Free Downloads for your DIY Aquaponics System!
With the free information from this page, your DIY aquaponics system can look like this one!
Aquaponic Failures!
A slideshow we use in our 5-day live trainings to emphasize the importance of starting small. Showcasing failures from $100,000 up to $13 million that occurred over the last six years, many of these folks were experienced business people and still lost everything. Learn what NOT to do!
Click here to download “Aquaponic Failures
The Business Of Aquaponics!
A free chapter from our $995 “Commercial DIY Package”. This helps you understand what’s necessary to be profitable in commercial aquaponic operation.
Click here to download “The Business Of Aquaponics”
The Business Plans Of Aquaponics, #1!
This is the original, 2008 Friendly Aquaponics business plan that our bank loaned us $100,000 on. Click here to download “The Business Plans Of Aquaponics #1”
The Business Plans Of Aquaponics, #2!
This is the original, 2011 “Generic Organic” business plan from a student from California. You need to change it to match your project and funding source. Same with Business Plan #1 above.
Click here to download “The Business Plans Of Aquaponics #2”
“How To Get A Free Greenhouse (Or nearly free!)”
This is a document that explains how to locate and purchase greenhouses in your neighborhood for next to nothing. Sometimes, even for nothing! One of our students picked up a 42,000 square foot aluminum and polycarbonate greenhouse only 3 years old, that originally cost $40 per square foot for materials only, for simply dissassembling and removing it from the property! Yes, you did the math right: he got $1.6 million worth of greenhouse for free!
Click here to download “How To Get A Free Greenhouse (Or nearly free!)”
The Profit Prediction Tool Of Aquaponics!
This is a profit prediction spreadsheet that you can use to find out if your proposed commercial aquaponics venture will make money or not. Modeling it in a spreadsheet now is easier than building it and going bankrupt! This is our “Baby” spreadsheet; our Commercial Aquaponics DIY package has the “Mama’ and “Daddy” spreadsheets, plus more. The “Instructions For The Profit Prediction Tool Of Aquaponics” are just below the spreadsheet link.
Click here to download “The Profit Prediction Tool Of Aquaponics”
Click here to download “Instructions For The Profit Prediction Tool Of Aquaponics”
How To Win The War On Bugs!
This is a chapter from our $995 “Commercial DIY Package” with all the USDA Organically certified methods of controlling insect pests that are GUARANTEED SAFE for your fish! Susanne researched and wrote this 12-page paper after fighting bugs on our certified organic Commercial Aquaponics farm.
Click here to download “How To Win The War On Bugs”
Artificial Lighting For Your DIY Aquaponics System!
A free chapter from our $29.95 “Aquaponics The EASY Way” book that shows you how to do artificial lighting for your indoors DIY aquaponics system.
Click here to download “Artificial Lighting For Aquaponics”
How To Get Your DIY Aquaponics System Organically Certified (Or Blow It So You Can’t!)
A chapter from our $995 “Commercial DIY Package” that helps you get your farm’s DIY aquaponics system Organically Certified.
Click here to download “How To Get Organically Certified (Or Blow It So You Can’t!)”
How Nutrients Work In Organic Deepwater Raft Aquaponics!
This explains the relationships and interaction between fish poo and ammonia, nitrites, and nitrates. Scientifically accurate and backed by extensive objective experience over eight years of operating these systems.
Click here to download “How Nutrients Work In Organic Deepwater Raft Aquaponics”
(Below) Gorgeous vegetables from an aquaponics farm with organic certification are worth almost twice as much. The gorgeous woman is priceless.
Seeding, Germination, And Planting For Aquaponics!
A great explanation of how seeding, germination and planting is different for aquaponics from growing in the soil. Susanne researched and wrote this eight-page paper.
Click here to download “Seeding, Germination, And Planting For Aquaponics”
Site Grading and Considerations For Aquaponics!
A free chapter from the “Construction Manual” section of our $995 “Commercial DIY Package”. This shows you what’s required to grade a piece of ground for a DIY aquaponics system or greenhouse.
Click here to download “Site Grading and Considerations For Aquaponics”
Profitable Large Scale Tilapia Breeding Technology!
Our entire “Commercial Tilapia Hatchery” manual, that we used to charge $99.95 for. Shows you how to build and operate a backyard-scale tilapia hatchery, and hatch up to 1 million tilapia fry per year.
Click here to download “Large Scale Tilapia Breeding Technology”
Source Water For Aquaponics!
A free section from our $995 “Commercial DIY Package” that explains how to make sure the water for your DIY aquaponics system is clean and pure. It covers city water, well water, agricultural water, and catchment water sources.
Click here to download “Source Water For Aquaponics”
Supercharged Vegetables!
A free section from our $995 “Commercial DIY Package” which covers our planting trials with over 150 species of vegetables. It includes odd stuff like taro, bananas, amaranth, wheat, tomatillos, and pineapples. Susanne researched and wrote this 24-page paper.
Click here to download “Supercharged Vegetables”
(Below) A nice Family diy aquaponics system showing an incredible variety of vegetables.
How To Start-Up Your Aquaponic System (And How NOT To Start It!)
A free section from our $995 “Commercial DIY Package” that details how to start-up your aquaponics system.
Click here to download “How To Start-Up Your System (And How NOT To Start It!)”
How To Do A Test Grow in your DIY aquaponics system
A free section from our $995 “Commercial DIY Package” that shows you what grows best in your area. It also tells you what you will make the most money growing.
Click here to download “How To Do A Test Grow!”
The Friendly Aquaponics Two-Ton Lettuce Spinner
You can spend $5,800 on a stainless-steel Hobart lettuce spinner. Or you can make your own from a used $25 washing machine! This 2-page document was researched and written by Tim.
Click here to download “The Friendly Aquaponics Two-Ton Lettuce Spinner!”
Plywood Tank Construction Manual
We also offer a $49.95 version of this free manual (click here to find out about the paid version), which is full of photos of the techniques described in the manual. It also has downloadable plans for different types and sizes of tanks, along with materials lists.
Click here to download the free “Plywood Tank Construction Manual”
How To Raise Prawns in an Aquaponic System!
A manual that explains how to raise prawns in an aquaponics system. Included is a link to a free prawn hatchery manual by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in case you want to build your own prawn hatchery.
Click here to download the free prawn growing manual
(Below) A quarter-pounder (prawn, that is), that was about 6 months old when we harvested it out of our vegetable troughs.
Diseases, Deficiencies, and Toxicities In Plants
A paper that details major plant diseases, nutrient deficiencies, and toxicities using color photos.
Click here to download the free “Diseases, Deficiencies, And Toxicities In Plants” Manual
Biosecurity in Aquaponic Systems
A paper that explains what biosecurity is and how it works. It includes real-life examples, and how to fix your farm after a biosecurity breach.
Click here to download biosecurity in aquaponics