Aquaponics is a fascinating method of growing.  Creating a micro-eco-system (can you double hyphenate?) is a challenging, interesting, and often expensive endeavor.  I enjoyed the research and the fruits of that labor.  But, in the Northwest, I found it to be a greater challenge to make it economically practical on a small scale. 

Perhaps if I were to use native species of fish and allowed the system to go dormant during the cold and dark season, it may have been more…

Only one on tour should be very cool.and very indepth if im the only one on the tour for an hour

Greetings again Aquapons!  I have been on an interesting journey the past couple of years.  It all started with a better filter for my koi.  Researching bog filters inspired the notion of growing edible plants in the bog, which through my research I stumbled upon aquaponics.

Through my research and desire to find an economical means of heating my system, I stumbled upon the Wiseway pellet stove, which I became a statewide distributor for their company and recently sold that…

Knowing When to Add Iron to Your Aquaponic System

hi again folks,first of all let me explain my crazy title  haha.DOGS R US is the name of one of our businesses,we are located in beautiful EASTERN TENNESSEE good old USA.feel free to follow us on facebook and leave comments.several years ago i was told i was crazy to spend an amount exceeding 100,000.00 to build a boarding,breeding,grooming facility in a rural community such as ours.to make a long story short i did not listen to all the naysayers and short sighted people and forged ahead in…

less than 24 hrs. after posting my blog post titled smitten by the bug i recieved a comment saying how AP was a hoax.i'll admit you do see a lot of photos where people are growing LOTS of salad greens.but then you also see a lot of pictures of tomatoes,peppers ,okra,melons,beans and the list goes on.looks like to me if you provide a correct nutrient base,lighting,and enviromental coonditions any plant would prosper.comments anyone?

hello fellow aquapons,since this is my first blog post i think an introduction is in order! my name is alan crabtree and i live in beautiful east tennessee good ole USA.i am a 53 year old combat wounded veteran who is in a wheelchair.i first stumbled upon aquaponics while searching for a viable way to help feed my family and grow more towards self sustainability.i had previously grown some suspect crops hydroponically LOL and as such i do possess a rather large number of grow lights,pumps…

As my Montonegra winter renter always says "different question".  He is 92.  Here is my different question, What does sustainability mean to you and what are you doing to bring it to fruition ?  This morning while collecting soursop fruit under the tree I had an epiphany ( a moment of sudden revelation or insight).  "Sustainability is happening at my farm."

I am raising chickens both for the meat and for eggs.  This sustains me but I must somehow sustain the chickens.  I am raising…

I had yellow limp "greens" in my system.  I didn't know what was going on.

I could hear the sound of my aeration bar, the deafening silence of the lack of growth, and the decaying remains of what I knew to be my kale told me to listen closely.

I didn't sign up for this, man.  I just wanted to do a small experiment with my son.  It was supposed to be easy. Small. Cheap. Passive.

That's not what this is.  It is consuming.  It is active.  It is...…

I have 40 new blue tilapia fry fish. One of my fish had eggs in it mouth and I woke up and the angel fish were going nuts. Luckily not to many got eating up. I have 2 other fish full of eggs. This is just my first batch. I hope at least 20 or so survive. I need more fish to fill up my larger tanks.…

Hi, I've been up in the Fl panhandle for the last few weeks. My buddy and his wife live in Cottondale, FL. I went up there to help them add an aquaponics system to a green house they were buliding.

While there, we took a few days to build a small aquaponics system for thier churches' produce stand.

The produce stand....His Way Produce, is a ministry to the local area. They are helping to feed lots of folks in the area, that are in need. 

The property,  that the…

I started my aquaponic garden and could use all the help I can get with a million Questions .lol I am really interested in this .

Ron

Well this time last year I was working on a new business called City Bounty and honestly not getting very far.  I got busy with other life and shelved the whole thing due to discouragement and busyness.  Now spring is back and my green thumb is itching again and I started dreaming again about what CityBounty.org was supposed to be about.  

Then I saw a bunch of youtube videos about "vertical farms" and I am very excited about the possibilities.

So citybounty is going to be…

Just wanted to thank Nate & Chris at Bright Agrotech for allowing my wife and I to stop by and see the tower system in action and giving us a few more good ideas for our fledgling aquaponics system.

Thank you Nate & Chris.

I also want to thank Sylvia and Alan at The Aquaponic Source for the tours that they put on once a month of their system.  It is always interesting to see other systems and what can be grown in them. Who would have thought that you could grow…

Hello and Welcome to my Aquaponics disaster/Adventure?

Today was my first day of posting. I start this adventure 3 day ago on Friday the 5th of April when I stumbled onto Aquaponics while looking for information on Tilapia. I told a friend about what I found and spent the next few hours reading about it. The next day I woke up and researched some more. Unknown to me my friend had found a person selling the IBC totes. By 11am he called me and let me know what had found and by 2pm we…