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  • Afbeelding: Erik Diekstra

    Building the Miniponics

    Testing the first smaller aquaponics system at Mediamatic Fabriek.
  • Stedenbouwkunde
  • Perceptie
  • Aquaponics

  • Mediamatic Fabriek

    2011—2014 locatie van Mediamatic in Amsterdam

    Mediamatic verhuist gemiddeld 1x per 3 jaar... Mediamatic Fabriek was een project- en tentoonstellingsruimte, aquaponicsboerderij en kantine in de Van Gendthallen te Amsterdam. Sinds December 2011...

  • Aquaponics Team

    Pleased to meet you

    Over the years, these people have been building and nurturing our Aquaponics farm. A group of builders, farmers, teachers and designers. Do you want to join the group and learn how to build...

  • New nursery!

    Yesterday we built a new space for our small plants, we used recycled materials. The first nursery was not working very well because the environment was too cold for them. We installed a plastic...

  • Energy needed

    We made a calculation of energy needed by our systems, this will give us an idea of how much we should produce and ​​how intensive should it be.

  • PH meter

    Brand new easy to use PH & Temp meter

    To ensure the right living conditions for our fish we need to measure the PH daily.

  • Iron Deficiency

    Deep red water, but healthy plants.

  • Catfish Holiday

    European catfish move to summer residence

    Our second attempt to populate the greenhouse fish tank after a false start.

  • Field Peas

    Growing field peas in an aquaponics greenhouse

    Although our shade cloth can cool the greenhouse on hot days, it is still nice to have some complete shade inside. We have created some extra shade by just using some string and field peas.

  • 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...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Kevin Siedsma

    Help! My seeds aren't germinating!

    My time here at the aquaponics greenhouse  has been a touch and go learning experience. Let me elaborate by going into detail about my trials and tribulations setting up the nursery. So all you

  • Germination Experiement

    Sprouting seeds

    Which is the best way to raise our seedlings for life in the aquaponics system?

  • Fish, plant, rack

    Quasi symbiotic environment for machine, fish and hydroponics

    Andy Gracie's work allows the electrical discharges of the virtually blind elephant fish to instruct the actions of a robot whose task is to monitor the development of plants in a hydroponic system.

  • Dealing with pests

    The pineapple sage infestation

    With the changing of the seasons and the drop in temperature, some plants in the unheated greenhouse become more susceptible to pests and infestations as they are perennial, such as the Pineapple...

  • Miniponics

    Duurzaam vissen en planten verbouwen in de woonkamer

    Deze kleine aquaponics-installatie staat leuk en is duurzaam. Planten en vissen worden samen gekweekt en helpen elkaar overleven. De Miniponics bestaat uit niet veel meer dan een PET-fles, touw en...

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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...

  • All about the siphon

    Everything you need to know to build an autosiphon

    How does it work? First of all, here is a nice animation to show you how the auto-siphon functions so you can integrate it to your eb and flood system like aquaponics. Found on youtube, made by...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Thibaut Counot

    Serving our fish a special rat-atouille

    Turning pests into fish food

    Amsterdam is facing an increasing rat population. Can we turn this to our advantage?
  • Project geselecteerd om te pitchen tijdens Kom je Ook Herman Peter Bruna

    Kunstjacht

    Wat is kunst? en waar moet je kijken?

    Kunstenaars verstoppen een kunstwerk in het straatbeeld, mensen gaan op jacht om het te vinden.
  • From our Faraway Friend Wendy Monroe

    Trial and Error

    A photo essay

    Our system with the five half barrel beds is up and running now, the plants in the beds have taken root and we will be taking delivery of 30 Channel Catfish next week. We will be getting them from...

  • New Aquaponics System at Biotoop Dijksgracht:…

    Last month of December Mediamatic moved and of course the Aquaponics system did it as well.

  • 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.

  • Shit

    Better be safe than sorry

    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.

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