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  • Bright and shiny

    Philips LEDs give new perspective to grow lights

    Those new grow LEDs we got from Philips are very bright indeed! It feels like we've been trying to get plants growing in dusk al this time

  • Blue LED's and bioballs

    Canadian commercial aquaponics farm described

    Broadcaster CBC published a story about a new commercial aquaponics farm. It's interesting to read, because they do some things differently.

  • 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.

  • Iron Deficiency

    Deep red water, but healthy plants.

  • Interview

    Saro gives tour to journalist

    Curious journalists keep coming to our project, it's a popular topic.

  • 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.
  • 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...

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Catfish Holiday

    European catfish move to summer residence

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

  • 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.

  • fish feed

    comparison and optimization

    our efforts to optimize the fish feed for our catfish. Two different kinds of commercial fishfeed and our own homegrewn protein.

  • New Aquaponics System at Biotoop Dijksgracht:…

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

  • 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. The liquid tests are quite a hassle and they're not always that accurate. So we bought an electronic one.

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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?

  • 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

  • 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.

  • 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.
  • 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

  • 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...

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