What Water Pump should you buy for your Aquaponics System? (TIPS AND TRICKS!)
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If you are looking to get started in aquaponics, you will need at least 1 water pump. Luckily selecting and sizing your water pump shouldn’t be too difficult. Here are some tricks I have learned when it comes to water pumps in aquaponics systems.
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Great video with good info!!what name brand is the 2700 gph pump? as im building a RDWC system with 4 five gallon hydrobuckets with about 12 to 15 feet total run of 3/4 pvc pipe im going on the high side 15feet.thanks for the good info
The "just buy a large one" approach might be the most American suggestion one could get… For people who are really concerned about the right size for THEIR system there should be a lot more questions to ask yourself before you go out and buy a pump: System size and required flow rate, required head hight, tubing friction, part failure mitigation and so on. Adjusting a pump down on the "turn knob" the video showed is plainly bad advice. On small pumps (i.e. up to 2500gal/h) that is usually a mechanical resistance you add to reduce the flow – which means you are wasting a large percentage of your power intake. Even electronic regulation (on more sofisticated and more expensive pumps) is usually a net efficiency drop. A correctly sized pump is a key factor of your systems overall power consumption and should be picked really carefully. A 1000 gal pump can range between 40W and about 100W – so choose wisely and don’t constrain your flow.
An airlift would be a better choice.
I have a chop and flip with a 250 gallon round fiber glass tank and a 55 gallon RFF with potential to have two more IBC grow beds.
So I have a sump tank that starts off as 83 gallons (but I can expand to 250 gallons to account for 3 grow beds), 55 gallon blue drum RFF, 250 gallon round Fiberglass fish tank, and 1 IBC grow bed of hydroton where the water part is 50gallons.
83+55+250+50 =438
This totals to 438 gallons of water. Divide by two hours to get 219 gallons per hour.
To account for head height and bends of pipes and hoses I think I should upgrade and get a 250 gallon per hour pump.
Split flow system
Would this pump be enough or would you recommend a different brand?
Active Aqua AAPW250 Submersible Water Pump, 250 GPH from Amazon
Hi! following…
i’ve had a pond with carp in it unfortunately the water source became les over the years. Now im trying to build a solar powered system that keeps the water moving airates and filtrates it. Is aquaponics the right choice for me or is there a more efficient system for filtering my water to replace new freshwater. Plants are not the priority at all and could potentialy be left out.