Our Home Aquaponic Systems are a great way to provide fresh, premium quality fish and vegetables for you and your family. Plus, you’ll love aquaponic gardening. It is fun, relaxing and you can do it year ’round! Imagine, growing your own lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers and more, without the mess of traditional gardening. And, it is all natural, sustainable and rewarding, which contributes to your overall good health and wellness. Our unique aquaponic system designs are highly productive, easy to operate and allow continuous harvests. The proven, science-based design ensures that you will grow as much food as possible with a positive return on your investment.
Feed Your Family Safe, Quality Food, Year ’round
Our Clear Flow Aquaponic Systems® provide lots of fish and veggies for home food production. Starting with the F5 (Fantastically Fun Fresh Food Factory), Home Garden and Family Plus, we cover all the bases as far as sizes, production levels and options. With our innovative filtration systems, the annual output of fish and vegetables from these home aquaponic systems is very high for the space, investment, and effort. Growing your fresh fish and vegetables in our Clear Flow Aquaponic Systems® will reduce your dependency on buying food from the grocery store and will provide you with high quality fish and vegetables that are free of chemicals, pesticides, growth hormones and antibiotics.
Clean and Tidy – no mess gardening
Our home aquaponic systems are clean and tidy, so you won’t have any messy soil or media and, thanks to our biological filter tanks, the water will smell fresh, not fishy.
Grow diverse crops
We use tilapia and lettuce bags as the examples in our production numbers but you are by no means limited to these crops. We have grown all kinds of vegetables in our Clear Flow Aquaponic Systems® including cucumbers, beans, peas, tomatoes, peppers, corn, radishes, beets, kohlrabi, cabbage, lettuce and greens, herbs, broccoli and more!
Four Great Systems for Home Food Production:
Home Food Production
Looking for a great little aquaponic system to raise fish and plants in a classroom or at home?
You’ve found it!
Small Fry Aquaponic Systems
Available in 3 Sizes!
These easy-to-operate aquaponic systems require minimal maintenance. Just feed the fish, seed and harvest the plants and maintain the filter.
Fun – Easy – Safe
With an 18-gallon fish tank, this system is a dynamo producer that takes up very little space. The small size makes it ideal for a classroom or as a food-producing attraction in your kitchen or home. The rotating, circular plant bed creates a beautiful, dynamic growing environment.
The Small Fry is aesthetically pleasing, easy to assemble and ready to GROW!
Small Fry 1
Specs:
- The maximum footprint for the whole system is no larger than 32” x 32”.
- 18 gallon fish tank
- 1 Circular Plant Tank with rotating plant rafts; 12 plant sites
System Includes:
- Fish and filter tanks; filter system
- Hand-crafted wooden stand
- Circular plant raft tank and plant raft with 12 plant sites
- Water pump, valves and all plumbing
- Starter Pack of fish food
- 50-1″ grow cubes
- 4-seed packs (bibb lettuce, leaf lettuce, basil, green beans)
- Fish Net
- LED Plant Grow Lights (ideal for supplemental light)
- 5-in-1 Test Strips (100) and Ammonia Test Strips (25)
- Detailed assembly and operation manuals and the Aquaponic Food Production Book
- Registration to the online Introduction to Aquaponics Course
Price: $1,995
Small Fry 2
Specs:
- The maximum footprint for the whole system is no larger than 32” x 32”.
- 18 gallon fish tank
- 1 Circular Plant Tank with rotating plant rafts; 12 plant sites
System Includes:
- Everything in the Small Fry 1, PLUS:
- Fish Tank window kit, installed
- Fish Tank Light
- Fish Tank Heater
- Aeration Kit
- Water Exchange Kit
- Test Strips are replaced with LaMotte Aquaponics Test Kit (Test pH, Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrate, Iron, Alkalinity, Dissolved Oxygen)
- Registration to the online Aquaponics 101 course
Price: $2,995
Small Fry 3
Specs:
- The fish and filter tanks sit in a 32” x 32” space.
- The 3 circulating plant tanks sit above the fish and filter tanks, in a 96″ x 96″ space.
- 18 gallon fish tank
- 3 Circular Plant Tanks with rotating plant rafts; each has 12 plant sites, for a total of 36 plant sites
System Includes:
- Everything in the Small Fry 2, PLUS:
- 2 Additional Circular Plant Tanks with rotating plant rafts
- Frames to support the additional Plant Tanks, with shelves
- 2 Additional LED Plant Grow Lights
- Registration to the online Aquaponics Daily Operations Course
Price: $3,995
F5 (Fantastically Fun Fresh Food Factory)
The F-5 is a fantastic system for the beginner or anyone who wants to set up a small but highly productive aquaponic system. An F-5 can annually produce 110 lbs of fish and 900-1,440 heads of lettuce, other leafy crops or a variety of vegetables such as tomatoes, beans, cucumbers and more. The F5 is a great system for a beginner and makes an ideal classroom aquaponic system.
- Vegetable Production:
- 900 – 1,440 heads of lettuce/year (or other vegetables)
- Fish Production:
- 110 lbs of fish/year
- System Dimensions:
- 6′ x 16′ = 96 sq. ft.
- Suggested total area indoors or greenhouse:
- 12′ x 20′ = 240 sq. ft.
- Estimated Labor/day
- 1/2 – 1 hour/day
- Electrical Requirements:
- 2.4 amps 120V, 24/7
- Grow Lights, optional, max: HID 1000 watts -or- LED 750 watts
- System Configuration:
- 1-100 gal fish tank, all filter tanks and pumps, 2-4′ x 6′ raft tanks
- also available in a 1-raft tank version
- F5 Cost:
$6,495 (price does not include options, palleting fee or shipping)
Home Garden
The Home Garden will seriously supplement your family\'s food supply, with over 200 lbs of fish and 1,350—2,160 heads of lettuce or lots of other fresh veggies every year. This is a great choice for a family who wants to get started in aquaponics. The Home Garden is a classic aquaponic raft system that in which you can grow a variety of crops - tomatoes, beans, cucumbers, and more!
- Vegetable Production:
- 1,350 – 2,160 heads of lettuce/year (or other vegetables)
- Fish Production:
- 215 lbs of fish/year
- System Dimensions:
- 10'6"′ x 28′ = 294 sq. ft.
- Suggested total area indoors or greenhouse:
- 12′ x 36′ = 432 sq. ft.
- Estimated Labor/day:
- 1-2 hours
- Electrical Requirements:
- 2.4 amps 120V, 24/7
- Grow Lights, optional, max: HID 2,000 watts -or- LED 1,500 watts
- System Configuration:
- 2 – 100 gal fish tanks, all filter tanks and pumps, 3 – 4′ x 6′ raft tanks
- Home Garden Cost:
- $12,395 (price does not include options, palleting fee or shipping)
Family Plus
Feed Your Family fresh, nutritious fish and veggies, year \'round! The Family Plus is great for home food production and big enough that you\'ll likely have extra to share with friends or family. The Family Plus is twice as big as the Home Garden! It can annually produce 460 lbs. of fish and 2,700 - 4,860 heads of lettuce (or other vegetables).
- Vegetable Production:
- 2,700 – 4,860 heads of lettuce/year (or other vegetables)
- Fish Production:
- 460 lbs of fish
- System Dimensions:
- 11′ x 40′ = 440 sq. ft
- Suggested total area indoors or greenhouse:
- 18′ x 48′ = 864 sq. ft.
- Estimated Labor/day
- 2 – 3 hours
- Electrical Requirements:
- 2.8 amps 120V, 24/7
- Grow Lights, optional, max: HID 3,000 watts -or- LED 2,300 watts
- System Configuration:
- 4 – 100 gal fish tanks, all filter tanks and pumps, 6 – 4′ x 6′ raft tanks
- Family Plus Cost:
- $16,969 (price does not include options, palleting fee or shipping)
| F5, Home Garden, Family PLUS Systems Include: | |
|---|---|
| Fish tank(s) with pre-drilled holes | Heated seed germination kit |
| Filter tanks with pre-drilled holes | Fish net |
| Raft tanks | Thermometer |
| Water pump | Net covers for fish tank(s) |
| Plumbing parts: PVC-straight pipe, elbows, tees, unions, Uni-Seals, valves | Air blower/pump and aeration components |
| Stands for fish, tanks, filter tanks and raft tanks. Stands include pre-cut wood, hardware and assembly instructions. Stands are un-assembled. | Documentation and Educational Materials
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Optional:
- Grow lights
- Test kits
- Growing Supplies
- Nelson and Pade Grower Support Program
- See more options in our shop!
Not Included with system:
- System Assembly
- Palletizing fee, freight and any other fees or costs related to the shipment of your system
- Optional equipment, supplies, services or training listed on the order form or website. These are all available at an additional cost.
- Plumbing connection from your incoming water source to the system automatic fill valve.
- Plumbing from the system drain to your drain.
- Plant rafts – Safe for food contact
Note: All system plumbing is for our standard system configuration. Any modification to the standard configuration will require additional plumbing parts that are not included.
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Success in Aquaponics
Nelson and Pade Grower Support Program
The Nelson and Pade Grower Support Program helps aquaponic growers get off to a great start, with proven technical support and continuous access to the leaders of the industry, valuable information and direct access to over 30 years of experience and success. The Nelson and Pade Grower Support Program is available, for an additional fee, to aquaponic growers using Nelson and Pade, Inc.® Clear Flow Aquaponic Systems®.
Nelson and Pade Grower Support Program
Optional Equipment
We offer all of the supplies you need to keep you system running…fish food, grow cubes, pest controls, etc. Aquaponics Store
Learn more Attend our Aquaponics Master Class®.
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