Aquaponic System Construction

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January 21, 2016 By Tim Mann 4 Comments

Property Selection And Approval Process For Organic Aquaponic Farms:

Why are you telling us this? Can’t we just buy a farm and get going? NO, DON’T DO IT! Here’s why: [Read more…]

September 1, 2015 By Tim Mann 2 Comments

System Catastrophes And Recovery Techniques

This section covers bad things that can happen in your system, how to prevent them, and how to recover from them if they do happen. [Read more…]

August 5, 2015 By Tim Mann 16 Comments

Why We Don’t Build The Troughs Off The Ground

This is why we don’t build the troughs “up off the ground to avoid bending over when working”. [Read more…]

August 4, 2015 By Tim Mann 11 Comments

Why You Don’t Need A Biofilter:

There’s a lot of nonsense about needing “filters and biofilters” in your aquaponics system coming from people who simply don’t understand how and why these systems work. [Read more…]

August 2, 2015 By Tim Mann 4 Comments

How To Scale A System Larger Or Smaller

If you want to build a system that is smaller or larger than ones in this manual, simply multiply the amounts and system numbers up or down proportionately, remembering that [Read more…]

August 2, 2015 By Tim Mann 4 Comments

Water Pumps And Flow Rate In The Vegetable Troughs

The Aquatic Eco Systems/Pentair Aquatics catalog gives a great example of a “cheap” $259 water pump that only uses $813 more of electricity per year than the “expensive” $479 pump. So, be on the lookout [Read more…]

August 2, 2015 By Tim Mann Leave a Comment

How To Determine If Your Troughs Need Additional Airstones

How to determine if your troughs need additional airstones: You can determine if you need aeration in your troughs by measuring the DO going into the trough, and comparing it to the DO going out, but the system must have mature plants [Read more…]

August 2, 2015 By Tim Mann 9 Comments

Aeration Requirements In The Fish Tank And Troughs

If you don’t feel like reading this whole post, and just “want the facts”, here they are: If the water exiting your fish tank has a DO of 5 or above, you’re good. If the water exiting your troughs has a DO of 4 or above,
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August 1, 2015 By Tim Mann Leave a Comment

High Density Systems

This is a looong post; we couldn’t figure out any sensible way to divide it into separate posts. It covers High Density aquaponics systems, which are systems that are designed to raise a maximum amount of fish. [Read more…]