Starting an aquaponics system requires to grow a bacteria population. We call this action “cycling the system” because the bacteria will complete the nitrogen cycle. The most common way to cycle an aquaponics system is to add a handful of fish food into...
You want to grow plants in aquaponics? Good idea! In aquaponics we integrate fish and plants culture. Here is a guide to help you succeed at aquaponics plants and vegetables production. The role of plants in aquaponics When we grow plants in a classic garden, the...
In this article you will learn the required information to manage your aquaponics water quality. Here are the different points that we will develop: Why testing the water How often should you test your aquaponics water Aquaponics water parameters and targeted range...
Aquaponics pest control can be tricky. in this article you will learn how to manage the pest population without problem for the ecosystem. What you will learn in this article: Aquaponics pest control consist of managing living populations Weak and young plants are...
If you follow me for a while, you know that I am often pointing out the weaknesses of our food production system. Today, the COVID19 demonstrates those defects, let’s see how aquaponics can help the coronavirus situation… Cities are completely dependent on...
If you scroll the net, you will find several websites relating the plus and minus of aquaponics vs soil. However, none of them are exposing real experimentation on this topic. What I offer in this article is to go over the main differences of those 2 techniques. But...
You may have an aquaponics system full of plate size fish? In other words, ready for harvest? As a result, you wonder how long you will be able to keep the aquaponics system without fish for… In this article I would like to share my experience with fishless...
If you have an existing aquaponics system and need to move, you may be interested to know the whole process. Few weeks ago I made a video on “How to move an aquaponics system” there. Today I want to show you how to move the aquaponics fish....
If you have an established aquaponics system and thinking to move to a new home, the following article may help you. I am in this situation and need to move my aquaponics system. Also, few days ago I received the below question: can you please explain how we can move...
If you are interested by aquaponics and want to start small, this article is for you. You may wonder what type of equipment it involves (and what budget). We already talked about the budget linked to aquaponics in other publications...
