Project Management

Fabable family sized aquaponic system w/ gross env controls (temp, etc)

Provide habitat for raising both plants and fish in a mutuallly supportive closed loop system producing nutritional and medicinal product

Considerations:

• Two primary areas centering around a pond environment for fish and a gravel based rooting medium for plants.
• Good weight distribution or mechanisms for support.
• Modular expansion.
• Moveable (not portable).
• No esoteric materials other than pond liner.
• Good habitat (towards vivarium, with edge zones, aquatic plants and land plants).
• Aesthetics compatable with a residential sunroom.
• Allow for easy data logging and data transfer for students.
• Ability to fit tunnel covering or case for atmosphere control i.e. CO2 mgmt.

Components:

• Bed for growing plants - 20 to 25 Sq ft, 6 to 9 inches deep
• Tank for growing fish - aprox 350 Gallon
• Nominal 12V electrical
• Water pump for water exchange between tank and grow bed
• Microcomputer control of water pump to manage exchange and aeration
• Temperature measurement and logging by micromomputer
• Interface to transfer data and accept control parameters from a laptop computer