Indoor mini aquaponics system (ikea-hack): updated: we have recently updated this guide to make it more efficient and safer to use. you should have all the framework, the containers, and the plumbing set up now. now add water into the fish tank and start the pump up. we want to test to see if everything works properly, and if the system is. Hi friends today i am going to show how to make aquaponics aquarium .it is a mini tabletop aquarium with dimension 12'' x 6'' x 6''. the material i have used.... Ive been building and using different aquaponics units for about 3 years now and yours looks like it will work really well, depending on what your growing the gravel bed is the best setup in my opinion, i was getting 2 crops of romaine lettuce in the gravel to every 1 in the dirt.. good luck and happy fishing, ps if your close to the kootenays.