by Paulo Marini | Aug 19, 2017 | Uncategorized
Auto Bell Siphons are ingenious devices and have been the standard way of generating the Ebb-and-Flow cycles in small/medium media based aquaponic systems for decades. They are cheap and quite reliable. Although they do have some drawbacks: 1- They can be quite...
by Paulo Marini | Jul 4, 2017 | Uncategorized
The fourth infographic of the educational series summarizes some of the basic aspects of fish knowledge and management: Link to download a selection of high quality pictures Fish are fascinating creatures: their growth, development and health is influenced by the...
by Paulo Marini | Jan 5, 2017 | Uncategorized
The third infographic of the educational series provides a flowchart of Nitrification and Mineralisation in aquaponics to explain how fish waste is converted into plant nutrients. Link to download a selection of high quality photos The fish by-products comes mainly...
by Paulo Marini | Dec 8, 2016 | Uncategorized
The second infographic of the education series is the “Plants in Aquaponics” Link to download a selection of high quality pictures The function of plants in aquaponics is to filtrate the water from the by-products of the fish waste. They not only absorb and prevent...
by Paulo Marini | Dec 1, 2016 | Uncategorized
Aquaponics is a food production technique that combines raising aquatic animals (AQUAculture) with growing plants in a nutrient solution (hydroPONICS). By integrating this two system together is possible to increase the efficiency of resource utilization [ e.g. water...
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