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Mediamatic Fabriek
Delivery
- One thousand catfish in a package20Ara 2012Finally, next thursday Johan will arrive at the fabriek, bringing with him one thousand little fingerlings.
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Mediamatic Fabriek
Every little helps
- One thousand little fingerlings to be precise18Ara 2012Next thursday Johan will knock on the door at the fabriek with about one thousand babyfish in his car. Finally some nutrient producers for our plants!
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Sea of mint
Be sure to get a nice cup of tea next time you visit us
The few shabby roots and sticks we put in one aquaponics growbed have grown into a sea of fresh tasty mint!
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Mediamatic Fabriek
Analyzing Data
- What data can tell us about aquaponics ecology16Ara 2012After being cut off for some time, our sensors are back online!
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Mediamatic Fabriek
Enlightening Tuesday
- Let's discuss the best way to light11Ara 2012Last sunday we came up with the idea to add florescent light, or TL bars to our growbeds.
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Tomatoes in Eindhoven
Nice surprise
When Saro went to check up on our two systems at the designhuis in Eindhoven, he got a nice surprise: the bar system's got delicious tomatoes.
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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.
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LED growing Light analyse
grow with LED lighting
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Aquaponics Data
Monitoring the ecosystems
On this page datalovers and everyone else with a worried mind about our systems can check up on the latest statistics of our Aquaponics towers. This way we can keep an eye out for how our systems are...
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What is this?
Mysterious symptoms on leaves
Last sunday we saw mysterious symptoms on some of the plants. The leaves look like they miss all their chlorophyl, but the fibers are still there.
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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...
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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...
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Mediamatic Fabriek
Preparing for catfish
- They're coming9Ara 2012It's beginning to get definite: we're getting catfish! What should we do to prepare for their arrival?
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Mediamatic Fabriek
Sensor check and maintenance
- Aquaponics Meeting #3920Kas 2012Tonight we will look at the GrowGuard sensors and the sensor monitoring feed and see if the plants and fish are doing well in their cosy grow tent You are very welcome to join us from 18.00 hours.
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Mediamatic Fabriek
GrowGuard installing and sensor monitoring set-up
- Aquaponics Meeting #386Kas 2012Tonight we will install some more GrowGuard sensors and we'll also look at the sensor monitoring feed. You are very welcome to join us from 18.00 hours. From 19.00 hours there will be steaming hot...
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Mediamatic Fabriek
Checking out our new grow tent
- Aquaponics Meeting #3730Eki 2012Last sunday we build a 4 meter high insulating tent around our aquaponics towers. The result you can come and see for your self.
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Mediamatic Fabriek
Grow tent building time!
- Aquaponics Meeting #3628Eki 2012Last week we had a harvest party from John his system. We talked about LED lights and some minor modifications on the tent design. Also the tower from the workshop at festival of cools came back from...
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Mediamatic Fabriek
Grow tent building and fish health care
- Aquaponics Meeting #3523Eki 2012For the last two weeks we've been taking care of the sick fish. Hugo the fish man came and showed us how to build fish quarantine so we can heal our fish without unbalancing the systems. Els mailed...
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Mediamatic Fabriek
Who helps us building the tent?
- Aquaponics Meeting #3416Eki 2012Last week we have been taking care of the fish. Hugo the fish man came and showed us how to build fish quarantine so we can heal our fish without unbalancing the systems. We also had a workshop at...
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Mediamatic Fabriek
Aquaponics, Soup and a Visit
- Aquaponics Meeting #339Eki 2012For our winter construction we need to transform our small installation into a proper tower. The beginnings of that were done last sunday. All the aquaponics installations are doing very well and the...
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Mediamatic Fabriek
Tuesday’s Meeting
- Aquaponics Meeting #322Eki 2012Final decisions on how to keep our aquaponics towers strong and warm during the winter are made. The main construction will be a tent made out of bamboo and isolation foil. The tent will be for four...
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Mediamatic Fabriek
Winterizing Decisions
- Aquaponics Meeting #3125Eyl 2012Last sunday the aquaponics towers in the Fabriek were being checked, but also our aquaponics tower at Transnatural was fine-tuned and tests were being done for the wellbeing of the tower and our fish.