Aquaponics

Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Abhay Villa 5 Aug 2021

Is it an alien? Is it a sex toy? No, it's Sopropo!

procuring, growing and cooking this intriguing fruit

You may have come across Sopropo on your travels, at a Surinamese/Asian restaurant or maybe even at home. Read on and learn about our journey procuring, growing and cooking this intriguing fruit...

Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Elise Chalcraft

Duckweed taste testing 2.0

Using duckweed as an alternative food source to feed our fish

Let me tell you about an aquatic plant I have come to love... Duckweed is a floating aquatic plant commonly found in ponds, lakes, and other still-moving bodies of water. Duckweed is commonly seen as...

Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Abhay Villa 28 Jun 2021

Shitty Water + Wasabi - Snails = Money

At the Mediamatic Greenhouse, we try to maximise the productivity of the little space we have by growing rare, collectable and valuable crops. All whilst strongly advocating for the advantages of...

Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Elise Chalcraft

Elderflower Champagne 2.0

Popping champagne straight from the garden!

The first fermentation step for making Elderflower champagne started last week with a trial test of 20L! Here you can find the process, recipe, and some great action shots of the flowery business!

Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Elise Chalcraft

Tasting before wasting

Optimizing our African Catfish feed

My project for the past 8 weeks has been to look at how we could use waste streams from both the aquaponics greenhouse and the kitchen to feed our catfish to make the system as circular as possible.

Knowledge Page - Aquaponics

Water tests

Measuring Micro Elements

Take the box with the little jars and syringes to the sink from the white container. Rinse the jars, lids, spoons and syringes you want to use (you will need some of them) and dry them well with...

Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Elise Chalcraft

7 kilos of Happiness

The ins and outs of weighing our fish

Every 6 months, we weigh our 128 African catfish. This is done to get a snapshot into the growth rate of the catfish and check on their general wellbeing. The Aquaponics Greenhouse currently has five...

Elise Chalcraft

Workshop Producer and Manager / Aquaponics Assistant

I have worked as an Aquaponics Assistant in MediaMatic's Greenhouse from April 2021 till September 2021 and I am now moving from the greenhouse upstairs into the office to work as the workshop...

Knowledge Page

Testing and Logging pH

Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Abhay Villa 22 Mar 2021

We are Growing Edible Flowers

15 meters from farm to plate

Mediamatic ETEN and the Aquaponics Farm together are aiding the growth of a project that started "rooting" its way into Mediamatic's collection a couple of years ago; and now with the arrival of this...

Mud, Silt and Fine gravel

Cleaning an Aquaponics Growbed

Since we are using volcanic stones and hydro granules as a growing medium in our system, mud, silt and fine gravel gather overtime on the bottom of the growbed. This could become a substantial...