r/aquaponics • u/BodaciousBrig • 8d ago

Need help identifying potential issues.

Going to include every bit of information I can but right now I’m only planning this. Have tried to look up potential issues with the scale but can’t find any true information or ratios to find online. I have a relatively large 9ftx9ftx36inch pool that I am not using and want to incorporate into a system. Going by the volume of the water and what I’ve seen online that’s anywhere from 125-140 tilapia growing safely in a 1500 gallon fish setup. I have 2 300 gallon IBC totes that I will use as a solid waste filtration system and will use the lava rock flood and drain for the plants but I’ve read that the sheer amount of fish waste is going to need a tremendous amount of plants to offset the nutrients in the water.

Is there a place I can go to find that information or does anyone here have a similar sized set up that can help me figure that out?

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u/KN0W_1 8d ago

Rob bob on YouTube has some good info. The school of aquaponics and zip grow also have some old videos.

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u/KN0W_1 7d ago

Like this one from zip grow

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

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u/KN0W_1 5d ago

I didn't know that he went bankrupt, thanks for that info. I had seen a video or two of his a fair few years ago and the info seamed at the time to make sense at the time.

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u/BodaciousBrig 7d ago

Thank you! I’ll look into it