Aquaponics GOLD: Raising Health Fish and Vegetables in Aquaponics

Aquaponics GOLD fills the gap between the burgeoning varieties of technology available today for aquaponics and all the various growing techniques.This book offers time-tested and effective techniques for raising healthy fish and plants in aquaponics presented by the inventors of Portable Farms® Aquaponics Systems. Portable Farms® have been installed in almost all 50 US States, 10 Canadian Provinces and 13 Countries.

The inventors of Portable Farms® Aquaponics Systems are revealing many of their TRADE SECRETS for growing delicious food in aquaponics systems for the very first time. Take advantage of our 43 years of refining our own and our customer’s aquaponics systems and learn from ALL of our mistakes so you won’t have to make the same ones.
• Learn how to care for your fish and then harvest and enjoy the fresh fish from your aquaponics system.
• Let us show you how to grow healthy, pesticide free table vegetables for your family.

This book presents the solutions to problems that we have faced while working in the field of medium-based aquaponics (gravel or substrate based systems) over many decades working with our customers from all over the world.

You will find important information in this book that is occasionally repeated for a better understanding of the materials in various contexts. There is a lot to learn about growing fish and plants in a closed loop aquaponics system and some of this information is not intuitive since aquaponics does not use soil as the growing medium for raising plants.
As various designs for aquaponics systems continue to grow in popularity, more and more attention is being devoted to various methods for raising healthy fish and vegetables. This book offers many suggestions to those interested in growing food in their own aquaponics systems.

There is a growing movement across the world to secure and eat organic or at least locally- grown foods to increase local economies and reduce the carbon footprint. This movement has become so powerful and wide spread that nearly every major supermarket in the world offers their customers locally grown food. This movement has also pushed seed sales to new heights as people plant soil gardens or install hydroponics or aquaponics systems to grow healthy vegetables for their families so they can control the quality of the food they eat.

Aquaponics is a cutting-edge and water saving technology to increase a family’s level of sustainability and health and by installing their aquaponics system in a greenhouse, families can extend their growing season year round and have complete control of what foods they grow and what they are feeding their family.

Aquaponics grows food naturally by offering both the fish and vegetables compatible environments and ideal growing conditions so they will thrive in aquaponics.
• Aquaponics requires no harsh chemicals, fertilizers or insecticides in the growing of the food.
• A properly installed aquaponics system begins to provide healthy produce approximately forty days after installation.
• An aquaponics system using tilapia provides a protein source (fish) within seven to nine months after the system is operational. At that time, they are generally 11” long and weigh 1.25 pounds.
• Aquaponics systems use a minimal amount of potable water for food production (the average water requirement is reduced by 90 to 95% compared with conventional ‘dirt’ farming).
• Aquaponics is capable of providing fresh locally grown food and food security for families, groups, and cities.
• A well designed and properly built aquaponics system can be assembled and operated as a carbon negative installation.