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Harvesting Barramundi in Aquaponics
  • Aquaponics
  • Fish
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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Toxic Plants around your Aquaponics System
  • Aquaponics
  • Chemistry
Mar12

Toxic Plants around ...

posted by Ecofilms

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...

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Dr Wilson Lennard on Commercial Aquaponics Design
  • Commercial Systems
  • System Designs
Mar05

Dr Wilson Lennard on...

posted by Ecofilms

Recently Ecofilms Jane Gapinski  caught up with biologist and aquaponics consultant Dr Wilson Lennard who was running a little experimental commercial aquaponics system located at CERES a community farm and education center located in Melbourne, Australia. This community aquaponics system was...

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Cleaning a 3 Year old Grow Bed
  • Aquaponics
  • Filtration
Feb04

Cleaning a 3 Year ol...

posted by Ecofilms

Its a messy time consuming job but eventually you got to do it. Cleaning out a Grow-bed full of fish crap after three years of service. Following on from a previous post we wrote  about how long can old media growbeds last using using three quarter inch gravel? The answer seems to be around 5...

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Aquaponics Podcast with Green Acre Organics
  • Aquaponics
  • Commercial Systems
Jan31

Aquaponics Podcast w...

posted by Ecofilms

Continuing on in our audio podcast series of small hobby farm aquaponics people selling their produce locally, we talk with Gina Cavaliero of Green Acre Organics who is expanding her system from a 1000 square foot DWC “floating raft” system to a mix of NFT and Media Bed systems to...

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Gammarus: Nature’s Waste Disposal Unit
  • Aquaponics
  • Filtration
Jan29

Gammarus: NatureR...

posted by Ecofilms

Just as compost worms thrive in a media bed aquaponics system, the tiny Gammarus crustacean is ideal for Floating Raft and any Filtration systems where fish waste collects. Behold the Mighty Gammarus! by Damon Polta Behold one and all, I’m here to tell you about one of natures unsung...

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Jade Perch for Aquaponics: Podcast
  • Aquaponics
  • Fish
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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The Cost of Commercial Aquaponics
  • Aquaponics
  • Commercial Systems
Jan25

The Cost of Commerci...

posted by Ecofilms

Is it possible to build your own small scale commercial aquaponics system without costing you an arm and a leg? How much should it cost to build it yourself? How much money can you expect to earn? Where do you sell your produce? Where do you go to learn more about all this stuff? We grab hold...

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What Tank should you get for Aquaponics?
  • DIY Aquaponics
  • System Designs
Jan23

What Tank should you...

posted by Ecofilms

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...

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Intensive Aquaponics with Liquid Oxygen
  • Aquaponics
  • Filtration
  • System Designs
Jan20

Intensive Aquaponics...

posted by Ecofilms

The first thing they tell you at Green Sky Growers when you enter their greenhouse is “Don’t try this at home!” And you wouldn’t want to try it at home if you saw how intensively they grow their fish. Growing fish intensively at great volume is fraught with...

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Geodesic Aquaponic Greenhouse
  • DIY Aquaponics
  • System Designs
Jan16

Geodesic Aquaponic G...

posted by Ecofilms

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...

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Growing Basil Vertically in Aquaponics
  • Aquaponics
  • DIY Aquaponics
  • Plant Growth
Jan15

Growing Basil Vertic...

posted by Ecofilms

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...

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