Have you heard of aquaponics where you live, or would you like to try it?

@DWPlanetA

2 жыл бұрын

@Chirag Sharma A DIY system can start at around 100 USD (as seen at 9:45), and an industrial system can be cost-competitive because it uses much less fertilizers, pesticides, water and space than conventional farming.

@mrkokolore6187

2 жыл бұрын

I've heard of it but am unaware of any projects in my surroundings.

@TzokoliT

2 жыл бұрын

@Chirag Sharma It may be seemingly expensive at the outset, but that's only for the set-up. You keep using the same pipes, the same fish, and so on. For my own, we just feed our carp/goldfish vegetable scraps to save on fish food, and if you have tilapia or cichlids they will eat almost anything edible. Also, because it is in a closed environment and with water, you don't have to deal with pests, and actually I like to put a bug light over the fish tank so that some bugs will fall into the water and get eaten by the fish. Much time is saved when harvesting. the vegetables are ready-to-eat! Some aquaponic farms have their customers just enter the warehouse and cut off leaves or take whatever they need. Then all one must do is just replace the empty slot with a new seedling. Because you can control the temperature/light/etc you will always have a reliable harvest not dependent on the weather.

@JohnnyKarate44

2 жыл бұрын

Get rid of this music guys!!

@mhcbon4606

2 жыл бұрын

and i forgot the water pump, that you need to double in case of problem !!!!!

Im a preschool teacher and this is a project that Im doing with my students right now! Our lettuces have grown so well. We love it!

@gsogaming5783

2 жыл бұрын

What lucky students, I’m sure you’re a phenomenal teacher! Keep it up!

@something7432

2 жыл бұрын

Pls change your dp teacher

@test-pb3xs

2 жыл бұрын

Don't they have any negative health effect on us?

@skygge1006

2 жыл бұрын

@@test-pb3xs no this style is completely organic and healthy

@valanprakash

2 жыл бұрын

how do u filter all waste from water, i want to try it too

My family been doing aquaponic for generations ... Instead of Tilapia, we're now breed hybrid sea bass. We eat the vegies and sell the sea bass on market because of its high market value on the market

@suvinmicheal

2 жыл бұрын

Where r u from?

@JesusSucksUrDick

2 жыл бұрын

@@suvinmicheal malaysia

@derroltity6824

2 жыл бұрын

from malaysia also...wish can learn from ur family how to aquaponics

@suvinmicheal

2 жыл бұрын

Does it need alot as investment?

@JesusSucksUrDick

2 жыл бұрын

@@suvinmicheal not really..i mean we've been doing it since my great grandad's time ..we just upgrade little by little throughout the year.. at the very least its a somewhat modern aquaponics.

I've been doing aquaponics for about 6 years now. Trying to take my systems to the next level because it just make sense. This video was hit after hit of what I've been doing and trying to do. My system if off grid and year round production!

@leventeacs6371

2 жыл бұрын

How does the cost of your vegetables compare to vegetables bought in shops/markets? Seeing this video is the first time I have heard about aquaponics so I am curious.

@penguinponics

2 жыл бұрын

@@leventeacs6371 You should probably post as a new reply instead of as a reply to my comment. FWIW though, at least with my system, it is incredibly cheap to run when you look at resource use. My system is mostly recycled materials including the batteries to run my pumps 24/7/365. Between water use, electrical needs, feed input, and supplements it is far more environmentally friendly and allows me to grow year round in a greenhouse.

@insAneTunA

2 жыл бұрын

@@leventeacs6371 I'll share you my experience that I have build up over the past decade with various pumps. Right now I have a 5 square yard system and a lot of plants in my fishpond. My current variable water pump from a brand that is called Aquaforte is pumping all year long at 40 watt, but it is possible to do it even more efficient. These newer type of pumps pump much more efficient compared to the older traditional pumps. When I bought my pump it was new in the market and at that time the seller did not specify which diameter pipe was best for my pump. So a bit later, after I installed my pipes and my pump, I learned that I installed a pipe that is actually a bit to wide in diameter, so therefore I need to run it a bit harder. And therefore the pump is using a bit more energy compared to a proper installed pump with the correct diameter pipe. I could solve the issue by buying a larger pump and run it at a lower flow rate, or by installing a smaller diameter pipe. But for me it is not a real issue so I leave it as it is. I also have to pump the water up a little higher compared to most other systems that I have seen so far because my sump tank is buried in the ground, and also because I use gravity for the rest of the system. That also causes a bit more use of energy. But that enables me to use a single pump for my entire system, and because of that it reduces the risk of catastrophic failures, and it makes the system much less complicated. My grow beds are connected to my fishpond. Because of that I split my water into two different flows. So that also causes a bit more use of energy. To make a long story short, I did not optimize my system for maximal food production and maximal square footage for my grow beds. Instead I created a system to keep my relative small fish pond clear and healthy while growing strawberries and a few other varieties at the same time. And I made it look somewhat pleasing for the eye, so I had to make some compromises. And those compromises reflect in a little more use of energy. But still, 40 Watt is not much compared to a small basket of fresh fruit and all the vegetables from the store, considering what you can harvest with your own dedicated system with such little use of energy. Vegetables and fruit are getting very expensive. And if your system is running very good you can grow eatable fish as well. And fish is even more expensive to buy. So it depends on how large your backyard is, and if you want to make a dedicated aquaponics system for maximal food production, but if you have space enough I roughly estimate that you can build a 20 square yard system, maybe even larger, that runs at half the energy that I am using, while it produces a lot of vegetables and fruit, and eatable fish. If you install the proper pump and pipes. Basically one solar panel and a large car battery would be more then sufficient enough to run the entire system night and day 24/7 even at cloudy days.

@ejazahmed3843

2 жыл бұрын

Would you like to share a detailed video on your setup for beginners like me? So that we can install an efficient system with experiences you had .thanks

@DWPlanetA

2 жыл бұрын

We are happy you liked the approach we showed in our video. Please consider contacting the startups/companies directly to get the information.

Aquaponics, agro forestry, permaculture, seaweed farming, natural sequence farming and so many others. I think all these techniques and methods needs to implemented at various levels so that the destructive industrial farming can be diminished to whatever level we can achieve really. Diversification and decentralization is the key. We do this and bang bang! Although I am certain that the change won't be as smooth as we think and the only reason I can think of is that people are just too tired to try new(they are old but not known to many) techinques in farming. Hope this changes.

@unbreakableldorado7723

2 жыл бұрын

Bro your comment just helped to restore my faith into humanity a little

@dps3902

2 жыл бұрын

@@unbreakableldorado7723 glad it did

@williambrandondavis6897

2 жыл бұрын

You have obviously never been on a real farm.

@dps3902

2 жыл бұрын

@@williambrandondavis6897 um I'm from India. In India, the suicide rate of farmers is the highest in the world. It's one of the biggest political issues in India right now. Most of the people are leaving farming for a better life. Maybe I'm not a farmer but I do know pretty closely what's its like for not so rich farmers to lose their crops by erratic rains which are prevalent in India by the way. But I guess you clearly are not in for it, maybe you're one of those big industrial farmers so that makes sense. But if you're just some other dude on internet who doesn't know anything he's talking about then I would say with pretty please, with sugar on top, eat shit

@dps3902

2 жыл бұрын

@@williambrandondavis6897 also, I never said its going to change completely conventional farming,rather my focus was on the diversification and decentralization. A bunch of greedy corporations deciding what's best food for me, nah. Fuck em.

Basically if you want to make good food free from too many human inputs... it has to mimic a robust ecosystem as close as possible. With the right amount producers, consumers, decomposes all interacting with inorganic components of the system and an energy source. the more biodiverse a system is the more robust it is. Thats why monoculture doesn't work in the long run.

@HinduBoy

2 жыл бұрын

Actual Factual

@insAneTunA

2 жыл бұрын

My aquaponics system is biodiverse, and it has all the components that nature provides. In fact that is the whole idea behind aquaponics. If it weren't a closed loop system it would not even work.

@youngguywastinghislife2084

2 жыл бұрын

Hello. If they took the plants in that ecosphere, the nutrients in that sphere would reduce over time because they took the plants. The quality and quantity produced over time would reduce. Edit: ohhh... Fish in a tank produce poo. Poo water nurture in some thing. Poo water go to water farm. You just need to feed fish.

@insAneTunA

2 жыл бұрын

@@youngguywastinghislife2084 You forgot an important step in the biological process of the system because you do not understand how it works. But I will give it a shot and try to teach you something about aquaponics. You feed the fish, the fish pee and poo, and after that the ammonia and other chemical components from the fish waste get converted by bacteria into nutrients for the plants. So as long as you keep feeding the fish, there will be a constant stream of nutrients for the bacteria, and they will create a constant stream of nutrients for the plants :-) And so once in a while you need to ad some minerals in order to keep the water hardness and the PH at an optimal level for the bacteria, the fish, and the crops that you want yo grow. Those minerals that I am talking about is not food for the living organisms, but those minerals make it possible for the living organisms to process their food. It is needed to keep their system going. Such an additive can be sea weed extraction, or molasses, or some other natural existing component that does the trick. Fish food can be anything, living insects and larvae, different types of worms, water fleas, or mosquito larvae, or dried food such as dried insects and larvae, or other dry food. And all that food can be grown easily, and locally, and with waste bio mass from the crops, or the water from the system, at high volumes and very low costs, with a constant rate. The reason why an aquaponics system is so effective is not because it is some sort of magic, but because it uses very low energy to grow vegetables and proteins at the same time, at high yields, in a very small space. And it produces almost zero CO2 emissions, and it reduces the need for fresh water by 80%, and it takes away the need for fertilizers and pesticides because both would kill the bacteria and therefore the whole system. And it is very reliable, and the harvest is all year long. And there is no need for weeding, so there is very little time spend on maintaining the system and the crops. And there is virtually no risk for undesired weather influences. Unless there is a tornado or other natural disaster. It is only logical once you understand the biology behind it. Fish use the heat from the water as an energy source to digest their food, that means that they do not have to use the energy from their food source to heat up their body and digestive system, and therefore fish can use all the energy from their food source to grow their body. Fish do also not waste any energy from their food source on staying upright or to stay warm. And the diet from a fish contains much more proteins compared to the diet from a cow or other livestock. And fish do not fart as much as cows or other livestock. And fish do not create any harmful fine dust. It will never fully replace conventional farming because you can't grow certain crops with an aquaponics system. But other crops do extremely well with this system. So there you go, I hope that that you have learned something from it :-)

@youngguywastinghislife2084

2 жыл бұрын

@@insAneTunA Thanks for the detailed explanation. I was looking at it at a wrong angle. I was looking at it as a closed system. Like a Biosphere. So there is input and output. What you are saying is.. You feed fish. Fish poop. Fish poop good for plant. Fish poop go to water plant. It is low cost, low effort, high efficiency farming strategy. This strat doesn't get plants penalty when it is planted in different season. This farming strategy doesn't affect or fasten the global warming event. Fish is a great animal to rear because of low cost if the water is in optimal condition. It produces fish meat and poop that can be fertilizer. Fish is a versatile low cost high efficiency organism.

Already doing this to grow salad vegetables. Food tastes better when you worked hard for it. Saving up some money to incorporate solar panels to save on electricity. The environmental scientist in me is happy watching these videos.

@tinotendagutsa466

2 жыл бұрын

How much would a system like this cost ?

@justjess6636

2 жыл бұрын

@@tinotendagutsa466 depends on what you need in your situation. There is no size futs all or even most.

Wow! Amazing video! I'm a student of Fishering Engineering in Brazil and I love studying about aquaponics systems in other places! I hope my country invests more and more in projects like this.

We’ve had that is LA for years. They’re called crawfish farms. Rice in spring, and crawfish in fall.

@ransom182

2 жыл бұрын

Fake Liberal LA.

@enohs64

2 жыл бұрын

@@ransom182 he means Louisiana clown.

@Commandosoap777

2 жыл бұрын

@@ransom182 dawg ur so stupid lmao he means Louisiana

@machina188

2 жыл бұрын

@@ransom182 lmao

@jkid4855

2 жыл бұрын

@Akki Kishore compare to what? Alabama? lol

And we can store them in huge tower to save even more space and build said towers on the ocean so the waste produced can be used to grow algae and feed more fish

@wall57805

2 жыл бұрын

Building in/above water will increase the cost and time tremendously

@samualadams824

2 жыл бұрын

Towers in cities would be convenient

@hellatze

2 жыл бұрын

Dude. Need nutrient and energy to do this. Also expensive to made. No mention if disaster happens.

@hellatze

2 жыл бұрын

I think it wil be effecient if every household have this instead using tower

@emuriddle9364

2 жыл бұрын

@@wall57805 "No! You can't power an engine with steam. It's just steam!" "Ha ha! Railroad go wooooo!"

This channel has the potential to be great. Just wanna say that I'm here before it explode to 1 Million subscribers.

@jabariwiththebois5765

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah definitely this videos are great

@omeee

2 жыл бұрын

Does not matter. It is 100% paid with German tax money.

@jeremiahlunario4889

2 жыл бұрын

@@omeee how do you know that?

@omeee

2 жыл бұрын

@@jeremiahlunario4889 because we pay for it? Every household in Germany has to pay around 20 Euro per month so they can burn money with stuff like this. They get 8 billion Euro tax money plus ads on TV.

@DWPlanetA

2 жыл бұрын

Just a small note: tax money is not the same as the broadcasting fee. But in the result you are right, we (DW) are paid by the taxpayers (directly). The other ARD stations are paid via the broadcasting fee.

This is so cool, I just wish more companies would explore REAL sustainable ways of producing food. 😒

@CTZS

2 жыл бұрын

Cool yes. Profitable than existing options? To be seen.

@haydenr5128

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, because the way we’ve been growing food for the last few thousand years hasn’t been at all sustainable.

@thedude5001

2 жыл бұрын

The CO2 footprint of food transportation only represents 6% of the emissions.. Right now, farming with artificial lights rarely is "better", because the energy production often comes with fossil fuel emissions. It is really interesting because of the low water consumption - I'd be curious to see it happen on greenhouses

@skygge1006

2 жыл бұрын

@@thedude5001 I think the big thing here is that we would decrease water usage substantially

@uhoh2855

2 жыл бұрын

@@haydenr5128 well it hasn't, we paid for this by being in the era with the fastest desertification rate...

It is not new in the Philippines, either! We call it here "palay-isdaan", hybrid ricefield and tilapia ponds.

I have used my fish tanks and ponds to grow plants since the 1980s I know a good num of plants and fish- crustation types that do well in such systems I also use vermiculture. It's part of the cycle that's needed that this video doesn't consider.

I like this concept. There could be several indoor farms in the city that grow crops of their choice, and they can also sell it right next door. No need to transport the vegetables to the store if they grow in the store. Allows us to disturb nature less and reuse resources very well.

@justjess6636

2 жыл бұрын

You legitimately cannot do this with every crop. Root veggies don't do well in hydroponics and aquaponics. We need a hybrid style. Hydroponics and aquaponics are very good, but not a solution to all plants we eat.

@louishesketh2482

Жыл бұрын

Take away fast food and solve the majority of our issues.

@phil_matic

Жыл бұрын

@@justjess6636 even if you can’t do with all, it would still make a big impact to do it with what you can

@phil_matic

Жыл бұрын

@@louishesketh2482 fast food is literally not the problem. It’s our culture. As a person who eats pretty healthy I’d be pissed if we lost fast food

@louishesketh2482

Жыл бұрын

@@phil_matic as a person, try to think of the Billions of people that depend on this industry, and what this earth endures to supply this industry. Some eat this daily... when does it end? Synthetic meat to supply the demand!?!

My aquaponics system works great, and it uses 40 watt of power. Fresh strawberries every single day, and they taste sweet, fresh and juicy. I also have chive, reddish, bay leave, dragon herb, and a few other varieties.

I’ve been doing hydroponics on my balcony for more than a year now. It’s a stress reliever and i could get bunch of fresh and healthy veggies whenever i want. I have a plan to build aquaponic. The only problem is money lol

There's an aquaponics farm just a few blocks from me! I've been meaning to buy some of their fish. They use catfish :)

3:58 i like how they throw weed in there.

@Jacob_Tribal

2 жыл бұрын

Glad I saw your comment I missed it the first time.😅 🤣

@petergoestohollywood382

2 жыл бұрын

They’re a company from the Netherlands afterall haha

This was favorite thing when I was studying veterinary medicine, learning alternative farming techniques in synergy with plants & animals

3:59 focusing on that will get MANY people into aquaponics, hehe! I am also doing my own hydro and aquaponics with my turtles, koi, and goldfish

@maxhill9254

2 жыл бұрын

:-)

I definitely wanna start my own aquaponics farm on a mountain top ASAP!

@williamk1452

2 жыл бұрын

Start in your kitchen first. I did, and it was awesome.

In Indonesia the shrimp in huge farms have steel mesh on top with thousands of chickens on top of the mesh. Guess what the shrimp eat?

Disney World has an aquaponics research center and their Chiquita Banana ride takes you on a tour of it. Got to be honest, that was my favorite thing in Epcot. I thought it was so cool and such a good idea for both vertical growing and sustainable farming with both fish and vegetables.

This is brilliant. I truly hope this will catch on!

There are a lot of people who do not seem to understand why this aquaponics system is so efficient, and how it actually works from a biological perspective, and some people come up with all sorts of self created nonsense. So allow me to explain it in a bit more detail. You feed the fish, the fish pee and poop, and after that the ammonia and other chemical components from the fish waste get converted by bacteria into nutrients for the plants. So as long as you keep feeding the fish, there will be a constant stream of nutrients for the bacteria, and they will create a constant stream of nutrients for the plants :-) There are different aquaponics systems, the flood and drain systems also ad nitrogen automatically to the roots from the crops, and that nitrogen comes naturally from the surrounding air that we breath. And so once in a while you need to ad some minerals in order to keep the water hardness and the PH at an optimal level for the bacteria, the fish, and the crops that you want yo grow. Those minerals that I am talking about is not food for the living organisms, but those minerals make it possible for the living organisms to process their food. It is needed to keep their system going. A bit like what a gearbox does for a car. Such an additive can be sea weed extraction, or molasses, or some other natural existing component that does the trick. Fish food can be anything, living insects and larvae, different types of worms, water fleas, or mosquito larvae, or dried food such as dried insects and larvae, or other dry food. And all that food can be grown easily, and locally, and with waste bio mass from the crops, or the water from the system, at high volumes and very low costs, with a constant rate. The reason why an aquaponics system is so effective is not because it is some sort of magic, but because it uses very low energy to grow vegetables and proteins at the same time, with high yields, in a very small space. And it produces almost zero CO2 emissions, and it reduces the need for fresh water by 80%, and it takes away the need for fertilizers and pesticides because both would kill the bacteria and therefore the whole system. And it is very reliable, and the harvest is all year long. And there is no need for weeding, so there is very little time spend on maintaining the system and the crops. And there is virtually no risk for undesired weather influences. Unless there is a tornado or other big natural disaster. It is only logical once you understand the biology behind it. Fish use the heat from the water as an energy source to digest their food, that means that they do not have to use the energy from their food source to heat up their body and digestive system, and therefore fish can use all the energy from their food source to grow their body. Fish do also not waste any energy from their food source on staying upright or to chew on their food all day long. And the diet from a fish contains much more proteins compared to the diet from a cow or other livestock. And fish do not fart as much as cows or other livestock. And fish do not create any harmful fine dust. It will never fully replace conventional farming because you can't grow certain crops with an aquaponics system. But a very wide range of crops do extremely well with this system. So there you go, I hope that that you have learned something from it :-)

@davidjma7226

2 жыл бұрын

Plants need about 17-20 minerals and micronutrients. Does aquaponics provide this? One of the problems with hydroponics is that the plants lack the nutrients and taste bland as well as not being so beneficial.

@insAneTunA

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidjma7226 Short answer is no, the minerals and the taste are not a problem at all. It all depends on your local external factors and the setup. But I have to apply some minerals to my system, because for some minerals, not all, there is no natural supply. Which is true for every fishpond. And I have an outdoor system so the rain and the heavy nitrogen pollution in my country changes the water values, and I have to compensate for that so that the water hardness stays at the correct level. That is to keep the micro organisms happy, and the roots from the plants also need a certain amount of water hardness otherwise they simply stop growing. My flood and drain beds are filled with volcanic rock, so there are many minerals available, just not all. I also added worms to the system. The food from the fish brings minerals to the system. And because I have an outdoor system some minerals are supplied naturally by the birds, but also by thunderstorms, and by the wind, and so on. Also some left over bio mass from leafs and such will remain in the system and it will be converted into plant available nutrients by the micro organisms and worms. When it comes to taste I have no problems at all. The strawberries that I pick from my system taste delicious, and it is not comparable with what you can buy in the store. But that is mainly because they have to pick the strawberries a little too soon otherwise they become too ripe and too weak for transport. I can pick them when they taste at their sweetest, and I do not have to worry about transport. I transport them straight to my belly if the birds do not beat me to it :-) I also have garden crest, and chive, and it all tastes awesome. I do not have much personal experience with other crops because I like to experiment, and in the first years I had to get familiar with the system, and work out the problems and improve things. Like making it winter proof so that things do not get clogged during the winter so that I loose a lot of water, which has happend to me. And more of that sort of stuff. And my personal main goal is not to produce as much food as possible. I created this system to keep my pond clear, and to fulfill my personal curiosity. For me it is a hobby, and everything that I grow is for fun. And a substantial part gets eaten by the birds. Although I am in the middle of creating a cage so that in the future I can keep the birds out so that I can eat my own strawberries :-) The most important factor for every form of food production is the micro organisms. You can put all the nutrients in whatever grow medium you like, but if there are no micro organisms, or not enough with enough diversity, those nutrients will be useless and in many cases even work against a growing plant, and attract pests and diseases. The micro organisms make the nutrients available for the plants. They do all the important work. And when they are happy with the conditions where they live, and when they can do their very important work in the most optimal conditions, your veggies and fruits will taste delicious. So it is very important to know your local conditions and what might cause problems to your system and the micro organisms if you would not address it. But at the same time not all crops are suitable for an aquaponics system. And your local climate is an important factor as well. But the taste is not an issue at all :-)

@davidjma7226

2 жыл бұрын

@@insAneTunA Interesting - thanks for such a comprehensive answer. Sooo true about microbes too. I think there are about 6bn of them in a handful of soil and so many soils are sub par or simply barren without them. I represent a brilliant mineral fertilizer, certified organic with limitless supply. Owned by one commercial farmer, we practice the preachings of Neal Kinsey an eminent soil scientist. Obviously since fert prices 3x'd we have been quite busy. We are just moving into hydro and aquaponics/vertical farming in the Middle East as it can be supplied in aqueous format. It's a very interesting sector and a step away from our traditional broadacre farming base but farming is different in the desert! Congrats on everything you have achieved so far. Good to hear those strawbs are tasting as they should. Cheers.

@insAneTunA

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidjma7226 Well the whole idea behind aquaponics is to eliminate fertilizers all together. Fertilizers are a big no no. The fish in the system provide all the nutrients that are needed. And when it comes to soil based food production I do not recommend people to use fertilizers either. Instead I would recommend them to use the principles from permaculture, and the teachings from Dr. Elaine Ingham about organic farming and soil health. She is a scientist who knows everything about healthy soil. And I also would recommend them to learn from Dr. Johnson and his wife Su who came up with the Johnson and Su bio reactor. And I would also recommend people to watch the channel from Charles Dowding, an expert in organic food production without digging or tilling the soil, and with wood chips to cover the soil and to provide lots of habitat for micro organisms. Fertilizers are bad for plants and the micro organisms, and they attract pests and diseases. I would never ever recommend people to use fertilizers. No matter where they live, and no matter what system they use.

@pteechka1

Жыл бұрын

I think you may be using too narrow/limited definition of fertilizer. The waste created by the fish and plants is used as a large part of the fertilizer/nutrients needed. Fertilizer can be/often is from natural sources, and need not be toxic or disruptive.

That’s exactly what the Aztec did just un a way bigger scale “Chinampas”

@Pantsinabucket

2 жыл бұрын

They say that in the video…

@moritzkeller4502

2 жыл бұрын

@Ross- A -Roni Yeah, the fish it magical air food, and just create poo value. Its awesome.

@edswings6343

2 жыл бұрын

@Ross- A -Roni Bruh this is an alternate route to normal farming, of course they're trying to promote it🤣

@tommybro5313

2 жыл бұрын

@Ross- A -Roni It’s disappointing how these people don’t know much.

@insAneTunA

2 жыл бұрын

@Ross- A -Roni It is not bullshit, I have my system running for years, and I am quite happy with it. But I use gold fish instead of eatable fish. For me it is a hobby.

One of my friends has a home made aquaponics system at her house. She built it and grows veggies on top and edible fish in the enormous water tank. She gave me some of her tomatoes, they were incredibly delicious.

Plz make more videos about the nexus - water, food and energy in the urban context. To debunk the technique and challenges that we are facing today is really necessary among the public. Love this channel and hope the channel’ll reach to million of ppls.

Thank u for a great video. I believe this is the way most of our food will be grown, although I prefer the bio-digester aeroponic system, which most farmers shy away from because it is technology-dependent, where a technical fault can lead to expensive crop fallers. This is a challenge for me.

Among all those dw channels This one is my favorite with mind-blowing knowledges💖 Love from Nepal💖🌍to Germany 💖

This is a fantastic concept. Currently, I am in the UAE, working closely with a large aquaponic system in Ras-Al-Khaimah. One of the most significant challenges for a large-scale system like this is the substantial initial capital expenditure (CAPEX) and high energy costs associated with it. Considering the requirement for a substantial amount of fish and the need for pumping a significant volume of water, large-sized pumps are necessary. This issues are translated in a higher price of crops compared to the ones you buy in the supermarket.

Good to see Absus Salam sir here, he is the pioneer of Aquaponics in Bangladesh, many people now using it in their roof.

This is amazing. I would love to buy food that is produced like this!!

I think an important piece left out is that aquaponics should be applied when applicable. Simply putting fish in farms won't work everywhere. In areas with access to water it's a great idea as Japan has already shown. In areas without access to waters like the desert states in the US, it will only strain water resources further. Desert states already lose millions of gallons from exposed water moving through aqueducts and canals, agriculture, and green golf courses.

@gyurhanaziz7676

2 жыл бұрын

The whole point of these farms is to save water.

@carriebecker8383

2 жыл бұрын

Did you miss the part where it said aquaponics uses 90% *less* water than normal farming?

@potzblitz49583

2 жыл бұрын

In certain areas A/C even extract water from the air which makes those systems water plus

I'm doing it at home too. I personally don't use fish because I can't eat them due to my allergies. So I use special fertilizers in my water and achieve good results with it. But I especially think it has great potential in the future even for crops you currently don't really see farmed like this yet like grains, corns some berry bushes and in a place like it was shown in the first few seconds I might have even thought about having a second layer for growing. We also could help to promote facilities like that in regions that struggle with food and water and teach the people there how to use them so they have a stable way to farm for food all year long might be better than just sending them food in the long run.

Aquaponics is amazing! I love these concepts, Aquaponics, vertical indoor farming, permaculture, agroculture, I really believe that through such changes, we can avoid the devastating progress of our economy. I think this system of aquaponics should be highly used in fish farming, if possible. Because, since the water is highly cleaned through the plants, more healthy and less antibiotic infested fish could be delivered to the market. And the oceans may could regenerate, improving todays situation.

I interest to the fish farm and hydrophonic. I see in this channel, the technic was insane, hopefully I can learn to aquaphonic factory in this video and make the same factory in my country so that's can make high quality of the food at my country. But I know who am I, just small people who can't to the other country 🙂

Im with this way of growing food. This will work with many crops but not all. Many can be install around large cities and Several near medium to small city/towns.

thank you for your service you are making this world a better place

Love it! thank you :)

Oh, no we use 10 Liters of water for 100g of fish and 500g of tomatoes, and let us just not mention all the additional inputs required, because that would be to complicated.

@JasperKlijndijk

2 жыл бұрын

13 minute video about aquaponics wich does not even explain aquaponics well

@petergoestohollywood382

2 жыл бұрын

What additional inputs are too complicated for you tho? Besides fish spawn, food for the fish, heating/cooling, water oxygenation, (probably) some nutrients, micro-organisms that break down the fish droppings and maybe a ph balance once in a while. Every indoor cannabis grower laughs at you if you find that too complicated!

@carriebecker8383

2 жыл бұрын

It's a 13 minute video, what'd you expect?

Drip irrigation in open fields also uses 90% less water than big ag methods

Great way to have food reserves and learn a lot about farming. I disagree with the synthetic lights. Running pumps constantly etc using a lot of electricity still not the most productive. But it is amazing and great to add on to an ecosphere outdoors:-)

@beth8775

2 жыл бұрын

Doing it outside is practical enough in some places, but not everywhere. If it's run from green energy, the electricity isn't such a problem.

I would like to see a wider variety of fruits and vegetables grown this way. Most people have leafy greens as a very small part of their diet and most don’t provide much macronutrients.

@el7284

2 жыл бұрын

Tomatoes are a worldwide stable, andso are cabbages and carrots. It doesn't never have to be salad foods.

@eklectiktoni

2 жыл бұрын

I agree. But I've seen proof-of-concept with a lot of different crops - tomatoes, strawberries, eggplants, squash, peppers, etc.

Some critical notes: What the video doesnt really mention is that fish need food. So basically, instead of applying fertilizer directly, the fish are fed and their poo is used as manure. So there definetely are inputs, but it is a different type of input. In the end the plants need just as much fertilisers as they otherwise would, so you need at least an equal amount of fish food plus some extra because the fish consume some of it. I dont know if producing fish food instead of fertilisers is really more environmently frienly and cost effective. It would probably be worth it if you can sell the fish, but you can only grow fresh water fish as crops cannot grow on salt water. Furthermore the system is not applicable for many staple crops because it operates in greenhouses, but prices for maize and wheat dont allow these crops to be grown in greenhouses. For small scale projects like the ones shown in the video it is super cool and effective, but on a larger scale you would face some problems: fish food doesnt come raining down the sky, you would quickly saturate the market's demand for fresh water fish, and only a variety of crops can be grown in the system. Oh, and you need a lot of protocols to prevent diseases from entering the greenhouse. But maybe there are ways to work around these problems to make it more widely applicable.

@eklectiktoni

2 жыл бұрын

Fish food is pretty easy to come by if the fish eat only algae and plants (like tilapia). Fish that primarily eat insects, earthworms, or maggots would also be easy to raise since bugs can be reared on refuse plant matter.

this is so cool! I love seeing all different ways n options we can use to improve our planet. Gives me hope unlike other doom and gloom news. While awareness is important just presenting the problem and not giving potential solutions causes paralyzing panic that it's not productive at all. it's just depressing, marks u think whats the point? That's why I am so grateful seeing content like this. Ppl coming up with solutions and fighting. ☺️

Amazingly explained 😍 now we need a upgrade to aqua mushroom ponic farms. 🍄😊

Fin-tastic video!!

Is the styrofoam used organic? Does your system use plastic, maybe in the pipes? I see fans and lights. What is the source of power for these? What are the fish fed, a natural diet? Many fish farms produce toxic fish.

@petergoestohollywood382

2 жыл бұрын

Chill bro. Relax

@naomitheminion6275

2 жыл бұрын

I don't have the answers to your questions, but I am glad that you're asking them. We need new technologies to save the planet. But we can't just welcome every new tech as the thing that will save us all. We need to ask the difficult questions to figure out if new technology will actually help us, or do more harm down the line. I think this is promising, but some of the concerns you have are valid, and need to be figured out, before we can implement this on a larger scale.

In India we have these systems from a long time and i wonder others think that they should introduce these systems to our country. Indian aquaponic and hydroponic systems are huge farms as big as the size big shopping malls and there are multiple farms where we grow prawns, shrimps , crabs, oysters for pearls, fishes , exotic fruits and vegetables along with greens on land and now a days many farms even grow spirulina which many of them have never even heard of which means biomass of cyanobacteria which can be consumed by humans for high energy and rich in protein and nutrients

I remember watching another video about aquaponics where they also raise tilapia fish; the fish are grown for food as well.

I think the main challenge (both for sustainability and for (deep)space use) is the fish feed production.

@ZetaGhozt

2 жыл бұрын

Yup. They absolutely do not want to show it. It's the hidden cost of this busines$. Massive wheat and soy farms needed to feed these fish. You literally get less food in return becuase you're not using the massive wheat and soy farms to feed people. Science law: Trophic levels.

@edmendez94

2 жыл бұрын

There's ways to supplement the fish food. The weather where I'm at allows for growing duckweed and bsf larvae ( fed using kitchen waste ).

@ZetaGhozt

2 жыл бұрын

@@edmendez94 There is NO SCIENTIFIC WAY TO IGNORE LAWS OF TROPHIC LEVELS IN ECOSYSTEMS. Inefficient, inefficient, inefficient.

@edmendez94

2 жыл бұрын

@@ZetaGhozt I'm not sure I follow. Freshwater fishes like tilapia eat plants,larvae and insects in the wild. The only inputs I need are food waste and sunlight.

@ZetaGhozt

2 жыл бұрын

@@edmendez94 You're not following because you don't know what a trophic level is, and how it applies to feeding humans.

3:58 "other plants". I too enjoy other plants.

This is a great video and content. Thank you.

I have constructed and put into operation my own personal at-home aquaponics system, which is inside my greenhouse. One big issue I have is that I have to account for very hot weather - thus cooling the greenhouse and for very cold weather - thus heating the greenhouse and the water for the fish. Such preparations takes electrical power as well as propane consumption for use within the propane air heater. The only way I can cool the greenhouse is using electrical fans and open the greenhouse's windows.

Great video!!!

It has a place, but this is basically just an extension of traditional integrated farming with animals and plants in harmony

@insAneTunA

2 жыл бұрын

Traditional farming is NOT in harmony with nature, not even remotely. It is the exact opposite. Traditional farming destroys nature.

@priestesslucy3299

2 жыл бұрын

@@insAneTunA *integrated* I'm not talking about conventional modern farming.

@insAneTunA

2 жыл бұрын

@@priestesslucy3299 It does mimic nature very close. And it doesn't work if the bacteria are not happy. The main focus from an aquaponics system must be the bacteria. If they do well all the other components do well too.

Already doing this on my outdoor fish pond. Spinach and lettuce

Liked this enough it is now on my eco playlist and I Tweeted you.

We have a diy setup in our terrace, the fishes grown in it are definitely tastier than the ones we get in the marketplace.

How could farming fresh water fish would slow down the over fishing in the sea?????

@theowl2044

2 жыл бұрын

Deep and important question...

@hairypancake4425

2 жыл бұрын

@@VFPn96kQT you are not fish guy, don’t you?

@carriebecker8383

2 жыл бұрын

@@hairypancake4425 saltwater fish can be farmed too

@hairypancake4425

2 жыл бұрын

@@carriebecker8383 not in this way.

Amazing knowledge :)

Superb idea, after few years later i will start this types of Project in a big place.

Furture : when farmers wear suits to work.

a lot of people already bashing the video even though they didnt watched the report

Great video, IMTA aka integrated multi-trophic aquaculture is the way of the future

Instead of lights, we should have mirror arrays that capture sunlight from the roof and diffuse/distribute it to the plants below. Cut costa majorly and allow for larger scale. Thoughts?

"It looks like a spaceship actually..." well I was thinking of something else, but sure... a spaceship xD

@Psychopatz

2 жыл бұрын

yeah, like a hooker club lol

Question is, who is paying or investing on it? *companies looking at stocks and other things to invest. Makes sense...

@lex3176

2 жыл бұрын

Kimbal Musk

Very interesting idea. It obviously works but requires so much infrastructure, maintenance, and labor. If you just grow 20 cheap veggies like Phood Farm is doing, I don’t see any way they are turning a meaningful profit. Still a very worthwhile effort!

@thejestor9378

2 жыл бұрын

If you use a fish breed that also works as a cost efficient food source, that would be where good chunk of money will come from due to price of fish on the market.

@NadyaPena-01

2 жыл бұрын

@@thejestor9378 possibly. I don’t know the economics of fish market to judge how profitable it might be. Fish can be very hard to maintain because of water temperature and pH level requirements plus electricity to keep it all going. Disease could be an issue too. Idk. Farming live fish seems expensive too but maybe there is enough profit to make it worthwhile!

@thejestor9378

2 жыл бұрын

@@NadyaPena-01 there is.. I am straight to telling you it is. The problem is what type of fish, and ensuring you can maintain a breeding stock of them within the aquaponics farm as well.

I like how the other examples you showed had sunlight. I don't like the LED weird pink lights. I know they are efficient but certainly not as efficient as sunlight nor do they have the full spectrum. Aquaponics in Asia is certainly well worth emulating though! Those are brilliant systems! I am not sure how that could work here in Canada with winters but surely it can be done in a modified way

@insAneTunA

2 жыл бұрын

Plants do not use the full spectrum of light, neither do they need the full spectrum of light.

I wonder how Covid affected them. I mean instalation and energy costs are huge. But when restaurants have been closed due to the lockdown it must have created new issues. Still the technology is quite well-known and have potential.

@crexvy3277

2 жыл бұрын

Solar panels

I have always been impressed by the Netherlands even before I knew about their advancements in eco technology. You would think we in the US would have learned from them among others on how to farm more sustainably, but we are still pouring gallons and the Danes are using ounces.

@Mooncricketstinks

2 жыл бұрын

There is no sustainable practice as of now due to the fact that such a small percentage of the population feeds the mass majority. The only sustainable method is more people in farming, and better optimize less than trying to do more.

@dohc1067

2 жыл бұрын

@@Mooncricketstinks hello Marcus, do you mean better water conservation as a form of optimization? I am just asking your thoughts 🤔

@sondadir9205

2 жыл бұрын

@@Mooncricketstinks If you are looking to increase the number of people dedicated to agriculture, it is because your system is not optimized. Being optimized means doing better with less resources. In addition, the primary sector is very sensitive to price, if we return to a system intensive in human labor, prices increase and your alternative is not economically viable compared to conventional products.

@Mooncricketstinks

2 жыл бұрын

@@dohc1067 better optimization as in not tasking complete food production to so few. 2% of the US population is in agriculture. So take the current population and calculate 2%. They're tasked with not only feeding the remaining 98%, but also doing in a fashion that keeps food cheap, long shelf life, and of good quality. On top of that, agricultural commodities create the most export GDP for US. Europe's population ratio to agriculture is much higher, plus majority of European food consumption comes from importing since its a rich union. In terms of optimization there comes a point where overtaxation to compensate demand creates systems that are wasteful due to the fact time, and resources for being more optimized is not reachable. For example, growing 20,000 acres of potatoes to yield any kind of profitable value requires use of aerial application of fertilizer, pesticide, and irrigation being delivered by gigantic center pivot towers. 20,000 acres isn't big compared to 100,000s of acres in Idaho. The Ogallala aquifer suffered due to 9ver irrigation to create mass scale monocrop farms. Yet at grocery stores Idaho potatoes, like almost all plant foods, are a couple bucks. Trying to manage 100,000s of acres of potatoes with a handful of people requires wasteful practices, since manpower is limited. Americans, like much of the world, hate farming as it is a very difficult job, completely weather dependent l, and doesn't yield $$$ like other careers. Yet everyone needs to each, and buy clothing (granted the textile mills are other countries, but alot of cotton farms in the Bible belt still exist). In China due to such a high percentage of farmers and low fertile land availability, each one grows on 1 hectare. Too little space also creates inefficient practices which is opposite problem. Up until the invention of synthetic fertilizers (urea), other than bad management practices that created the dust bowl, people left farms for urban sprawl to get a better career that yields more money for less work. Yet all still depends on the supermarkets which depends on the farmers. Fortunately, more people like to garden which is a small step in the right direction. But until a sizable percentage actually gets into farming, the 2% will continue to be tasked with producing cheap, long lasting, abundant food.

@06:54 No one mention throughout the video about the feeding of the fish. It's not really a closed loop system. Just like when you hear someone bragging they went off grid in their tiny house, but then you see they use propane for cooking and heating...

Suların temiz olduğunu nasıl tespit ediyorsunuz? Laboratuvar çalışmaları hangi yöntemlere göre yapılıyor?

Current existing farmers can easily convert their lands into aquaponic farms now.

@doodoodoodle

2 жыл бұрын

Considering billionaires are buying up farmland.... maybe they can actually do some good, but my hopes are idealistic lolol But for real, they have the money, considering amazon now has stores... I don't doubt they will get into agriculture too

They could place subtitles in Spanish, this information is great.

This is so great.

Thank you for these amazing possibilties that will need to be publicaly available to give hope to saving this planet from us and all of the innocent creatures that live here too.

If just 10 percent pf humanity worked on projects like that, we could live in a paradise

EDM beats make this documentary attractive to young generation. Mission Accomplished. 💥

좋은 생각 이네요

It's like a hitech lab. We are inspired to cultivate our veggies now!

Missed a trick at 3:59 , if you'd just waited 21 more seconds :(

Right off the video, It’s not a NEW method, it’s been around for thousands of years. Lol DW

@user-hh9zr8zp1f

2 жыл бұрын

It's said at 5:43

good for hobbies or small project for now... issue with water circuit leading to widespread infection, huge impact on productivity

This is a great idea but can be improved. You have to do this outdoors using natural sunlight and growing crops that can handle the summer / winter cycles for best efficiency. If you are clever about choice of fish/frogs and other livestock you won't need to use pesticide either.

@TsLeng

2 жыл бұрын

Indoors with controlled light spectrum is more efficient. Plants do not need 'sunlight' to grow. They can also get too much sun which will slow their growth.

@emuriddle9364

2 жыл бұрын

@@TsLeng Which makes sense, as to why they're doing this project in the Netherlands. Smaller country, with less resources and land to work with. And the same reason why Europe has had a lot of technological advancements for hundreds of years. Because they had no choice, but to be creative. And develop innovations.

13:08 Yes, marijuana would fall into the category of "wide variety." Those fish are carp - inedible. (to me)

@nikokapanen82

2 жыл бұрын

But could you make food from this fish to feed livestock like pigs for an example?

@klompb

2 жыл бұрын

The fish aren't meant for food. Around the 7 min mark they say these carp will be sold to fish collectors.

@soundsofnature7015

2 жыл бұрын

@@klompb Those arent the only kind of fish you can use to do this. Also integrating this vertically is the future. Plenty of better videos than this out there explaining vertical farming and aquaponics. This video feels like it was made in the 90's so far behind what we have already been doing for 20+ years. Now we just need to do it on a larger scale.

@Foersom_

2 жыл бұрын

@@soundsofnature7015 "This video feels like it was made in the 90's" There was no red-blue LED lights for growing in 1990s.

@JoeBurner1720

2 жыл бұрын

@@soundsofnature7015 Idk if vertical is the future. I’m skeptical because the weight of the water, maybe it could vertical underground instead? I’m not sure

See this is way less likely to result in violence then trying to make us eat bugs

my aquaponic setup is a hobby scale setup which is 3x5 meter, and it's produced 1.5 lettuce a day

Great vision ! Instead of this aquaponic ( raising fish and growing good food) , here in Tasmania salmon farms are polluting the estuaries and bays with huge fish farms producing fish made toxic by the extensive use of chemicals to keep the operation going ....

Aquaponics is great but the whole forget about farming is bullshit.

@doodoodoodle

2 жыл бұрын

I think it's more about reducing the impact agriculture has, not really ending farming as a whole. It wouldn't be possible to get rid of farms without other solutions already in place (like aquaponic/hydroponic/whatever systems) But also, if our demand for food increased, farms as they are now wouldn't be sustainable.... They already aren't (as far as their impact) I live out in the sticks with small time farmers and whatnot.... I get to see happy cows n chickens n whatnot, so I don't hate farming or anything... But I do see the perks in these systems. Especially when used together

@insAneTunA

2 жыл бұрын

@@doodoodoodle It can't fully replace traditional farming because some crops will not grow with an aquaponics system, like for example potatoes.

@doodoodoodle

2 жыл бұрын

@@insAneTunA that's why I said it'd be nice to see both systems used

@carriebecker8383

2 жыл бұрын

It's a developing technology, it's progress. Be patient. Nobody said "we have all the solutions now, forget about farming"

@insAneTunA

2 жыл бұрын

@@carriebecker8383 I have my own outdoor aquaponics system for around 10 years, there is not much more to develop. Fact of the matter is that certain crops can't be grown with this system due to the nature of the crops and the system. But due to the nature of an aquaponics system we can replace a substantial part of traditional agriculture and mono culture, and it is possible to do it indoors inside a multilevel building, with a much higher efficiency, and with a far smaller footprint, and with far less harmful emissions, and with far less water usage, without destroying nature and without reducing the wild insect, and wild bird, and wild plants population. An aquaponics system also reduces the amount of nitrogen in the air.

the biggest thing in aquaponics is how and what you feed the fish. The fact that this 13 minute video skipped this issue in aquaponics literally makes all the information incomplete 10 liters of water and a fish makes a tomato? haha don’t make me laugh! 10 kilo’s of mixed fish feed (grown on original farms) and water make the tomato

@DWPlanetA

2 жыл бұрын

We primarily want to present/show the procedure and not the detail work. This is also the reason why we have referred to DYI videos on this topic in our description text.

we already done this in indonesia many year's, i never thought it would be like this

awsomely explained please give ways how we can start this

I agree and am using this in my model to end homelessness and hunger, while achieving so much more. Hopefully soon everyone will have heard about my new nonprofit organization, and the concept behind it. Thompson Family Homestead inc.

Well done DW for giving this it's own youtube channel. That is so smart but particularly because it's so important.

@DWPlanetA

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

3:59 kudos!

I want try aquaponics someday, my father insisted to stay on soil based on his farm and dont want to try aquaponics