Crikey! He’s larger than life and into growing fish and vegetables – together! Now he’s jetting off overseas! Australia’s Aquaponics Guru Murray Hallam will be winging his way over to Orlando Florida in September as a special guest speaker at the Aquaponics Association Conference to be held...
Aquaponics: When Gro...
posted by Ecofilms
Years ago there was an old expression applied to computer industry surrounding software programming – “Garbage in – Garbage out!” That expression of what goes around, comes around can equally be applied to aquaponics and the biofiltration mechanism that keeps the whole...
Aquaponics: CHOP 2 i...
posted by Ecofilms
How quickly does time fly? Since building and testing his innovative toteponics system based on CHOP2 technology we caught up with Aquaponics guru Murray Hallam to ask how its all been going? Murray immediately lights up with his usual enthusiasm, “Can you believe it – its 18...
Aquaponics: Getting ...
posted by Ecofilms
Over the last three months we’ve been trialling a little additive called potassium hydroxide with the regular stuff we’ve been putting into our aquaponics system and – boy has the plant growth taken off! For the most part, feeding your fish just pellets is fine but we always...
Aquaponics and Goldf...
posted by Ecofilms
Recently in Sydney we met Charles Bacon from Ecolicious who builds Aquaponics systems that are cleverly disguised to look like natural ponds. A pond builder for many years, Charles likes to use as many easy to find components as possible. Some of his designs are quite clever too. The...
Pond Aquaponics
posted by Ecofilms
For some people, aquaponics should be aesthetically pleasing and resemble a natural ecosystem as much as possible. It should blend in with their landscaping and not be intrusive. Some people don’t like the idea of growing fish in large tanks believing they look too much like a factory...
Converting a Swimmin...
posted by Ecofilms
One of the advantages of doing aquaponics is that it gives you the knowledge of how a natural system works. For Les and Annette Mulder it was only a natural progression to apply their knowledge of fish farming to their 55,000 liter chlorinated swimming pool located in Sydney. Les switched off...
Urban Permaculture D...
posted by Ecofilms
Filming various homes in Sydney for the Urban Permaculture DVD with Geoff Lawton reveals just what a wealth of Permaculture innovation there truly is. We really need to praise Penny Pyett from Permaculture North for organizing some very special show gardens for us to visit this week. Penny...
Fish Pellets from Ca...
posted by Ecofilms
One of the main arguments against Aquaponics has always been that its unsustainable because the fish pellets people use are based on depleting reserves of ocean fish catch. Its a limited supply that is gradually disappearing from our oceans. If Aquaponics can help feed the planet, then where...
Ecofilms in Sydney
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Ecofilms will be in Sydney this weekend and early next week filming Murray Hallam’s Sydney Aquaponics workshop next Sunday at the Casula Powerhouse in Liverpool. Murray as also agreed to appear at Permaculture North monthly meeting along with Geoff Lawton and Ecofilm’s Frank...
Aquaponics is an Eco...
posted by Ecofilms
We’ve had our Aquaponics system running continually now for over two years and the system has matured very well over that time. Wandering around the system this morning and taking a careful look at the details, the crevices between the hydroton -the clay ball pellets that make up the...
Aquaponics UK
posted by Ecofilms
An inspiring TED talk from Charlie Price from Aquaponics UK, as he explores the role aquaponics can play in providing food security in UK towns and cities. In this talk, Charlie shows how cities in the UK can combine aquaponics with many permaculture principles like chickens on the roof and...
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