Choosing a tank suitable for aquaponics is probably a no brainer. Many people grab the first thing that suits their budget, but not all tanks are the same and some can positively damage your health and kill all your fish. We take a look at choosing the best tanks for your budget with...

Living in the cold snows of Connecticut and wishing to do aquaponics doesn’t stop Rob Torcellini of Bigelow Brook Farm from building an innovative greenhouse. You can watch Rob’s construction methods and learn a few tips along the way from this well documented 9 part Youtube...

Recently we were talking to someone who wishes to remain anonymous who say they invested more than $250,000 in their commercial aquaponics business and it wasn’t working to plan. Sure they grew plants. The fish grew fine. They had 1,000 Jade perch in their tanks that were coming up for...

Just ripped open the first box of Murray Hallam’s DIY Aquaponics DVD carton box and I just wanted to inform everyone who has pre-ordered their copy (and the response has been phenomenal) that your orders will now commence shipping over the next few days! People in Australia will get...

Just a quick update on whats happening with the upcoming DIY Aquaponics DVD. The DVD is complete and ready to go. We’ve been waiting for Murray Hallam to complete his accompanying pdf file that will be included with the disk and today we got his first draft and boy is it looking good....

Since Malaysian Affnan Ramli began tinkering with Aquaponics a few years ago in his small backyard,  he has successfully managed to redesign and simplify one of the central pieces of kit used in Aquaponics – The Auto-Siphon. Affnan runs a very successful blog where he constantly shares...

One of the fun plants to grow in Aquaponics is strawberries. We all know how great they taste especially if picked fresh and juicy from your own system. They grow very well in conventional gravel grow beds provided your system is reasonably free of salt because strawberries just don’t...

We’re very excited about this next DVD offering from aquaponics guru Murray Hallam because it’s something that he’s been asked to do continually over the years by many people who want to build their own aquaponics system on the cheap from recyclable containers. Murray...

Recently when we were filming Murray Hallam and Milne Matthews talking about their aquaponics systems, the conversation turned to their wicking beds that they both used for growing root crops. Although water is mainly used in conventional dirt gardens, Murray and Milne were also using fish...

One of the questions some people ask is “Does Aquaponics really work over the long term?” Other people have concerns about adding all sorts of complicated filtration mechanisms to keep the fish water clean and pure. Some of these concerns are legitimate in a commercial aquaponics...

Aquaponics enthusiasts interested in building a CHOP2 system using recycled IBC tanks will be in for a treat when Murray Hallam releases his third DVD called “Aquaponics: The First 12 Months.” Discussing the process with Murray we realized that many people wanted some clear cut...

You gotta hand it to Murray Hallam. He’s always tinkering with his aquaponics systems and trying out different approaches on how to improve the plumbing. While we were filming him over a year ago for the “Aquaponics” The First 12 Months” DVD we caught Murray on camera...