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Aquaponic Basics and System Build Workshop

Event Details

Time: January 22, 2012 from 10am to 4pm
Location: GrowHaus
Street: 4751 York St
City/Town: Denver, Co
Website or Map: https://sites.google.com/a/co…
Phone: 720-470-7007
Event Type: workshop
Organized By: Tawnya Sawyer
Latest Activity: Jan 18, 2012

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Event Description

Want to build your own system, but don’t know where to start?

Colorado Aquaponics is holding a new workshop at GrowHaus introducing participants to the key principles of growing fish and plants together in a recirculating soil-less system. The course will include discussions about:

Benefits of aquaponics
Fish and Plant Selection
Bacteria and Nitrification Cycle
System Ratios and Startup Procedures
Different system designs: flood and drain, deep water culture, and vertical
Growbed styles, media, pumps, aerators, plumbing fittings and more.

This workshop will be held at The GrowHaus, a living classroom environmentnon-profit urban farm and marketplace in the Elyria-Swansea neighborhood. Hands on opportunities will including system assembly with various components, water testing, and system maintenance activities.

Cost is $75/pp cash, check, paypal or credit card