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Black Soldier Fly
All hail the lords of composting
Documenting our black soldier fly experiment
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Catfish Holiday
European catfish move to summer residence
Our second attempt to populate the greenhouse fish tank after a false start.
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Fungal Disease
New tank proves too cold for our African Catfish
The fish that have been placed in the greenhouse with the last workshop unfortunately all died of a fungal disease. Last wednesday 28th may the first fish got sick and showed some cottony-white...
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Germination Experiement
Sprouting seeds
Which is the best way to raise our seedlings for life in the aquaponics system?
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Workshop: Mediamatic Fabriek
Aquaponics Workshop
- Build an aquaponics system24May 2014Aquaponics is a sustainable food production system that combines the cultivation of vegetables and fish. The best way to produce food in the city, because it hardly takes up any space. The fish poo...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Fabriek
Aquaponics Workshop
- Build an aquaponics system12Apr 2014Aquaponics is a sustainable food production system that combines the cultivation of vegetables and fish. The best way to produce food in the city, because it hardly takes up any space. The fish poo...
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Sam Brown-Kenyon
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Aquaponics student workshop
Aquaponics for the bright young ones
In the beginning of march for the first time we teach Aquaponics to the younger once in your society. It was hopeful to see that there are young people interested in the way we grow our food.
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Nikos Doumpas
Marine Scientist
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bgernertt
Freelance sailor living in Amsterdam. Dedicated to sharing ideas.
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Mediamatic Fabriek
Hut Warming New Year's Reception
- Aquaponics’ Catfish and Chard taste soo good with Cava8Jan 2014We built our own office from agricultural waste and mud. It turned out beautiful. And also very warm, thanks to the three hot aquaponics installations that support the tent-roof. If you want to stay...
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The Flying Aquaponics Team in Izmir
November 15 and 16, 2013
Contemporary art organization K2 in Izmir is currently in the middle of the process leading to an exhibition in March 2014 about the ecology of the city. They invited us to do an aquaponics workshop...
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Shit
Better be safe than sorry
For a few weeks now, tower 3 has been having troubles. The water looked cloudy, the fish weren't eating, in fact, they were gasping for air. We measured everything we could, but couldn't find a cause.
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Big fish, big food
We just learned something new! Lately our big fish (they're approaching 300 grams now) weren't eating very well, but we couldn't find a cause. Until we ordered new fish food for them.
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Workshop: Mediamatic Fabriek
Straw Bale Building Workshop
25Sep 2013- Super cheap sustainable architecture DIY adventure!28Sep 2013Our roof is leaking and in the winter we see icy vapour-clouds floating out of our mouths. To protect ourselves and our Aquaponics farm we will start building a temporary office. Like to learn how to...
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The Ultimate Miniponics Manual
How to build it yourself
The miniponics system is a cute little one, attracting a lot of attention from visitors. Read here how you can build it yourself.
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Structuring processes
Backing up our assumptions
Our oldest system has been running for one and a half years now and we've seen happening a lot to it in this time. Ebs and flows, births and deaths, seeds and fruits. To have this experience is nice
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New baby fish at the Fabriek
Clarias gariepinus | African sharptooth catfish
After the deaths of around 400 of our fish due to a power failure, we were sadly left with two empty systems. Time to take action, before the bacteria in the systems would die as well.
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One more reason to grow your own fish
Mekong-catfish toxic and hazardous
Belgian newspaper De Morgen wrote an article about the panga fillet you can find so cheap in the supermarket's freezer. Not a very appealing bite after you read this: Pangasius: de waarheid over de...
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Paul Vijfd
Urban Permaculture Designer, looking for sustainable solutions using existing eco-systems and biomimicry
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A system in Museon
Part of exhibition '#stad van de toekomst'
The Mediamatic Aquaponics Team was invited to build an installation at the Museon in Den Haag. It's become part of an exhibition about the future of cities.
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Greenhouse 2
Second T-system
Setup: T-system Fish: Catfish Location: Fabriek, Greenhouse Built: 22 February 2012
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Tower 4
First and longest
Setup: Small system, mushrooms in top Fish: Minnows, goldfish, cross breeds Location: Fabriek, Aquaponics tent Built: May 2012
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Tower 3
From North
Setup: Tower Fish: Catfish Location: Fabriek, Aquaponics tent Built: 10 October 2012, Festival of Cools