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Tyler and Els checking how it looks

We're designing a small aquaponics system that can be built by children.

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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.
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.
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...
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.
Greenhouse 2

Second T-system

Setup: T-system Fish: Catfish Location: Fabriek, Greenhouse Built: 22 February 2012
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.
Aquaponics Farm

For homegrown fish and vegetables

The Freezing Favela needs farmers to provide food. Aquaponics is the best way to produce food sustainably in the city. Plants and fish are cultivated together and help each other survive and grow.
Too big, too many

The catfish are growing

Yesterday we experimented with different techniques to measure our catfish.
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
Tower 1

From the museum

Setup: Tower Fish: Catfish Location: Fabriek, Aquaponics tent Built: 7 September 2012, Transnatural Festival
Tower 2

First tower, second system

Setup: Tower Fish: Catfish Location: Fabriek, Aquaponics tent Built: 26 May 2012
Tower 3

From North

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

First and longest

Setup: Small system, mushrooms in top Fish: Minnows, goldfish, cross breeds Location: Fabriek, Aquaponics tent Built: 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.
A Silly Beast

Choked in his friend

On the morning of Friday's workshop, we found this floating around in Tower 2:
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
Greenhouse 1

First T-system

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

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