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Aquaponics: Culling the older fish
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Dec31

Aquaponics: Culling ...

posted by Ecofilms

Our aquaponics system is now approaching its fourth year since we installed it here at Ecofilms and over the years a multitude of vegetables and fish have gone through it. Countless tomatoes, cucumbers, herbs, lettuce and fish have been grown from seed and fingerling, right out to maturity to...

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Harvesting Barramundi in Aquaponics
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Apr29

Harvesting Barramund...

posted by Ecofilms

There’s nothing finer than to grow your own fish in your own backyard – except perhaps catching them and eating them! Sometime ago we decided to grow a few Barramundi in our aquaponics system. We were told that they were a specialized fish and unsuitable to grow-out for the...

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Jade Perch for Aquaponics: Podcast
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Jan28

Jade Perch for Aquap...

posted by Ecofilms

Continuing our Podcast series. Today we road test the vegetarian loving  Jade Perch with Murray Hallam. He’s always grabbing one out of his tank to show visitors. Whats so good about them? Should you consider growing Jade Perch if you live in a warm climate? What are the health benefits...

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Do Fish Feel Pain?
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Mar17

Do Fish Feel Pain?

posted by Ecofilms

Recently while moving some smaller Jade Perch into a larger tank stocked with a few bigger Barramundi, I noticed one of the larger Barramundi swallow the smaller Jade Perch so only the head was sticking out of it’s jaws. The Barramundi wasn’t large enough to eat the smaller fish...

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Introducing Fingerlings into Aquaponics
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Feb09

Introducing Fingerli...

posted by Ecofilms

Getting fish for your new aquaponics system is fairly easy to do online in Australia. I’m sure the process is similar in your country too. You need to track down a hatchery in your state or country. Some US states have very strict rules about what sort of fish you can grow at home....

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Fish Stress in Aquaponics
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Dec28

Fish Stress in Aquap...

posted by Ecofilms

                  Aquaponic systems run pretty well for the most part, with minimal supervision needed once all the plumbing is connected and the fish are happy and the seedlings are all planted out. As a food production system, they work...

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Growing Catfish on City Rooftops in Nigeria
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Dec13

Growing Catfish on C...

posted by Ecofilms

Nigeria is working hard to solve the problem of depleted fish stocks by creating urban fish farms. Babatunde Akiodie was finding work hard to find until he discovered how to grow fish on the roof top above his wife’s hairdressing salon.  Using cheap concrete tanks and a well dug for...

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Stocking Densities in Aquaponics
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Oct25

Stocking Densities i...

posted by Ecofilms

A regular question that people ask when they are preparing to build an aquaponics system is just how many fish should they put into their tank? This can be a difficult question to answer in a clear cut way. Many of the older seasoned pro’s say “Stock to your level of...

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Growing Barramundi in your Lounge Room
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Oct04

Growing Barramundi i...

posted by Ecofilms

Probably not the most normal activity and something that most people would find a little ‘strange’ but over the winter months here in Queensland we decided to grow some barramundi in a six foot aquarium tank housed in our lounge room to keep them warm and allow them to grow out...

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Growing Barramundi  for Aquaponics
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Aug12

Growing Barramundi f...

posted by Ecofilms

If there was such a thing is a prince of fish in Aquaponics then the Barramundi would have to be it. Think of a fish that has no fear and if you were shrunk down to it’s size  – it would probably eyeball you for a moment then lunge and eat you whole in one gulp and not give a...

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Jade Perch – The Perfect Aquaponics Fish!
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Aug02

Jade Perch – The Per...

posted by Ecofilms

Hard to find outside of Australia, its described as the ideal beginners fish for Aquaponics. Why? Because it comes with a number of pluses that are hard to fault. Barcoo Grunter or Queensland Jade Perch is the ideal fish to get started in Aquaponics. It has a reputation for being a hardy fish...

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Growing Trout in a Bathtub System
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Jul23

Growing Trout in a B...

posted by Ecofilms

Following on from our recent post on Bathtub Aquaponics, Daniel from rural Melbourne posted these great photos of his DIY system on Murray Hallam’s Aquaponics Forum. Here Daniel has grouped his bathtubs into an array of six baths that drain into one return pipe that flows clean water...

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