On April 1st I gave a presentation at the Progressive Gardening Trade Association annual conference titled “Secrets to Selling Aquaponics”.  The audience was primarily owners and managers of hydroponic stores. When I was preparing and starting to think about the notion of “selling” aquaponics, the first thoughts in my business school-trained brain were about target [...]

Aquaponics How-To Guide: Grow Beds and Fish Tanks Here is the latest installment in my monthly series for Growing Edge.com _______________________________________________________ This article continues a monthly series about aquaponics and all the components you need to know how to build your own a thriving aquaponics system.  This month we will talk about fish tanks and [...]

How deep should your aquaponics grow bed be?  Grow bed depth in a media based aquaponics system is a subject not without a little controversy.  The majority of media-based aquaponic growers will say that you should have about 12” (300 mm) of media, with the top 1 – 2” being left dry to reduce algae [...]