Comments on Don Sausa's Notepad: Philippines Aquaponics: Self-Sustaining Agricultur...

hi all have been experimenting with aquaponics for...

2009-12-13T08:59:14.358-08:00

hi all
have been experimenting with aquaponics for +-3 years all i can say is WOW IT WORKS, AND NOT ONLY WORKS BUT IT WORKS VERY WELL.
MY HOBBY
I HAVE PASSION FOR THIS SUBJECT.

rom, glad you are interested. Hopefully you can g...

2009-11-22T15:01:11.964-08:00

rom, glad you are interested. Hopefully you can get started with your pond and develop a re-circulating system even in the high elevations of Bulacan.

good morning Don, i am seriously thinking of goin...

2009-10-05T17:47:49.542-07:00

good morning Don,

i am seriously thinking of going into aquaponics. i have a vacant lot here in bulacan and i want to make it productive. we dont have irrigation channels here coz we are at a high elevation. i can produce a small pond for starter and want to talk to you more on aqauponics especially tilapia culture.

thank you for sharing your knowledge on aquaponics.

Vince - it will work, you just need sun plus make ...

2009-08-01T22:07:40.701-07:00

Vince - it will work, you just need sun plus make sure the fish doesn't eat the seeds. LOL. My tilapia always ate the new leaves so the kang kong wouldn't last long.

Hi Don, We are into bangus farming and your artic...

2009-08-01T17:29:57.433-07:00

Hi Don,

We are into bangus farming and your article is really interesting and as you said, has commercial implications. I wanted to test aquaponics first on my son's fish aquarium...I am planning to just sprinkle the kangkong seeds into the water...please stop me if this wont work! :)

Vince

Hello Don, Thanks for the quick reply. I am curr...

2009-07-23T17:31:09.751-07:00

Hello Don,

Thanks for the quick reply. I am currently in Manila but my farm is in Mindanao. Please let me know when I can visit your place. I have been doing some computations and would seem very costly both initial and operational costs. I am just wondering if there other ways to do it. My ponds are concrete ponds and i plan to do the hydroponics part on a commercial basis. I

Hi Don, Thanks for the quick reply. I am current...

2009-07-23T02:48:30.554-07:00

Hi Don,

Thanks for the quick reply.

I am currently in Manila. My farm is located in Mindanao. I would be happy to send you some photos of the pond through your private email. Please email me though the email add i gave you.

Thanks,

Jon

Where are you located Jon?

2009-07-22T22:26:46.726-07:00

Where are you located Jon?

Hi Don, I have 4 concrete ponds of tilapia measur...

2009-07-22T08:54:10.524-07:00

Hi Don,

I have 4 concrete ponds of tilapia measuring 140sqm each. I m planning to add hydroponics to these ponds but would like to see a working model first. May I see your system? Please let me know through 10flyboy20@live.com.

Many Thanks

Jon

They are plastic bins that you can buy in any depa...

2009-06-13T08:59:32.244-07:00

They are plastic bins that you can buy in any department store or hardware store. I just filled them with rocks and put a PVC pipe to spill the water back into the pond.

Thanks, -Don

Hi Don, Im interested in starting in aquaponics. ...

2009-06-03T23:44:17.239-07:00

Hi Don,

Im interested in starting in aquaponics. Where did you buy your 2 growbeds? Did you do it yourself? Or are they just customized plant boxes?

thanks!

Kerwin,1. you used the grow beds as mechanical fil...

2009-02-28T01:01:32.403-08:00

Kerwin,

1. you used the grow beds as mechanical filters right? so you pumped water directly to the grow bed for 12hrs a day(during daytime?)and let it drain out by itself?

YES, water comes in at one end and there's a hole on the other side. So once the water goes high enough, it goes into that hole which is connected to a PVC pipe that goes back to the pond.

2.

Carlos,You have given me some info. 1. A general ...

2009-02-28T00:53:18.640-08:00

Carlos,

You have given me some info.

1. A general idea would be a way to bring the water out of your ponds into one tank where the tank would distribute the water through different grow beds or NFT.

2. The beds should have an outlet to go back to another tank which would equally distribute the water back to your ponds.

Where are you located in the world?

hello! i am interested in aquaponics for a long ti...

2009-02-27T06:02:00.000-08:00

hello! i am interested in aquaponics for a long time now, but i don't have time to try it out. just some questions here, if you don't mind.
1. you used the grow beds as mechanical filters right? so you pumped water directly to the grow bed for 12hrs a day(during daytime?)and let it drain out by itself?
2. how many grow beds do you have?
3. have you tried other plants?
4. can you

Hi. Very interesting. The more I read about it, ...

2009-02-24T08:34:00.000-08:00

Hi. Very interesting. The more I read about it, the more I want to do it. I have 6 ponds. Each pond is 27 cubic meters with 7,500 galons of water. 2,000 tilapias in each tank. I am at 200 ft above sea level and the average temp is 28 degrees all year. What do you recommend I do ? Thanks, Carlos - cfsfl2000@yahoo.com

Well, your hardware store has all the materials to...

2009-01-21T20:53:50.220-08:00

Well, your hardware store has all the materials to set this up.

do you know if there are Aquaponics equipment and ...

2009-01-16T20:29:00.000-08:00

do you know if there are Aquaponics equipment and supplies dealer in the Philippines?

Water flows 12 hrs a day on a timer. The plants a...

2009-01-15T07:15:58.753-08:00

Water flows 12 hrs a day on a timer. The plants are growing off gravel and stones -- I had some extra gravel when I had to do concrete work at the house.

interesting, questions, must the water flow 24/7 f...

2009-01-14T23:30:00.000-08:00

interesting, questions, must the water flow 24/7 from the pond to the plant? what are the materials wherein plants are grown at, stones? any particular type of stone? thanks.