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Water Quality Testing

Started Jul 28, 2014 0 Replies 0 Likes

After misplacing my API test chart, and often having problems working out my pH level from colors that are very similar I decided that there must be another way. I wondered if I can use my smartphone…Continue

Aquaponics Research

Started May 6, 2014 0 Replies 0 Likes

I started a citizen science project on aquaponics research in January. The idea is you keep a diary, so you can look back at what happened. For example, you can keep track of and graph your water…Continue

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Ria Follett's Blog

My Aquaponics Journey so far

Posted on April 30, 2014 at 6:08pm 0 Comments 0 Likes

Ria’s aquaponics journey

As part of my aquaponics journey, I have been experimenting with setting up my own system. This is my story so far.

I love challenges, so I gave myself a real challenge, by building the system in the forest that is my backyard. So I only get 3-4 hours sunshine which is not ideal for vegetables. Almost all vegetable seeds I find in the shops say…

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Aquaponics Photo Diary

Posted on February 10, 2014 at 5:11pm 0 Comments 0 Likes

The free aquaponics diary on www.ourresearch.net now has a new feature - a photo diary.

The photo diary allows you to upload photos of your system, so that you can see the changes over a period of time, and correlate these with what else happened at that time.

I am planning to use this to track plant growth. Below you can see my new photo diary, including photos of some new seedlings I just added. I will take pictures of the same plants…

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Aquaponics Research

Posted on January 28, 2014 at 6:00pm 6 Comments 0 Likes

As a newcomer to aquaponics (I set up my first system 6 months ago) I am impressed by the innovation of its users.

At the same time I was contemplating going back to do research, so I decided that I can combine my interest in research with my interest in aquaponics. But rather than run my own research project, I want to tap into the expertise of all the people who run their own system. After all they are the experts, rather than me a newcomer.

So I have set up a citizen science…

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