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Re: E-Z Home Aquaculture
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Subject: Re: E-Z Home Aquaculture
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From: wbw@shore.net (William B. Warren)
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Date: 17 Oct 1994 07:24:30 -0400
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Article: 2444 of alt.energy.renewable
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Newsgroups: sci.environment, alt.energy.renewable
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Organization: North Shore Access; a service of Eco Software, Inc.
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References: <37k5f4$adc@shore.shore.net> <JMC.94Oct15083949@sail.stanford.edu>
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Xref: bigblue.oit.unc.edu sci.environment:44328 alt.energy.renewable:2444
In article <JMC.94Oct15083949@sail.stanford.edu>,
John McCarthy <jmc@cs.Stanford.EDU> wrote:
>In article <37k5f4$adc@shore.shore.net> wbw@shore.net (William B. Warren) writes:
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> If one were to grow some tilapia in a solar algae tank or two, pump
> the wastewater through a nitrifying tank, and then divert the water
> through hydroponically grown grasses, herbs, etc. before returning it to
> the fish tank(s), is this water a satisfactory nutrient solution?
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> Does one need to feed the fish a particular food, or a particular variety of
> foods to obtain a complete nutrient solution for the plants? Or would one
> need to regularly add certain trace elements or salts?
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> Ideas,Comments,Suggestions,Criticism?
> Thanks in Advance,
> Will
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>In the simple system you have described, everyone eating the fish
>would get to share the all diseases of everyone contributing to the
>waste.
>--
>John McCarthy, Computer Science Department, Stanford, CA 94305
I don't understand... We'd end up with fish diseases? The idea is to
treat the fish wastewater with hydroponically grown plants, not human
wastewater. John, what modifications would you suggest?
On board my 53' biobarge I treat small amounts of human sewage
biologically in a series of 22 tanks. Almost no pathogens make it through
my 'marshland' tanks (hydroponically grown spartina).
Perhaps Ma nature knows her stuff,
William