My presentation at the Toulouse FabLab conference 2012 about how I built an aquaponics greenhouse in my backyard.

1. Adventures in Aquaponics
Flemming Funch
Toulouse
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2. l’Aquaponie
Quoi ??
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3. What is Aquaponics?
Aquaculture
(raising fish intensively for food)
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Hydroponics
(growing plants without soil)
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5. C’est quoi l’Aquaponie ?
la combinaison de l’aquaculture et de l’hydroponie !
L’aquaculture (élevage de poissons en bassin) est associée à de la
culture hydroponique (culture de plantes hors sol où les racines
des plantes trempent directement dans de l’eau). L’intérêt de cette
pratique vient du fait que les plantes filtres l’eau pour les poissons,
les poissons produisent (par leur déjections) des nutriments pour
nourrir les plantes et les restes de plantes peuvent servir à nourrir
des vers qui nourriront les poissons.
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7. Why?
Self-sufficiency - local food production
Resilience - surviving the zombie apocalypse
Organic vegetables - zero chemicals
Fresh fish - you know exactly where they’ve been
Zero waste - everything is part of the system
Fun adventures in multiple disciplines
It’s a cool DIY, Open Source, Maker kind of thing to do
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8. January 2012
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9. March 2012
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10. March 2012
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11. March 2012
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12. April 2012
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13. April 2012
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14. Things to learn
Plumbing - flow rate of 32mm or 25mm uPVC pipes
Biology - the mating habits of African cichlids
Chemistry - how do I get the pH down and the kH up?
Gardening - who’s eating my cucumber leaves at night?
Construction - polystyrene insulated wood foundations
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15. Insulation
April 2012
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16. April 2012
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17. Buried & connected sump tanks April 2012
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18. April 2012
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19. Components
A greenhouse 20 cement blocks
One 1000L IBC tank 2x4 boards
Two 250L buried sump 1500L water
tanks
heaters
Seven 180L grow beds
~50 Tilapia
One pump
fish food
~20m PVC and PE pipes
lots of seeds
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21. The pieces for an auto-siphon
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25. May 2012
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26. May 2012
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27. Banana plant
May 2012
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28. June 2012
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29. July 2012
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30. Nile Tilapia
June 2012
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31. July 2012
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32. August 2012
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35. August 2012
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36. October 2012
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39. Rainwater collection
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43. What does it lead to?
Monitoring/Automation Permaculture
Economics of scale Forest gardens
Self-sufficiency Makers / FabLabs
Community networking Public speaking
Resilience / Transition
Networks
Urban gardens
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45. Flemming Funch
ffunch@cr8.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/ffunch
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/flemming.funch
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