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Els Engel

Greenhouse 1

First T-system

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Setup: T-system
Fish: Catfish
Location: Fabriek, Greenhouse
Built: 11 January 2012

Group picture of the Aquaponics workshop participants - The workshop group, surrounding the new system design Aleksandra Kalashnikova

With: Vincent Rietveld, Kuno Bakker, Manja Topper, Gilles Biesheuvel, Els Engel, Paul Robb, Jurrian de Klerk, Saro Van Cleynenbreugel, Sander van der Woude, Heleen Postma,

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Greenhouse 2

Second T-system

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Tower 1

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From North

Setup: Tower Fish: Catfish Location: Fabriek, Aquaponics tent Built: 10 October 2012, Festival of Cools
Tower 4

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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.
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 2

First tower, second system

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

created Els Engel modified Els Engel

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