Good Morning all! My name is Adam Cohen and four years ago I first learned about aquaponics while doing some research on traditional aquaculture. From that moment I was hooked, so to speak. Over the…Continue
flood and drain media, raft, NFT, vertical, combination
How old is your system?
2 yrs or more
What type of fish do you grow with? (select all that apply)
Goldfish, Tilapia, Trout
How big is your fish tank?
The biggest is roughly 300 gallons
Please tell us something else about yourself.
I run Green Phoenix Farms in Dallas, TX. We are a small (but growing) farm in the North Texas area currently focusing on helping individuals design and install aquaponic systems in their homes and we are developing/refining our production methods for vegetables and fish
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Hey Adam! Everything is going well over here. Teaching has been great fun. The kids absolutely love AP, they formed a team to build another system for the school science fair, and a few of them are going to be building my $20 5 gallon airlift system themselves at home! My only concern is the scalability of our current model. I'm thinking about transitioning to teaching teachers next year now that we have a strong advocates in our principal and science teacher.
Things are progressing rather slowly on the product side though :( Balancing a full courseload with senior thesis, consulting for a non-profit, teaching and running a business is no easy task - but I guess I did ask for all this.
How's everything going on your side of the world? All well on the farm?
hello Adam! I just got your comment and would love to have you and your wife visit us for a while next summer! At the moment, we're getting ready for winter and getting everything built and such before the snow flies! We live outside of Taos, an hour or so north of Santa Fe. Let me know!
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 Home page.
Please participate and check in with us every day! We are constantly posting news about aquaponics and the good food movement.
Thanks again for joining us, and I look forward to getting to know you.
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Hey Adam! Everything is going well over here. Teaching has been great fun. The kids absolutely love AP, they formed a team to build another system for the school science fair, and a few of them are going to be building my $20 5 gallon airlift system themselves at home! My only concern is the scalability of our current model. I'm thinking about transitioning to teaching teachers next year now that we have a strong advocates in our principal and science teacher.
Things are progressing rather slowly on the product side though :( Balancing a full courseload with senior thesis, consulting for a non-profit, teaching and running a business is no easy task - but I guess I did ask for all this.
How's everything going on your side of the world? All well on the farm?
hello Adam! I just got your comment and would love to have you and your wife visit us for a while next summer! At the moment, we're getting ready for winter and getting everything built and such before the snow flies! We live outside of Taos, an hour or so north of Santa Fe. Let me know!
I like your profile picture. Give importance to the world's water.
Welcome Adam,
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 Home page.
Please participate and check in with us every day! We are constantly posting news about aquaponics and the good food movement.
Thanks again for joining us, and I look forward to getting to know you.
Sylvia