Your Questions About Aquaponics Systems Answered

Bugs in Aquaponics system?

I have an aquaponic system at my home. (Aquaponics and hydroponics are not the same thing, but very similar. Basically in aquaponics you are adding fish in the picture, the fish poop fertilizes the plants, and the plants clean the water for the fish.) Anyways, I am growing lettuce in my system, my lettuce is being eaten by insects. I did a little research and Dipel and Bontanigard eliminate worms and nats. Where I live we are going through a drought, we have 5 different kinds of roaches at my house. 4 of the 5 kinds have taken up residence in my lettuce, the roaches are everywhere. I heard neem oil will take care of them but if the oil gets on the lettuce, the plant wont taste good. Would Dipel and Bontanigard take care of the roaches ? Or are there other products I can try that will be safe for my system and myself?

Aquaponics system help.?

im thinking about getting into Aquaponics but need a little info, so iv done so research and im going with the flood and drain system because i don’t have much room, im trying to find the cheapest way to do this now for the main fish tank can any one recommend the cheapest option or a cheaper one im hoping there’s one out there because not to keen on pay $400 for one it only needs to be 1 to 2m in diameter and 60cm or around there high? where can i get barramundi or silver perch fingerling’s in far north queensland? and with the flood and drain im worried about root rote and all that sort of stuff, in designs the outlet pipe is raised to determine the water level how does the water below that drain ? thanks for your answers

aquaponics system help?

i have a aquaponic system set up with my fish tank with a drip system and grow bed above the tank the tank is 10 gallon with mollies and zebra danios do i need my filtering system to run

Plants I can use in an aquaponics system?

I saw a picture on the internet, where this pump sucks water out of a fish tank, sends it up to an area where plants grow and the water goes through a substrate or something where it filters out a lot of the bad content (nitrate and stuff plants love), then it delivers the remaining water back into the fish tank to repeat the cycle.

Now, if I remember correctly, can’t you drown a lot of plants? Or most plants?

I was thinking about maybe growing something neat like vegetables, and aiding the growth of the vegetables with my crayfish tank (who are very messy eaters).

For these types of aquaponic set ups, do you have to turn the water on and off? Or can the cycle keep going and you just don’t have to worry about your plants drowning?
If drowning is an issue, what plants do I use?

Thanks
Chris

What kinds of freshwater fish don’t eat plant roots?

Trying to get an aquaponics raft system going, but without fish it’s not taking off at all. It’s tied in with 2 other tanks with fish and another grow bed, the other grow bed is doing great. Really need to get some fish in there, we already have a bunch of goldfish but I know they will terrorize roots. Can’t find a list of fish that are safe for raft systems and won’t eat roots, anywhere online. Please help!!