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If you eat mostly plants, two of these systems will provide 90%+ of your food (assuming you have a greenhouse to put it in, or live in a place that stays warm y
by ph0rque 10y ago
If you eat mostly plants, two of these systems will provide 90%+ of your food (assuming you have a greenhouse to put it in, or live in a place that stays warm year-round).
The fastest-growing fish used for aquaponics is tilapia, which can reach maturity in six months. But, they require for the water temperature to stay above 60F (15C), and really prefer water above 85F (30C). Other fish take 9 or more months to mature.
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- juliangoldsmith 10y ago>If you eat mostly plants, two of these systems will provide 90%+ of your food What numbers are you basing this on? That is, do you have an estimated yield in lbs. for what one system can produce?
- ph0rque 10y agoMy initial proof-of-concept produced 10 lbs/square foot annually, not counting the fish. This system should be more productive, but only time will tell. If this system has similar levels of productivity, it would produce 360 lbs annually, so two systems get you 2 lbs of food daily.