Fuck that. Tilapia and salmon farm. I'm trying to figure out the beef and hog solution though, however I have a friend working on an awesome project that could work.
I’m on the edge zone 9a/b so I get 100+ in summers and a month or two of 30-40 degree nights mid winter. If I put the tank in the greenhouse (~140sq ft) it wouldn’t be super difficult even with passive solar heating and insulation on the tank to keep them warm in the winter. Tilapia do best around 70-85 degrees iirc. I’d prefer to do this, actually.
Problem is the summer, where the tank soaks up 100+ degree heat in direct sun for 12+ hours a day in the greenhouse, cooking the fish and nuking all the plant roots and beneficial bacteria.
What I’m gonna try is putting the tank behind the greenhouse in the shade and using a more temperature resistant fish like bluegill or perch. I plan to monitor the temperature to see if it swings dramatically over the course of a year and then consider doing some tilapia if it’s not to extreme.
My goals for doing this is to break even as fast as possible and be as efficient/simple as I can make it so I don’t have to micro manage it.
You could also try burying it or piping underground as a radiator? I see some air conditioning units do that, too. Should work well for water, too, since you only need a pump going.
Fuck that. Tilapia and salmon farm. I'm trying to figure out the beef and hog solution though, however I have a friend working on an awesome project that could work.
I garden pretty aggressively but I’m looking at doing a backyard aquaponics/greenhouse setup.
I’d like to do tilapia but my winters season are just a little bit too cold for them to be super productive.
Even with heaters?
I actually have two problems.
I’m on the edge zone 9a/b so I get 100+ in summers and a month or two of 30-40 degree nights mid winter. If I put the tank in the greenhouse (~140sq ft) it wouldn’t be super difficult even with passive solar heating and insulation on the tank to keep them warm in the winter. Tilapia do best around 70-85 degrees iirc. I’d prefer to do this, actually.
Problem is the summer, where the tank soaks up 100+ degree heat in direct sun for 12+ hours a day in the greenhouse, cooking the fish and nuking all the plant roots and beneficial bacteria.
What I’m gonna try is putting the tank behind the greenhouse in the shade and using a more temperature resistant fish like bluegill or perch. I plan to monitor the temperature to see if it swings dramatically over the course of a year and then consider doing some tilapia if it’s not to extreme.
My goals for doing this is to break even as fast as possible and be as efficient/simple as I can make it so I don’t have to micro manage it.
You could also try burying it or piping underground as a radiator? I see some air conditioning units do that, too. Should work well for water, too, since you only need a pump going.