Ryan Chatterson

Male

Clermont, FL

United States

Profile Information:

How did you find us?
Search engine (Google)
If you found us through a search engine, what search words were you using?
Florida aquaponics
Are you an aquaponic gardener already?
Yes
If so, what type of system? (pick all that apply)
flood and drain media, raft, NFT, combination
How old is your system?
2 yrs or more
What type of fish do you grow with? (select all that apply)
Koi, Tilapia, Other
How big is your fish tank?
Several 1000+ gal tanks
Name a part of a fish (spam blocking question)
Fin
Please tell us something else about yourself.
Hello, my name is Ryan. Some may know me from my previous career with Aquatic Eco Systems where I managed Greensky growers, a state of the art rooftop aquaponic facility, their outdoor Aquaponic demo system and taught semi annual courses with Dr Rakocy, Dr Lennard and the AES team.

I currently run my own aquaponic farm on 5 acres in beautiful Clermont, Fl. Check out my Facebook or website for more info.


http://chattersonfarms.com
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Chatterson-Farms/132659010103409

Comment Wall:

  • Sylvia Bernstein

    Welcome Ryan,

    Thanks for joining the Aquaponic Gardening community! I hope you find it a fun place to explore aquaponics. There is a real blend of experienced and new aquapons in this community, so please don’t hesitate to join in. Always thrilled to have experienced growers join us – please post some photos of your system!

    A great place to start is to read the “How to Use This Site” link on the upper right corner, “Start Here” section of the Main page.

    Please add a photo of yourself and participate!

    Thanks again for joining us, and I look forward to getting to know you.

    Sylvia

    Dec 2, 2010

  • Sylvia Bernstein

    Hi Ryan. I'm not sure why you wouldn't be able to upload images from your phone, but I did hear of another person who I think had an issue with this - Ricky Flickenger. You may want to send him a comment and ask if he had this problem and how he was able to solve it, if he did. I know he was as enthusiastic as I was about the ability to interact with this site with our phones! I just haven't tried to upload any images that way yet.

    Dec 3, 2010

  • David Waite

    Ryan love your system. Hope mine performs like yours once it is up and running. I see that you start your seedlings in a seeding tray but not in pots. Do you pull them and transplant into rafts and media beds using just media. Just curious. Thanks Dave.

    Mar 11, 2011

  • David Hart

    Hi Ryan,  I ended up using EPS foam, not the blue dow board.  I have 3 pound virgin foam and 2 pound virgin. The 3 pd is VERY strong, stronger then the blue...(my opinion) It's hard to even push my fingernail into it.

    The 2 pd is 'all right'...not sure about 'long term'. I want to order 2 1/2 pound virgin and give it a try.

    The reason I didn't use the blue...is I had a salesman call Dow to see about ordering some 2 inch. We told the lady on the phone what I was going to do with it....she mentioned that the blue dow has a fire retatdant chemical in it...(?)

     

    Anyway, this fellow should be able to get what you want.....if you would mention my buddies name (Eric Christenson) when you call. :-)

     

    David Stringer @ whitecap supply (orlando) 407-298-7083

    Mar 31, 2011