{"id":16084,"date":"2014-05-29T15:20:56","date_gmt":"2014-05-29T15:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/?p=16084"},"modified":"2016-05-03T19:31:25","modified_gmt":"2016-05-03T19:31:25","slug":"small-scale-aquaponics-growing-greens-with-a-fish-tank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/29\/small-scale-aquaponics-growing-greens-with-a-fish-tank\/","title":{"rendered":"Small Scale Aquaponics &#8211; Growing Greens With a Fish Tank"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/29\/small-scale-aquaponics-growing-greens-with-a-fish-tank\/small-scale-aquaponics-growing-greens-with-a-fish-tank\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-16086\" src=\"https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Small-Scale-Aquaponics-Growing-Greens-With-a-Fish-Tank-520x346.png\" alt=\"Small Scale Aquaponics Growing Greens With a Fish Tank\" width=\"520\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Small-Scale-Aquaponics-Growing-Greens-With-a-Fish-Tank-520x346.png 520w, https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Small-Scale-Aquaponics-Growing-Greens-With-a-Fish-Tank-150x100.png 150w, https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Small-Scale-Aquaponics-Growing-Greens-With-a-Fish-Tank-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Small-Scale-Aquaponics-Growing-Greens-With-a-Fish-Tank.png 688w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of the biggest hopes you can have as a mom and an environmentalist is that your kids will want to take up your causes as they grow and mature.\u00a0I could\u00a0not be prouder of my oldest child (nearly 14) as he grows into a stellar young man. He is kind, empathetic, smart, a great cook and fisherman, and very much interested in sustainability and homesteading practices. He helps me in the garden and listens relentlessly to my babbling\u00a0about political issues, food integrity, and saving the planet.<\/p>\n<p>In an attempt to be more sustainable himself and grow greens for his three reptiles he decided he wanted to have a small scale aquaponics system in his bedroom. Actually he said something about a 50 gallon drum but I had to nix that idea and instead talked him into using his existing fish tank. He has a lovely 30 gallon tank and quite a few fish, all of which he purchased second hand on Craigslist by himself, using money he earned helping someone with a roofing project.\u00a0With a bit of guidance\u00a0from his Dad (who told him what he needed) he managed to rig together this pretty awesome little system. He spent about $40 for the materials. I love how easy this system is to put together. So many people have fish tanks in their home. It would be super easy for them to start using the nutrient rich tank water to grow greens, herbs, and other food items in their home. Plus when you clean the tank you can use that water in your outdoor garden. We\u00a0do! Here is the fish\u00a0tank:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/29\/small-scale-aquaponics-growing-greens-with-a-fish-tank\/fish-tank\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-16085\" src=\"https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/fish-tank-520x371.jpg\" alt=\"fish tank\" width=\"520\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/fish-tank-520x371.jpg 520w, https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/fish-tank-150x107.jpg 150w, https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/fish-tank-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/fish-tank.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">You can see the aquaponics grow bed in the upper right hand corner of the photo. He took a small plastic storage container (which we already had) and he cut holes in the lid\u00a0so that he could fit it with eight small baskets or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00JUQI4JO\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B00JUQI4JO&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=natureblog-20\" target=\"_blank\">hydrofarm net cups<\/a> commonly used for hydroponics. In the baskets\u00a0you find <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B004IAM29K\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B004IAM29K&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=natureblog-20\" target=\"_blank\">hydroton expanded\u00a0clay\u00a0pellets<\/a>&#8230; no dirt or soil in sight. The baskets hang down inside the storage tub and the bottoms dip into the water which is continuously filled using a small\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00FIXWZAM\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B00FIXWZAM&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=natureblog-20\" target=\"_blank\">aquaponics circulation pump<\/a>\u00a0inside the fish tank. The water is pumped\u00a0up into the aquaponics grow bed, it is filtered for debris, and then once is reaches a certain height it overflows back into the fish tank via a\u00a0plastic tube (got it from Menards).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/29\/small-scale-aquaponics-growing-greens-with-a-fish-tank\/aquaponics-system-003\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-16087\" src=\"https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/aquaponics-system-003-520x348.jpg\" alt=\"aquaponics system 003\" width=\"520\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/aquaponics-system-003-520x348.jpg 520w, https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/aquaponics-system-003-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/aquaponics-system-003-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/aquaponics-system-003-900x602.jpg 900w, https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/aquaponics-system-003.jpg 1936w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And of course he added a grow light over the top of the grow bed to help the seedlings grow. And boy do they grow! A seed wrapped in a tiny bit of cotton ball will sprout and shoot up\u00a0in a day or two, much faster than the those same seeds grown in soil outside. It is amazing. I can&#8217;t wait to post pictures of his mature greens and lettuce.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-19085 size-full\" style=\"border: 2px solid #808000;\" src=\"https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Small-Scale-Aquaponics-fish-tank.jpg\" alt=\"Small Scale Aquaponics fish tank\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Small-Scale-Aquaponics-fish-tank.jpg 400w, https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Small-Scale-Aquaponics-fish-tank-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Small-Scale-Aquaponics-fish-tank-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Small-Scale-Aquaponics-fish-tank-347x520.jpg 347w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the biggest hopes you can have as a mom and an environmentalist is that your kids will want to take up your causes as they grow and mature.\u00a0I&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16086,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[17641,17637,17640,9560,17805,1689,17638,17642,2580,11071,17639,3661,5065],"class_list":["post-16084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gardening","tag-aquaponic-project","tag-aquaponics","tag-expanded-clay","tag-fish-tank","tag-gardening","tag-greens","tag-grow-bed","tag-grow-light","tag-herbs","tag-homestead","tag-hydroponics","tag-lettuce","tag-sustainability"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Small Scale Aquaponics - Growing Greens With a Fish Tank<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/29\/small-scale-aquaponics-growing-greens-with-a-fish-tank\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Small Scale Aquaponics - Growing Greens With a Fish Tank\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"One of the biggest hopes you can have as a mom and an environmentalist is that your kids will want to take up your causes as they grow and mature.\u00a0I&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/29\/small-scale-aquaponics-growing-greens-with-a-fish-tank\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nature Moms\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/naturemoms\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-05-29T15:20:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-05-03T19:31:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Small-Scale-Aquaponics-Growing-Greens-With-a-Fish-Tank.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"688\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"458\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Tiffany\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@TiffanyWashko\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@TiffanyWashko\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Tiffany\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/naturemoms.com\\\/blog\\\/2014\\\/05\\\/29\\\/small-scale-aquaponics-growing-greens-with-a-fish-tank\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/naturemoms.com\\\/blog\\\/2014\\\/05\\\/29\\\/small-scale-aquaponics-growing-greens-with-a-fish-tank\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Tiffany\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/naturemoms.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8745c3f898f2fd82cb975778268df818\"},\"headline\":\"Small Scale Aquaponics &#8211; 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