Friday the 10 th December 2010

Aquaponics is a farming method inspired by ancient farming systems from the Aztecs to Egypt, based on the recycling of nutrients in nature. In the aquaponic fish tank, the fish consume food and excrete manure, algea grows in the nutrient-rich water, and uneaten fish food falls to the bottom. These unused nutrients would....(This is from a site that seemingly has not been updated for two years UNFORTUNATELY.But maybe the drive toward A/P is still strong there. Lets hope so...) Aquaponics for Kids. At The Kids Culinary Academy of Vermont ... Vermont summer camp instruction for kids (ages 10-17) at The Kids CulinarY....
 (This next one might be a bit unsettling but needs to be addressed)

You know whats cool? Aquaponics.

This may seem like a random post, considering that this blog focuses on my fight with Crohns disease and my decision to use hookworms as my drug of choice.  But, if you consider that it was my interest in better gardening methods that opened my mind to trying helminthic therapy, methinks this post makes sense.

While talking to a college student the other day about his major in Environmental Studies, the conversation turned to the topic of aquaponics - a new word for me.

 How Much Seaweed Extract... Who Do You Call.........

Aquaponics - Duckweed. Duckweed! I finally got hold of some. Ive been looking around for it for ages, but all the plant stores stock a plant that isnt really duckweed. Every single nursery...

aquaponics philippines feb 2009 | Hydroponic Gardening Review
fish,rabbit, chicken ,duck and veg system, Aquaponics is the symbiotic cultivation of plants and aquatic animals in a recirculating environment. Alternate definition:

NorCal Aquaponics is one of the first in the world to offer systems, trainings, knowledge and experience in a Permaculture based Aquaponics design methodology, we call "the Meyers System"!

HOW TO... Set Up Aquaponics, from Videomanic 

First Pick Affnans Aquaponics They are ripening, those Tomatoes are ripening and I pick a few.

This is a little demo system that I have built outside of my house and an explaination as to what the hell Aquaponics is.. Also my project will...

Aquaponics Student shows aquaponics sustainable hydroponics aquaculture.

From GREENANSWERS

Nitrosamines are found in fish as well many other animals, and they break down Ammonia into nitrates that plants love.  The bacterium cultivates in the gravel, so a smart move to make in any aquaponics set up is to run the water cycle through several times and check the flow.  A completely self-rotating.....

Aquaponics: How to eat healthy and support the environment

Friendly Aquaponics Tim Mann and Susanne Friend share the results of their work developing efficient and sustainable

55 GAL indoor aquaponics My 55 Gal planted/fish aquarium converted to aquaponics. I have a 10 Gal tote above with pea gravel and a bell autosiphon.

Course Description
This bilingual Aquaponics and Permaculture 10-day intensive December includes 10 days of outdoor classroom instruction, and hands-on experience at the Aquaponics mini-farm located at the beautiful Ecovillage Resort of Finca Las Nubes. Students will learn about Aquaponics, Permaculture, experience luxurious eco-village living, and much more from experienced trainers & professionals sharing their knowledge and experience in Aquaponics, Permaculture, land restoration, tropical food forest, social justice and self sufficiency. You will learn the skills needed to,,,

We are loaded to deliver another School Kit.
This particular kit has 3 x 1250 ltr tanks with viewing windows, 4 x 585 ltr gravel beds and 2 x floating raft, three x 230 ltr fingerling tanks.
Plus all plumbing , pumps and so on.
Aquaponics is a wonderful educational tool that is for sure.
We decided to fill one of the tanks a few days back and throw a few fish in for some photos. See attached photos.

Please can I stop? I actually went to sleep in front of T.V. Then had to try and sharpen myself up for this. Now my eyes are saying ENOUGH ALREADY.
So I think I had better heed the warning. Hope you get a lot out of this one
Soon Guys & Gals,
OZZIE

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WEDNESDAY 15th DECEMBER

Busy, Busy. So straight into the fray.

And the first one is:
Trout don’t like hot water, nigh, trout don’t even like warm water. From my experience somewhere around 25 degrees C and they start to struggle. It’s not actually the temperature that gets ‘em, it’s the Dissolved Oxygen (DO) level. See as the temperature of the water rises, the saturation level of DO goes down. And trout are....

Aubrey Parsons, Richard Robotham and Aaron Stachowski, all seniors at Judson, studied the feasibility of an aquaponics operation — raising fish and vegetables in an urban environment.

They talked to two organizations already growing fish and food — one in New York City and one in Milwaukee, Parsons said. They also reached out to grocery store chains and found few willing to...

Enter aquaponics, a system of food gardening that has a small but growing following, not least because its advantages seem almost too good for being true. An aquaponics installation requires no soil, scant water (two-ten percent of that which is employed in usual vegetable garden), a modest financial outlay and minimal maintenance.

Buddhists in the Bathtub: Aquaponics, Boulder Style  by The Aquaponic Source

Olomana Gardens / In a concrete jungle, green dreams are made of aquaponics. How it works: Aquaponics combines aquaculture (fish farming) and hydroponics (soil-less farming in nutrient-rich... 

ELGIN — If run as a non-profit and with the right marketing, an aquaponics business could be successful in Elgin.

However, turning the second floor of the Tower Building into a for-profit shared office space for small businesses likely would lose money

We’ve grown accustomed to hearing about sustainable endeavors like urban farming around town, but fish farming? Who knew? Thanks to the Massachusetts Avenue Project’s ambitious aquaponics (aquaculture plus hydroponics) system, fresh fish raised locally and sustainably on Buffalo’s West Side is...
Read more: http://artvoice.com/issues/v9n49/five_questions#ixzz18BOWde1l

Aquaponic systems need a fish tank and a separate plant tank. I had to choose between buying an existing, prefabricated tank or building my own custom tank. I couldn’t find an existing one that would fit into the space available....

Voices from the Good Food Movement: Aquaponics at Our school at Blair Grocery...

 

The Urban Conversion Visits Colorado Aquaponics

The great folks at The Urban Conversion recently paid a visit to JD Sawyer, of Colorado Aquaponics. JD has set up 3 different aquaponic systems in The GrowHaus, and hes showing Rodman the ropes.

From 120 thingsAquaponics Cheese Handmade fishing lures Mold making Solar hot water

Aquaponics - Duckweed auto feeder side view

To add clarity to the previous post, here is a side view animation of the duckweed auto feeder.

Which is better Hydroponics or Aquaponics?Posted on December 9, 2010 Which is better to have, considering maintenance, yield, costs

Fishy Farm Creates Polyculture System for Home Use:Fishy Farm out of Hillsboro, Oregon has created both an indoor and outdoor aquaponic-horticulture-vermiculture system that can grow food and raise fish all within the comfort of your humble abode or backyard

Planting a vegetable garden is a great way to save money on grocery bills, enjoy fresh, healthy, and delicious foods, and reduce your carbon footprint, but across much of the United States, 

Affnans Aquaponics: Conceptual 3D Rendering of Aquaponics - Abhar Amir...: "Receive pictures from Abhar Amir Alias The following picture are interesting 3D rendering by Abhar Amir Alias. The siphon below is an impr..."

 That will do for today
All the Best
OZZIE

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Monday 13th December 2010

Ive been flicking through the Archives this morning and I am pretty sure that this Blog has covered Aquaponics from every direction possible. However not to the depth that we can go. The things Ill be looking at throughout 2011 will be to try to cover the more technical aspects of the biological processes and of course searching for breakthroughs or better understandings of what is happening or can happen within certain systems.

In other words The Search Goes On Into 2011 and beyond. So stick with us as we attempt to continue to uncover Whats New and Whats Different through the upcoming twelve months and of course we will continue to cover the very basics of DIY for what I believe will be a huge rush of newcomers into this wonderful hobby.

OK Bridle is back on............

First up...Murray, But Ill let him do the talking because he is talking with a Milne....???

Next I can hit two birds with the one shot - The Daily A/P and Sylvia

Erin & Jakes Adventure “Life is either a great adventure or nothing.” – Hellen Keller

 Asparagus Update - 4th Dec 2010 Affnans Aquaponics  Amateur Urban Aquaponics, if I can do it, you can do it too..:)

The leafy greens, basil, cherry tomatoes, green onions, Swiss chard and sweet yellow peppers look unbelievably healthy and robust. And how they’re planted is equally unbelievable. These veggies are growing in bins above

One Size Does Not Fit All: comparing sizes and techniques is Aquaponics Learn the economics of growing your food, how much does it COST per sqaure foot, and HOW much cans you SAVE, or it going Commercial, HOW much can you earn......

Aquaponics Company Celebrates Achievements, Growth in 2010. 2010 has been a year of achievements, milestones and growth for Nelson and Pade, Inc, a Wisconsin-based company specializing in aquaponics.

In my never-ending quest to build the ultimate incubator for Tilapia eggs, I have built at least 5 prototypes, none of which worked exactly the way I planned. Summarised below are some (You will need to click through for this one)

Edmund Morris had dreamed for many years of moving to the country, reading all he could about farming and taking a keen interest in anything agricultural. His city life had...

Here is an excellent article:When checking over my “Indorm” aquaponic system, I noticed small colonies of Brown Algae forming on some of the rock sculptures in the fish tank. 

3x5 Aquaponics Saturday, December 4, 2010 Seedlings Growing... 

How it all Started 12, Fish Feeder 2 - I finally went ahead and got some new Automatic Fish feeders. We actually tried a fish pond feeder but it was designed to fling the feed out into the middle of a pond and really.....

Arlington residents get grass roots gardening tips

Written by Natalia Contreras, The Shorthorn senior staff
Sunday, 05 December 2010 07:07 PM
Chowgene Koay wants to teach people how to grow their own food by recreating a system that’s commonly found in nature. Conceptual 3D Rendering of Aquaponics - Abhar Amir Alias. The following picture are interesting 3D rendering by Abhar Amir Alias. The siphon below is an improvement in my initial design. He has included a strainer guard that will hold the strainer in place instead of having to use Silastic or other adhesive  That should do for today Take Care OZZIE

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FRIDAY 17th DECEMBER 2010

Well we are in the middle of what could be one of the stories of the century and this is WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and his release on bail and what is going to be THE ongoing saga. But meanwhile we have our own Internet developments to deal with. So........ Here we goooooo.....


"IN AUGUST 2006 FRUITA 8/9 SCHOOL OPENED. AS NEW CONSTRUCTION, IT WAS BUILT "FOR COMFORT" AND WASNT NECESSARILY EVER CONSIDERED TO BE ENERGY STAR QUALIFIABLE. HOWEVER, AFTER THREE YEARS OF GIFTED AND TALENTED STUDENTS EFFORTS COMBINED WITH AN ENERGY AUDIT AND CORRECTIONS, FRUITA 8/9 BECAME ENERGY STAR QUALIFIED ON MARCH 31, 2010.
Colorado Aquaponics is conserving water is by growing greens like basil and lettuce in the same container as fish. They both thrive together. The nutrients..... "

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From Growing Organic Food, "Help! Why do leaves curl at the tip?

Does anyone know why baby/young leaves curl in an Aquaponics system? Or just curl in general??"

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Next, I made mention of the Disney Grants a short time ago. Now this report. 

ECOLIFE wins Disney grant to build farm in Cameroon

/ Courtesy of ECOLIFE

One of two aquaponics systems operated by ECOLIFE, a local nonprofit group.

Escondido-based conservation group ECOLIFE has secured funding from Disney to build an unusual farm in Cameroon that combines growing fish and vegetables in a system that recirculates water...

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Aquaponics and other things

Saturday, December 11, 2010

The end of the experiment

Some discussion first of the effect of the big rains we have had recently . Basically we have had a very wet season

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From Afnan....

Asparagus Update - 11th Dec 2010

Transplant most of the Asparagus to growbed after the first survived 4th Dec ordeal. Left a few in nursery gravel bed and Ill wait and see what happen....


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From 120 things....

Aquaponics - Duckweed growth rate

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I hadnt noticed my duckweed growing, because I tend not to notice such things. But when you compare two photos taken a week apart, i....

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Now for something quite exciting, and make sure you take note of the time from setup to harvest, WOW....

Aquaponic Bananas

By TCLynx, on December 6th, 2010

Don’t they say it takes 14 months to get fruit from a banana? Well apparently my Aquaponics system and my banana plant didn’t read that book....

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What is Aquaponics?

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Aquaponics is a relatively new approach to food production that cultivates fish and plants in a symbiotic relationship. The OrganicNation.tv crew traveled to Flanagan, Illinois where Myles Harston of AquaRanch Industries has been working with aquaponics 1992.....

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 Permaculture and Aquaponics
Perhaps I should mention that one of my primary goals in beginning my aquaponics venture is to include permaculture into the mix.
My ultimate goal is to take the full-boat permaculture course from Permaculture Visions in Australia, but in the meantime....

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 Next, Here is a bit of a giggle from Murray Hallums Forum about people who live in or come from Canada

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From the "Place Where PDFs Live" a plethera of Pdfs for your enjoyment and edification....

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From "Aquaponic-Farm.com"
What is Aquaponics
The simple explanation:? You have a fish and you have the plant (s). The plant will live in some kind of container similar to what you can expect normal (except for not using the land you used to). The fish live in a different container. The plant to get this water from.....

Aquaponics - Decorate Your House With Growing Vegetables

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Grow Fish and Vegetables in Your Garage With Aquaponics

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Aquaponics - The New QWay of Growing Plants - Fast

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Basic Things You Need to Know About Aquaponics

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There we go - All done for now
Take Care
OZZIE

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Monday 6th December WELCOME

Instead of getting the Blog done, Ive been watching "Good Morning Vietnam" so now I have to stay up till the early hours doing this. What a Numb Skull I am. But enough about me. Lets see what we can dig out for you guys.......

How to build a basic Aquaponics System, A basic video guide on how to build your own Aquaponic system. This is sytem is based on the barrel ponic and S&S setup and was built by me in the summer of 07?.

 The first two items are from the Aussie King and the U.S. Queen of Aquaponics. First Murray Hallum has just sent out his latest Blog - Practical Aquaponics gems.CHOP Mark2 TotePonics (IBC) Powers On.

And close on his heels Slywoman has, as I was typing the first lines to this issue, posted the following: 6 Great Ideas for Aquaponics Holiday Gifts And why not sign up for their blogs....Made sense to me.

2010: Top year for Aquaponics, growing fish and veggies together: Growing fish and vegetables at the same time in a system called “Aquaponics” (a blend of hydroponics and aquaculture) has taken off this year.

space fish: After not one but two people said to me that it would be grossly, GROSSLY negligent to not make a stronger attempt to keep my fish warmer as the winter gets colder I had to make a decision:

Aquaponics Guidebook in PDF, a multiversity textbook and DIY magic carpet Sequatchie Valley Institute. All of us who are guaranteed Aquaponics Europe The ultimate ...

Plus several others for your downloading pleasure...

First European Aquaponics School
1e Europese MBO-opleiding Aquaponics genomineerd voor de prijsvraag: "Groene Urgentie"

PARADISE LOST: Im speaking of aquaponics, an ancient technique of utilizing aquatic animals and vegetation which allows both to thrive. The process has...

 BACKYARD AQUAPONICS:This is part three of an instructional video showing how to install one of our aquaponics kit systems.

Today I happened across the heiroglyph for tilapia, which inspired me to generate a cartouche for aquaponics. I have a cartouche that I wear always - my sister got it for me in Turkey back in the early 1990s. ...

Aquaponic farm opts for solar source

By Scott Rochat
© 2010 Longmont Times-Call
LONGMONT — Forget greenhouses. Grow Your Own Meal is going solar.
Next Generation Energy of Lafayette will help design and build a solar system for GYOM’s planned aquaponic farm, to be built at Longmont’s wastewater treatment plant.

Affnans Aquaponics: Asparagus Update
By Affnan
skip to main | skip to sidebar. Affnans Aquaponics. Amateur Urban Aquaponics, if I can do it, you can do it too..:). Asparagus Update. Asparagus has germinate , this photo....

Community Forestry Team - Aquaponics Forum
By admin
Aquaponics is becoming a great part in the green movement.? Besides being the worlds most sustainable food source, there are many benefits to setting up your own system in your back yard.? Your plants grow 50% to 75% times faster, ...

Should i do water changes when cycling an aquaponics system?

by admin on Sunday, November 28th, 2010 | 1 Comment

I have just set up an aquaponics system. It is a 10 gallon tank stocked with 2 goldfish and a pump that drains into 10 pounds of gravel, which then drip drains back into the tanks. Everywhere that I look that describes cycling of a standard fish tank says to do 20% water changes weekly.

3x5 Aquaponics: The Future of Farming
By Meg Stout
Search 3x5 Aquaponics. Loading... Blog Archive. ? 2010 (19). ? November (18). The Future of Farming · Tilapia - Legal in Your Town? Things Egyptian · That was Easy · Moving this sucker · 

Eco-Cycle Aquaponics and Habitat Systems:Combining modern technology with sustainable food production to solve world hunger, one family at......

Fron The Geneticengineer: aquaponics:ok here i am. i do aquaponics and i started some threads on here about various things including "aquaponic cannabis".

Well, thats another one put to bed, Sure hope it meets your needs. Until Wednesday, I wish you Good Gardening (In your little Puddles) and be good to each other....

OZZIE 

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