at the feed store)and a small submersible pump they are running off their solar system using a timer so it only runs during the day when the sun is shining. There's also some PVC pipe and other odds and ends they bought, but the big parts are the two stock tanks and the bilge pump. They will end up with less than $500 in the system. At the moment they are just starting to build it, so we will see how it goes.
These things run the usual way of things. You can figure out how to build it yourself and save a pile of money or buy a pre-packaged "kit" and spend about four to six times as much money.
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The 3-d way - to hire a guy who figured it out to build it for you[
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Keep us posted.Thank you.
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Originally posted by StillHope
http://eartheasy.com/shop/gardening_raised_beds.html
And a "side question" - how much soil do I need for 4'x12' raised bed?
I'd appreciate the information.
for this size bed at 1' deep would require 4'x12'x1'=48 cu. ft. There are 27 cu. ft in 1 cu.yd. so you would need 1.77 cu. yd. for this size.
It would be easier to place a smaller size bed such as 4'x8'x1'=32 cu.ft and more of them for less cost. Do not use treated wood. Use Western Cedar as it is fairly rot resistant and will last many years.
