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Which Is The Best Aquaponic System For You?

We sell the best information available in the world on profitable and productive aquaponics. Using our technology, you can build your own aquaponics system of any size from inexpensive locally available materials and equipment, and operate it at a profit.

We don’t sell ANY aquaponic hardware or equipment, and thus have no ties to any manufacturers or producers. Because of this, we can freely recommend the most useful and beneficial solutions for you, rather than being a sales agent for a particular brand. We also tell you when something is a bad idea, because our success depends on your success. Every single bit of information in our DIY packages is the result of 8 years of trying it out ourselves; from what worked to what didn’t (and knowing what doesn’t work can save you tons of headaches!).

Here is what we offer (our product matrix), from simplest and smallest (#1) to most complete and comprehensive (#4).

(Below) The incredible vegetable variety it is possible to grow in just a couple of square feet of one of these Indoor Aquaponics Systems:
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1. “EASY Way” Table Top Aquaponics Systems

Our book “Aquaponics The EASY Way” is the first aquaponic book that gives you the ability to do practical, how-to aquaponics in the easiest and most affordable way; now available in softcover printed version too!

It shows you how to build these affordable, small aquaponic systems from 3-1/2 square feet in size up to 18 square feet in size, from locally available materials. Most importantly, it includes the best information on how to operate these small systems. With this book, it is “Easy”, and you can do it!

“Aquaponics The EASY Way” $19.95 E-Book only, or $59.95 E-Book PLUS Printed Book

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A 3.5 square foot EASY Way System (below)

2. Our “Micro System” Backyard Aquaponics System

Our Micro Systems are slightly larger backyard (or indoors!) systems of 64 or 128 square feet in size. The “64” costs around $1,100 to build, or $2.70 per plant space, and our “128” costs around $1,400 to build, or $1.70 per plant space, including the cost for our Micro System plans; you source most items locally.

We include a free downloaded Tabletop System manual with each Micro System purchase so you can start with one of these smaller, more affordable systems to get experience, if you wish. These smaller tabletop systems are great for teaching, for student science projects, or to get started with aquaponics if you don’t have enough space yet for the 64 and 128. They are also a great system for growing vegetables indoors in the wintertime under artificial lighting if you only plan to run your outdoors Micro System during the warmer months. This is $149.90 worth of manuals for $99.95.

Micro System Manual/ $49.95 E-Book only

A Micro “64” aquaponic system with quite a variety of food in it! Note the banana tree and the pineapple plant (below)

Now we’re getting a little more serious! The photo below shows a Family System of 512 square feet with Tim (the dirty farmer on the left) explaining aquaponics to the (very clean) local community college students. The plans for this size system are included in the Commercial Aquaponics DIY package we show you next.

3. Commercial Aquaponics Systems Manual

Commercial Aquaponics DIY package/$195.00 334-page downloaded manual, plus 1 GB of electronic files and CAD drawings delivered via DropBox

Our Commercial Aquaponic Systems are larger systems designed for profitable commercial production, We include complete CAD plans for aquaponic systems of 64, 128, 256, 512, 1,024, and 4,096 square feet, as well as custom-designed systems up to 40,000 square feet, which we give you the tools to design yourself. The “1,024” costs around $7,500 to build, or $1.14 per plant space, including the cost for our Commercial Aquaponics System plans; you source most items locally.

The Commercial Aquaponics package also includes our Tilapia Hatchery manual, our Fiberglass Epoxy Plywood Tank Construction manual, all the slideshows we use in our live 5-day Commercial Aquaponics trainings, Organic Certification and Food Safety Certification applications and guides, Whole Foods vendor application information, financial information including two business plans, cost and income projection spreadsheets, and much more!

We include free Family System, Micro System, and Tabletop System E-manuals with each Commercial Aquaponics System purchase so you can start with one of these smaller, more affordable systems to get experience, if you wish.

Note: if you wish to purchase the Family Greenhouse package at the same time, you will be offered a 50% discount on it when you get to the shopping cart, making your purchase of the Commercial DIY package plus the Family Greenhouse package only cost $1,494.

One of our bulletproof, affordable, and profitable Commercial Systems of 4,096 square feet (below).

 For testimonials from real users of these systems click here.

4. Our Commercial Aquaponics DIY package plus Commercial Greenhouse package features greenhouses with integrated aquaponics systems. It includes massive amounts of information on greenhouse construction and operation:

Randy Campbell’s 200-square foot Generation 2 Aquaponic Solar Greenhouse (of our design) in the snow in Tennessee, Winter 2012-13. Outside air was 24 degrees (plus some wind chill), air temp inside was 74 degrees, water temp 72. I froze because I was the only one stupid enough to be outside in freezing sleet taking this photo!

 

One of our Family-sized Greenhouses in sunny Hawaii (below)

Combined Commercial Aquaponics DIY package plus Commercial Greenhouse package/$295.00 Downloaded manuals plus 1 GB of electronic files and CAD drawings delivered via DropBox

If you live in a cold climate, and need a greenhouse to grow year-round, this package is perfect for you. It features greenhouses with integrated aquaponics systems. It includes massive amounts of information on greenhouse construction and operation, as well as our entire Commercial Aquaponics DIY package, which is everything we know about aquaponics and making a profit with aquaponics.

This package includes plans for thirteen different sizes of Commercial Aquaponic Solar Greenhouse: from 200 square feet up to 6,944 square feet. It also includes plans for our smaller “Micro” and “Family” series of greenhouses, which are from 200 to 1,824 square feet, in case you want to build a small greenhouse first to get your feet wet (I love saying that!).

One of three 11,344 square foot Solar Greenhouses built by one of our students in China (below)VegetablesInTrough1-600px

A Friendly Testimonial:

Hi Tim, My son, Carl and I attended the training in Texas this year. Just to give you an update. The Sunday after the training, I was coming home from the church I pastor and passed by a co-op that has several greenhouses out front that seemed not to be in use anymore. I drove through to check them out and they were not in use.

A couple of months later,.....we are now the owners of the 7 greenhouses and all that comes with them! We were able to purchase them all for only $2800. My son and I begin deconstructing them on Thursday.

I'm attaching a couple of photos for you to look at them. They have propane heaters, roll up sides, boxes and lights for electricity, fiberglass front and rear walls, and a lot of odds and ends that I believe will come in handy.

I am so glad we listened when you spoke on ways to find greenhouses without spending a fortune. It has been tempting to just "jump in" but I'm glad we waited.

Thank you and many blessings, Rob Rolison

(Below) About $50,000 worth of greenhouses and equipment that Rob Rolison and his son Carl picked up for $2,800 after we explained how to do so in our March 2016 Texas 5-day training. They're going to disassemble them and reassemble at their farm. If they'd bought them new, they be at zero now; another way to look at this is that they have $47,200 to spend on the aquaponics systems to go inside their greenhouses.
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Come to one of our live trainings, or purchase our Commercial DIY package to learn even more knowledge that is as valuable as this.

Click here to download our document: "How To Get A Greenhouse Nearly Free"

Click here for MORE testimonials....

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