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If you found us through a search engine, what search words were you using?: disease/aquaponics/pathogens

Please tell us something else about yourself.: I raised tropical fish in a 100 tank hatchery for years. I also have a 30x50 pond and have fished a great deal of my life. I have an engineer friend who is trying to market aquaponic systems telling people there are no human pathogens with the system and while I don't believe that to be true I know for undeniable fact one must be extremely careful handling fish and that would corispond with produce in the system.

I was looking for input on it. I believe it is totally irresponsible to tell people it is a completely sfe system....that gives them license to be lazy.

At 8:05am on September 15, 2011, TCLynx said…: I have an engineer friend who is trying to market aquaponic systems telling people there are no human pathogens with the system and while I don't believe that to be true I know for undeniable fact one must be extremely careful handling fish and that would corispond with produce in the system.

I'm looking for examples and details about the dangers you know about for fact.

At 9:11am on September 12, 2011, TCLynx said…: Hay Mike.

I would you please share some specifics on this comment?

I have an engineer friend who is trying to market aquaponic systems telling people there are no human pathogens with the system and while I don't believe that to be true I know for undeniable fact one must be extremely careful handling fish and that would corispond with produce in the system.

At 8:54pm on September 11, 2011, Sylvia Bernstein said…: Welcome Mike,

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 get in there and start asking questions. Everyone is quite happy to help out new members – no question is too basic.

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. You might also find the “Aquaponic Gardening Rules of Thumb” guidelines helpful.

Please add a profile image, 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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