You do know you can scale the Aquaponics system to use a Paper File Tray Organizer with vertically stacked shelves
the whole system will only use under 1x1² meter of 2D space Yet you can make it as tall as you want it
(You didn't think in 3D
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That setup is so portable & modular that's its easy to move Yet Rapidly grows seeds, Young plants - add Aquarium Lighting (bulb that promotes plant growth(You can now get full Adjustable spectrum LED Chips now for Aquaponics/hydroponics)) Vertically so all shelves can see the light and all can happy live in a cupboard / shower
Or you can do Aquaponics on a Flat bed trailer (Utility trailer)(with Mesh Extension) as a Mobile unit
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(Toe by the motor home)
(if not growing tomato or egg plants Do Aquaponics on the go) (if you are then you can Uproot them for the day for transport and sit there roots on a wet sponge and re-wet every 2 hours (Mesh wire fence sections))
Use Sqare rain gutters to keep the Weight Down (can do 3 levels) (Tank in the middle or on the toe bar side)
Flat bed trailer you can even make a mobile greenhouse for it one that Rolls up and folds away
Aquaponics VS Standard garden
- its true that there a few extra new steps for Aquaponics but they are real easy and done in under 10 mins 2 - 4 times a day (Feed Fish, Check Fish, Check water pH, Check ammonium (NH4+), nitrite (NO2-), nitrate (NO3-) levels and remove a little of the solid fish waste every 3 days (or make something to do that for you) (if needed add water / pH Balancing chemicals / Mineral supplements: Iron... Ect / add nitrogen fixing bacteria, / [remove water if plants aren't established yet] check water temp)
- it true that nitrogen fixing bacteria take 4 to 6 weeks to come to population levels where they can deal with ammonium (NH4+), nitrite (NO2-) levels but it isnt that long to get started (a 300W pond water heater will help if @ body temp)
- Clean the odd pipe / siphon
- Assembly will take time but worth it if you take the extra effort to make it easy to dissemble / move and resemble in half the time else-ware (it Going to beat 60mins digging Water logged soil in the rain or very hot day that likely to give heat stokes)
- Very easy to relocate plants without damaging roots
- Very easy to Expand the system
- Plants once you meet there needs Reward you big time [2x Tomato plants will proved you crazy amounts 4x will give you crazy surplus to sell ]
All the other stuff is just like a standard garden
- kill bugs (however you can take the plant out and put it in with the fish for 5 mins to peck the bugs off it - but that depends on what fish you have)
- de-weed (Much easier and cleaner) (you wont get meany in Aquaponics)
- check and train plants
- and the rest
Aquaponics With Standard garden
- Fish Waste can aid the soil big time (Soil becomes an extension of your Aquaponics system)
- if a plants struggling in the soil you can move it to the Aquaponics to give it a boost / recovery
- if a plants doing too well in Aquaponics you can move them to the soil