Build-Your-Own Aquaponics System - Compact
Exactly what the person who wants to grow their own fish and vegetables needs to get started!
(you save over $66!)
A great book, a Getting Started Kit, and an Bathtub Aquaponics System Kit with all the plumbing parts they will need to turn two bathtubs or 100 gallon stock tanks into a thriving aquaponics system!
1) Bathtub Aquaponics Kit (value $169.95)
This kit has everything you need to build a thriving aquaponic system out of two recycled bathtubs or two 100 gallon Rubbermaid Stock Tanks!
Includes the following
- Murray Hallam's 10 page step-by-step set of instructions to guide you. Fully illustrated, 4 color PDF takes you through the job in detail.
- Bell siphon, complete with Media Guard
- 550 GPH submersible pump
- All the fittings, tubing and bulkheads you will need
At full retail price the 19 components in this kit would cost OVER $170 and take hours and hours to source and assemble! We've done all the frustrating work so you don't have to!
- Found substitutes for parts Murray specified that are not available in the U.S.
- Created shortened versions of tubing you would normally need to purchase in bulk
- Tracked down the best possible vendors
- We even tested the result on a variety of bathtubs in a recycling yard!
Here is a video from one of our very satisfied Bathtub Aquaponics Kit customers (to be absolutely correct, it was the plumber that she hired to build her system that found our kit...). The Rubber Ducky thermometer comes separately!
2) Bell Siphon Lid (value $7.95)
To keep the grow media and algae out of your siphon, and your grow bed looking neat and tidy.
3) Aquaponic Gardening: A Step by Step Guide to Growing Fish and Vegetables Together (value $29.95)
by Sylvia Bernstein
288 pages, 84 photos and diagrams, 8 page color insert, soft cover
Aquaponic Gardening is the definitive do-it-yourself home manual, focused on giving you all the tools you need to create your own aquaponic system and enjoy healthy, safe, fresh, and delicious food all year round. Starting with an overview of the theory, benefits, and potential of aquaponics, the book goes on to explain:
- System location considerations and hardware components
- The living elements—fish, plants, bacteria, and worms
- Putting it all together—starting and maintaining a healthy system
This accessible book is also infused with humor and warmth; using quotes, stories and images from actual aquaponic gardeners though-out. Anyone interested in taking the next step towards self-sufficiency will be fascinated by this practical, accessible, and well-illustrated guide.
Click here to read the endorsements
Click here for the Table of Contents
Click here for a sample chapter
4) Getting Started Kit (value $88.70)
- Aquaponics Explained video with 3.5 hours of instruction, broken out by easy to access chapters. ($29.95)
- API Freshwater Master Aquarium Test Kit to monitor your pH, Ammonia, Nitrite, and Nitrate levels during system startup and beyond. ($24.95)
- pH Up and pH Down Solutions for maintaining optimal pH levels for fast cycling and for the health of your plants ($13.90)
- Digital Thermometer ($9.95)
- Cycling Kit for establishing nitrifying bacteria and getting your plants off to a great start (for < 100 gallon tank) ($9.95)
- Detailed instructions on how the process works and how to fully cycle your system BEFORE adding fish. This technique, referred to as "fish-less cycling" has become a favorite of aquaponic gardeners worldwide because it completely eliminates the exposure of your fish to dangerous levels of ammonia and nitrites.
- Powdered, soluble pure ammonia.No more searching for hard to find industrial products!
- Powdered, soluble seaweed (same as Maxicrop or Seasol) to give your plants a strong start
- Data Tracking Chart so you can follow your system's progress and spot problems early.
