Jon Parr

52, Male

Soquel, CA

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?
aquaponics
Are you an aquaponic gardener already?
In progress, yes
If so, what type of system? (pick all that apply)
Two 8' kiddie pools, covered with horizontal NFT tubes for lettuce and herbs. Two barrels full of gravel and passionfruit. Filling tanks tomorrow, ordering breeding stock soon. I plan on conditioning system with bags of chicken chit until fish arrive. Greenhouse.
Please tell us something else about yourself.
I have a wife and 3 kids that help wrestle our 9 acres in the Santa Cruz mountains overlooking Monterey Bay. I'm a tradesman, looking for a change, hoping this hobby will lead to a career. I fish, surf, freedive, sail, pretty much anything in the water is fun for me. Looking forward to retiring from gopher hunting!

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  • Sly

    Hi Jon,

    I am a fellow califonian (San Jose specifically) and I am fairly new to aquaponics. I am currently using goldfish in my IBC system, but I would like to change catfish and tilapia. I read one of your posts that you were selling some frys. Are you still selling them and do you have any available? I would love you buy some from you. Please email me at slyguy95035@yahoo.com. thanks in advance.

    Jun 23, 2015

  • Lucio Carrozzo

    Hi Jon. I have a 160 acre open land that I would love to start Aquaponics farming. I live in South Africa where poverty if rife and would like to start a comercially viabile veggie and fish farm whereafter use the knowledge to pass on to the many poor communities. Like you I am in the construction business and am able to do a lot of the construction and building of facilities myself whch would be a huge saving. However I need to get some info/plans/layout ideas together with info/litriture on farming techniques etc

    Kindly advise if you can assist

    Best regards

    Lucio

    Mar 15, 2016

  • Dan Vega

    Help support the future of aquaponics and sustainable farming by visiting:

    https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1684507155/greenhouse-station-...

    Oct 24, 2016