Keeping an aquaponics system in the backyard is a lot of fun but do keep a careful eye on the trees and shrubs your have growing around your system as they could be toxic. Most plants are safe and toxic free but some species of flowering plants can be dangerous once the breeze catches them...

Recently we had the good fortune of discovering a book on our doorstep.  It was a gift from Matt Kilby the tree man whom we wrote about recently. Matt is into planting forests of trees around Australia and after a recent health scare – is now into good health and sent us Victoria...

Why do some fish remain hardy and almost bullet-proof and others die at the slightest disruption to their routine? We have in Australia a fish well suited to Aquaponics called the Murray Cod that has the reputation of being the sort of fish that dies at the most inopportune time in backyard...

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...

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...

Getting lush green growth from your Aquaponics system should be easy. In most home systems it is,  but how do you know that your plants are getting all the nutrients they need from the things you add into your aquaponics system? The plants may look okay but how can you tell for sure that they...

Dr Wilson Lennard is an Australian scientist with a PhD in Applied Biology. He has studied and installed commercial aquaponics systems around the world. In this extended interview, part two, he turns his attention to back-yard tinkerers in Aquaponics. If you have added Seasol or Maxicrop to...

They are probably the hardest little workers you never get to see or meet or even shake their hand – if they had such a thing. Well actually that’s not entirely true. In fact you do get to shake their hand every time you plant a new seedling in your aquaponics system or plunge...

One of the more contentious issues surrounding aquaponics is the mineral density of the plants and vegetables that are grown in aquaponics. Critics say how can plants grown in Aquaponics be really nutritionally balanced with all the minerals and vitamins necessary for you if the nitrates they...

A warning for anyone considering growing fish in any backyard pond or aquaponics system is to be very cautious when dealing with pest control people spraying chemicals in and around your home. Recently Rod from Queensland got a reminder phone call from his pest control man. “I got a...

        Many newcomers to aquaponics get worried when they begin to notice their water colour changing from that clear transparent look of fresh water to a more aged and darker shade of amber-gold. Some people worry that some odd tanin or colour agent has leached into...

There is nothing worse in Aquaponics than to see your fish suddenly go belly up and die without any apparent reason. People sometimes remark that their perfectly good fish that were fine yesterday – suddenly looked sick and died this morning. They are left scratching their head –...