013 The Plant System

After ten years of playing around with various aquaponics set ups, I finally came to the conclusion that the best option for both economic viability...

012 The Fish System

When I first started my aquaponic journey some 10 years ago, I was told and retold that I wouldn’t really be an expert, wouldn’t really understand what...

011 Green Houses and Fish Houses

One of the first questions every aquaponics farmer has to wrestle with is where is this system going to go? Good Fish Aquaponics offers a complete system,...

009 Why Use Wicking Beds

Have you ever had something that you know works, but you don’t really like it? My first car was an old Ford Courier pickup. It was baby blue, two wheel...

007 Information Overload

When we come to food information in today’s informationally overloaded world, there are so many different voices. Take vitamins to boost your system...

006 Art, Science, and Aquaponics

As I was out planting starts in the system today, I was pondering the relationship between science and art in aquaponics. Part of a recirculating aquaculture...

005 Coupled or De-coupled, That is the Question

Coupled or De-coupled, That is the Question
Aquaponics systems are all based on a connected relationship between fish and plants. But what that...

004 The Saga of the Rainbow Trout

We made a decision this past fall to change our aquaponics system over from tilapia to rainbow trout. The logic seemed simple and sound. Going into winter...

003 I am an Aquaponics Muician

There’s a great movie ……. In which a teenage boy who is a musician and wants to be a conductor gets in trouble and is assigned community service. He...

002 Me, a Farmer?

Many people today are waking to the serious food and health issues facing our culture. For too many years we have ignored these concerns, listened to...

001 Why Aquaponics?

Aquaponics is a farming method utilizing a symbiotic growing relationship between fish and plants. In varying forms and cultures, it has been used for...

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