Comments on: Build Your Own Aquaponic Mini-Living-Wall

By: Jamie

Jamie — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 12:00:29 +0000

hi there, can we get an update? how does the wall look now? nice job.

By: Mike Upton

Mike Upton — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 19:26:51 +0000

It seems to me like replacement trays for wire pet kennels might work for this. They should be pretty cheap and readily available from he large pet stores, e.g., Petco, Petsmart, etc.

By: Benjamin

Benjamin — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 00:08:09 +0000

where would i find a culture tray?

By: Michael Barr

Michael Barr — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 17:48:16 +0000

Nice idea, I want to do one in my light brackish water fish tank with mangroves, do you have any suggestions on other plants that might be able to grow with the salt. I was also thinking of using rockwool diced rockwool instead of moss to hopefully avoid a ph drop.

By: Bevan Suits

Bevan Suits — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 16:59:38 +0000

One thing you need to be aware of is that these emitters are intended for straight water not laden with fish crap and debris. So they will clog if you don’t include a way to filter the water before it reaches the pump. I have tried a filter bag, it looks bad in the aquarium and if you have a high volume of fish waste it will soon be covered with a gelatinous mass. That’s not necessarily bad, just messy and ugly. So we’re working on a more elegant filtration method that will permit clarify the water before it reaches the pump inlet, full of ammonia converting to nitrates, not a lot of particluate matter.

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 12:02:56 +0000

AWESOME!

Do you think this would still work with Hydrotan Expanded Clay Pellets? I appreciate it might be a little harder to keep them around the root ball but are there other reasons that you chose moss?

By: Emma Lysyk

Emma Lysyk — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:41:09 +0000

I have been trying to figure out a way to build a vertical wall to replace my existing aquaponics system, and this is much better than anything I came up with. Thanks!