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Deserted mill in Manchester

It will be turned into a green oase with fruit trees and an aquaponics system.

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Aquaponics in deserted factory Manchester

From the Guardian

Excerpt: Orchards, crops and a fish farm will fill the empty spaces of a former printworks as the Biospheric Foundation comes to Salford. Christopher Arden reports
Enormous vertical aquaponics farm in Chicago

In an abandoned warehouse

There has been some talk in the aquaponics community about the question whether aquaponics can be done commercially succesful. Here's an example, it's called FarmedHere
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.
From our Faraway Friend Wendy Monroe

Release of Channel Catfish

Richmond Aquaponics farm receives inhabitants

The Channel Catfish for the Richmond aquaponics farm have arrived! This video shows their release.
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.
Blue LED's and bioballs

Canadian commercial aquaponics farm described

Broadcaster CBC published a story about a new commercial aquaponics farm. It's interesting to read, because they do some things differently.
Extra pump for water flow

Trout can't sit - euh, swim - still

Saro installed an extra pump with no hose attached to it to generate extra flow in the water.
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
Tower 4

First and longest

Setup: Small system, mushrooms in top Fish: Minnows, goldfish, cross breeds Location: Fabriek, Aquaponics tent Built: May 2012
Tower 3

From North

Setup: Tower Fish: Catfish Location: Fabriek, Aquaponics tent Built: 10 October 2012, Festival of Cools
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.
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...
Too big, too many

The catfish are growing

Yesterday we experimented with different techniques to measure our catfish.
Tower 2

First tower, second system

Setup: Tower Fish: Catfish Location: Fabriek, Aquaponics tent Built: 26 May 2012
Pruning tomatoes

Light and air

My father has years and years of experience growing tomatoes. The first thing I learned from him was pruning. 'The most important thing', according to him.
From our Faraway Friend Wendy Monroe

Trial and Error

A photo essay

Our system with the five half barrel beds is up and running now, the plants in the beds have taken root and we will be taking delivery of 30 Channel Catfish next week. We will be getting them from...
Miniponics succes

Many people want it at home

After two days of workshops using the miniponics as a demonstration model, we can say it's a big succes.
Workshop

with new system design

Mediamatic wanted an aquaponics system in their greenhouse office at the Fabriek, so during the workshop we built one upstairs. It's a new design, because the tower wouldn't fit underneath the glass...
A new system!

Thanks to the workshop participants

Last friday we built a new system. It's about time too, because the catfish are a little bit overstocked.
Back in circulation

A change of scenery in two weeks

Whaaaaat! So much can change in two weeks, it's unbelievable! When Saro and I entered the tent today after Christmas family visits, surprise after surprise greeted us.
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.
End of exhibition Eindhoven

De etende mens finished

Last June, we brought one of our tower systems to the Designhuis in Eindhoven, to feature in the exhibition " De etende mens ". We also made a system merged with João's Diesel Kantine.
Trout timeout!

The big one chases the small one

Who knows why trout in captive chase each other? The big trout gives the small one just not a second of rest.
A Silly Beast

Choked in his friend

On the morning of Friday's workshop, we found this floating around in Tower 2:

created Els Engel modified Els Engel

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