This project is a small-scale version of what is intended to be a very large model in reality. It incorporates shrimp, herbs, and algae to create food, fuel, and entertainment for people. The system gives freshwater from the algae tank to the herbs, which then drains into the shrimp tank, and shrimp waste drops down to the algae below. Therefore, people can eat the herbs, create biofuel from the algae, and enjoy or eat the shrimp/fish(entertainment for small-scale; eating for large scale). It combines the usage of algaculture, aquaculture, and aquaponics to create a self-contained, organic fuel and food system, which can solve hunger and fuel problems.

To make a self-sustaining, small-scale shrimp tank, herb garden, and algae producer.

If I create a system that contains shrimp, herbs, and algae in separate tanks that are connected through tubes and drainage valves, My system will sustain itself because the freshwater from the algae tank will water the herbs and drain back into the algae tank through the shrimp tank.

My procedures consisted of preliminary studies to determine if my plants could grow by a window, how to sustain my algae, and how to build and set up my individual tanks.

My system succeeded in providing freshwater from the algae tank to go through the system and back into the algae tank. The biggest challenge I faced was how to get only freshwater from the algae tank to the other tanks. I did this first by placing a mesh bag inside of the algae tank that separated the algae from the water, but eventually too many algae cells attached onto the bag, which would make it harder to collect them for biofuel. Therefore, I attached a tube to my water pump and cut a part of the mesh off so that I could connect it directly to the tube and therefore have less space that the algae cells could accumulate around. This solution worked a lot better, for less cells were being taken from the whole tank.

The main improvement for my project would be to make the algae tank larger so that it can hold more water to transport to the other two tanks. Another improvement could be to make the legs inside of the herb tank shorter, so that the herbs receive more water before it is drained out of the hole.