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Would environmental impacts form freshwater aquaculture include nutrient overload and escape of exotic species?

February 25, 2012 3 Comments

Image by lsgcp Question by : Would environmental impacts form freshwater aquaculture include nutrient overload and escape of exotic species? Can you help? Leave your own answer in the comments!

How long does it take plants to grow in hydroponics?

February 23, 2012 3 Comments

Image by nerdabout Hydroponics at Boswyck Farms Question by : How long does it take plants to grow in hydroponics? I am starting from seeds, and I want to know how long I have to wait until I can harvest my plants. Give your answer to this question below!

What job pays more marine biology ,VS aquaculture?

February 20, 2012 1 Comment

Image by lsgcp Question by Jayson R: What job pays more marine biology ,VS aquaculture? I am 16 and i am goin to university soon so i want to know wat job pay more Can you help? Leave your own answer in the comments!

how does this aquaculture facility look like?

February 19, 2012 1 Comment

Image by lsgcp Question by lil’sammy: how does this aquaculture facility look like? Its called an aquaculture facility to cultivate abalone shellfish, consisting of half submerged mesh cages. how does this look like? anyone know where i can find a pic of it? and is it huge? how does it effect the fisheries resources? Feel […]

Help! Why do leaves curl at the tip?

February 18, 2012 2 Comments

Image by ceresgreentech Water from the fish tanks is filtered through a series of stacked rock beds to aerate the water before it enters the growbeds. Photo: BOJUN CHISWELL Question by Becca L: Help! Why do leaves curl at the tip? Does anyone know why baby/young leaves curl in an aquaponics system? Or just curl […]

Do any aquariums use space for aquaculture?

February 17, 2012 1 Comment

Image by lsgcp Question by b4f2f: Do any aquariums use space for aquaculture? “space” in one of their tanks – some of the “space” in their facility Give your answer to this question below!

Pumping water without electricity?

February 16, 2012 2 Comments

Image by ceresgreentech Floating foam rafts have small holes drilled out. Black seedling pots are then placed in to the holes. Photo: BOJUN CHISWELL Question by Jake M: Pumping water without electricity? Im building a greenhouse, and I want to put a Aquaponics system in it, but for the aquaponics I need a pump. I’m […]

what fish for the pond?

February 15, 2012 3 Comments

Image by ceresgreentech Lining the growbeds. Photo: JAC PRICE PHOTOGRAPHY Question by : what fish for the pond? ok so im going to get a 60 gallon pond and im going to have a diy 5 gallon bucket trickle filter/ aquaponics grow bed. what fish should i get. i dont want to keep gold fish […]

Possible place to get table to hold this?

February 14, 2012 2 Comments

Image by ceresgreentech Completed greenhouse and shipping container. Photo: JAC PRICE PHOTOGRAPHY Question by james: Possible place to get table to hold this? http://www.aquaponicsusa.com/Blog/Entries/2010/7/18_Aquaponics_USA_FFGS-M7.5_%26_M15_Food_ForeverTM_Growing_System.html We were looking to buy the top one but without the table. They told us we’d need a very strong table to hold this, and I was wondering what others thought […]

what size fish tank water heater?

February 13, 2012 2 Comments

Image by ceresgreentech Over flow tank at the end of the growbeds hold excess water before it is pumped back to the fish tanks. The blue floatation devise acts to cut off the water flow if the over flow tank gets too full. Photo: BOJUN CHISWELL Question by Sean Rauch: what size fish tank water […]