My name is Els Engel. I'm a freelance visual journalist, yoga teacher and urban farmer. At Mediamatic I work at the aquaponics project
My website is http://www.elsengel.nl/portfolio
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.
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.
The miniponics system is a cute little one, attracting a lot of attention from visitors. Read here how you can build it yourself.
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
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.
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...
Weighing the fish and adding them to a hospital tank
Aquaponics farm at the Mediamatic Fabriek with some team members
They're becoming monsters!
Saskia Albers-Bello is making a short documentary about the aquaponics project.
A crossbreed between a roach and a goldfish, it happened right under our noses
