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  • Afbeelding: Willem Velthoven

    Aquaponics tent buildup

    Here we are hanging the first parts of the insulating foil around our bamboo frame.
  • insulating foil
  • bubble wrap
  • tent
  • alkreflex
  • Aquaponics
  • building

  • Aquaponics Team

    Pleased to meet you

    Over the years, these people have been building and nurturing our Aquaponics farm. A group of builders, farmers, teachers and designers. Do you want to join the group and learn how to build...

  • 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.

  • Our System

    Dijksgracht 6

    At the beginning of 2015 we started in our new location at the Dijksgracht nr. 6

  • Aquaponics Construction

    The siphon and grow lights

    Constructing aquaponics tanks is serious business. While we're working at Mediamatic Fabriek, we're acquiring loads of knowledge we can later share with people, enabling others to make their own...
  • book: Sylvia Bernstein 11 nov 2011

    Aquaponic Gardening

    A Step by Step Guide to Growing Fish and Vegetables Together

    Aquaponic Gardening is the definitive do-it-yourself home manual, focused on giving you all the tools you need to create your own aquaponic system and enjoy healthy, safe, fresh, and delicious food...

  • Vertical Farming Ikea-stijl

    Verslag van KamerVragen op 21 februari 2013

    ‘Boeren‘ in de stad, het is mogelijk en iedereen kan het. Dit werd gisteravond door Willem Velthoven van Mediamatic en John Apesos van Simbicity gedemonstreerd tijdens KamerVragen in de...

  • The hypnotic loop of Aquaponics

    An inside view about saturday 21st meeting

    To watch the loop of the water flow in our small aquaponics system is hypnotic: first, the water is whisked up by the pump and makes its way between the clay pebbles until the whole grow bed is full.

  • Disaster Strikes

    Power outage kills babies while oysters fruit

    Last thursday our 1000 catfish fingerlings arrived and now two of our towers are inhabited by the little creatures. In the night of saturday22—sunday23 there was a power outage. More than 250 baby...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Thibaut Counot

    Serving our fish a special rat-atouille

    Turning pests into fish food

    Amsterdam is facing an increasing rat population. Can we turn this to our advantage?

  • Field Peas

    Growing field peas in an aquaponics greenhouse

    Although our shade cloth can cool the greenhouse on hot days, it is still nice to have some complete shade inside. We have created some extra shade by just using some string and field peas.

  • Miniponics

    Duurzaam vissen en planten verbouwen in de woonkamer

    Deze kleine aquaponics-installatie staat leuk en is duurzaam. Planten en vissen worden samen gekweekt en helpen elkaar overleven. De Miniponics bestaat uit niet veel meer dan een PET-fles, touw en...

  • Germination Experiement

    Sprouting seeds

    Which is the best way to raise our seedlings for life in the aquaponics system?

  • Dealing with pests

    The pineapple sage infestation

    With the changing of the seasons and the drop in temperature, some plants in the unheated greenhouse become more susceptible to pests and infestations as they are perennial, such as the Pineapple...

  • Iron Deficiency

    Deep red water, but healthy plants.

  • Catfish Holiday

    European catfish move to summer residence

    Our second attempt to populate the greenhouse fish tank after a false start.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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...

  • 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.

  • 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

  • New Aquaponics System at Biotoop Dijksgracht:…

    Last month of December Mediamatic moved and of course the Aquaponics system did it as well.

  • Brainwaves

    Some aquaponics ideas

    This morning when I woke up, a fully developed idea popped up in my mind for a mini aquaponics system in our living room. This is a mockup of my idea. You can see I'm not a great photoshopper, but I...

  • Fish, plant, rack

    Quasi symbiotic environment for machine, fish and hydroponics

    Andy Gracie's work allows the electrical discharges of the virtually blind elephant fish to instruct the actions of a robot whose task is to monitor the development of plants in a hydroponic system.

  • 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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