Intro i'm rebuilding my aquaponics system with a new greenhouse. i decided that i would try to automate as much as possible due to the fact that i travel often for work.. This instructable covers certain aspects of building an aquaponic system. i use an arduino micocontroller to regulate the frequency of system cycling.if you an to build an aquaponic system, other instructables, blogs, books should be consulted prior to building.. It is actually quite easy to grow anything in an aquaponic system, having the perfect system with fish and plants using good bacteria to break down the ammonia to nitrogen the plants thrive on. below is a picture of two chocolate mint plants. one was grown in a pot with water from the hose and the other was watered from an aquaponic system..
Keeping my fish in the basement and growing plants in a out door greenhouse. i figure this will be a good way to start off my channel because as everyone knows food is one of the most important. This system is also using aquaponics, not hydroponics. i am experienced in the field of garden growth and self maintaining systems, but i am not experienced in technical automation. thank you for your time.. 2.2 open aquarium aquaponics 2.3 open aquarium over arduino 3. the library open aquarium counts with a c++ library that lets you read easily all the sensors and send the information by using any of the available radio interfaces. this library offers an simple-to-use open source system. 3.1 using the library with arduino open aquarium includes a.
