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Autopot Aquaponics

Want to raise fish while grow plant? Then try Autopot Aquaponics, helps you to save water!!

Conventional Auqaponics:

Aquaponics is a hybrid between Aquaculture and Hydroponics. That is you get to culture both the fish (or other aquatic organism) and plants (crops such as lettuce) in a synergistic relationship whereby resources such as water and nutrients input (can also be in the form of feed) are being shared. This a classic case of 1+1 = > 2.

What is Autopot Aquaponics' Difference

Conventional Aquaponics may appear simple. But, in reality, it is a lot more difficult to manage than what we have been led to believe. However, Autopot version of Aquaponics is a lot easier. It is as simple as letting the water first flow into the fish tank and then pump the fish water to feed the plants via the Autopot systems. 

* It eliminates the need for monitoring of water qualities for the fish and the crop
* You do not need to keep the plants at close proximity to the fish tank.
* It is not important to match the number of plants to the fish.
* You do not need to provide structures (pipes etc) for the return flow.
* You can use almost all kinds of growing medium.

The Statistics (Example):

At the moment, our Autopot display is very extensive (over 500 meters apart) - feeding up to 1,500 plants from a 12V DC 8 amp battery operated pumping and dosing unit (Smart-pump set). The plants are consuming on average 1,500 litres of water a day (no wastage) at this time (summer) of the year.

Since the installation of the Autopot Aquaponics system about two months ago, we have been making use of the water for our fish first before feeding it to the plants. If we allow a 10% daily water change in the aquaculture tanks, we should be able to culture up to 15,000 litres of fish tanks which can be translated to mean a potential stocking rate of 1,500 heads of fish such as Jade Perch.

Please contact us for more info.

The Hydroponic Warehouse
Shop 3, 73 Pickering Street, Enoggera
Brisbane QLD Australia
(Opposite Enoggera Bowls Club.)
Phone: +61 (07) 3354 1588 Fax: +61 (07) 3354 3622
E-mail: tonyl@bigpond.net.au