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Top Tips To Running Commercial Aquaponics

Last Updated 22 October 2020

Many start out with aquaponics as a hobby, and quickly scale up to do it on a commercial scale once they realize how profitable it is.

What Are Cost For Running Aquaponic Business?

Start up costs are low, because you can build the system yourself using materials found that your local hardware store. Running costs are also minimal, because nutrients and resources (such as water) are recycled between the plant ecosystem and the fish ecosystem, and the two sustain each other.

Profits are high, because fresh organic vegetables and fish fetch good prices.

What Are The Top Tips For Commercial Aquaponics?

Here are our top tips to get you started in commercial aquaponics:

1. Research the local market.

This will dictate what vegetables and fish to grow. You want to choose the ones with a high demand, high price, and possibly low competition.

Of course, do not choose a fish/vegetable species that requires climatic conditions that are very different from what you have in the area.

For example, tilapia require warm temperatures, and if you live in cold areas you’ll have to spend significantly on heating to grow these; a better option would be trout. In addition, you may consider growing fish to sell them as pets instead of food: in many areas there is a considerable demand for goldfish, for example.

Same when it comes to plants: in some areas, you’ll find that it is more profitable to grow herbs instead of vegetables. In addition, it is usually profitable to grow off season produce, but this will require heating (and hence heating costs). It’s all about finding the optimal balance to maximize profits. Do your research properly.

2. Find your customers.

If you sell directly to the consumers, you’ll get to keep all your profits, but it can be a hassle.

Instead, you can get a deal from a local grocery/fish monger and you can sell all you produce to them. However, you’ll have to give them a lower price than what you’ll give to direct clients.

If you are selling fish as pets, consider placing an advertisement in your local newspaper.

3. Start small, think big.

No matter how thorough your research, only when you’ll actually start your venture you’ll get to know all the things involved and the profit margin.

Therefore, you should start small, as this will give you the flexibility to adapt. It’s also easier to run a smaller system, and if you are new to aquaponics you’ll have some learning to do to run it efficiently.

In addition, when you’re just starting out, things will go wrong and it is easier to fix them on a small scale than if you are running a massive Aquaponics farm.

Learn How To Make It BIG With Aquaponics Farming

You can learn more about aquaponics, and how to build your own system in Aquaponics 4 You system. Below video shows what this system covers.

Feeding Your Aquaponics Fish

Last Updated 13 October 2020

Feeding your aquaponics fish is one of your daily tasks when running an aquaponics system. It is vital for the fish and in turn essential for the production of plant nutrients. In this post we’ll talk about the what, when and how to feed your fish. We’ll also talk about using auto-feeders for the ones among you who like to automate life!

How to take care of aquaponics fish?

Most fish are not picky on feeding schedule; indeed in the wild there is no such thing as regular feeding. They will adjust their metabolisms and growth rates according to food availability.

So if you want to grow fish quickly, simply feed them often. However, be careful with crowding because a population density which is too high will make the fish labile to disease outbreaks. With regards to the actual amounts of feed per feeding session, you should give them as much feed as they can eat within five minutes.

Great tip if you have no time to feed your fishes

Many automatic feeders are available, differing in complexity and price. However, you can get simple cheap ones which will do the job just fine.

You should set the feeding times at once or twice daily, possibly more if you want to grow fish quickly and have a low stocking density. Using an automatic feeder does not mean that you can stop checking on you system daily, because if you do, you won’t know if anything goes wrong with the system.

What do you feed your aquaponics fishes with?

With regards to the actual feed, most people opt for commercial feed, which is an excellent choice. Commercial fee is either of the omnivorous or carnivorous type and these will differ in their quantities of protein.

Check with your local fisheries department for the most suitable one for the particular fish species you are growing; though most fish thrive well on both. Feed also comes in different pellet sizes – you should get the small ones for young fish and larger ones as the fish grow bigger.

What are the common feeds?

Many Aquaponics farmers grow their own fish feed to drastically cut costs. The most commonly grown of such feeds is duckweed, a fast growing plant that is rich in protein. You can grow this in a separate tank or pond.

To provide more protein, you can also grow worms and black soldier fly larvae. You can also feed your fish some garden scraps. For example, most omnivorous fish will enjoy bland-tasting plants and vegetable, such as lettuce.

Be careful that the plant-food you give to the fish is not covered in pesticides or other harmful chemicals.

Learn more how to take care of your aquaponics fish and plants

You can learn more about aquaponics, and how to build your own system in Aquaponics 4 You system. Below video shows what this system covers.

Gain Power Over Your Food With an Aquaponic System

Last Updated 6 October 2020

With the economy going out of control, finding cheap yet qualitative products has become a challenge even for the savviest shoppers. It seems like all prices have gone wild and you have to pay a fortune just to have a normal, balanced diet. You can now save lots of money and eat fresh organic vegetables from your own farm, your aquaponic system.

What is Aquaponic System?

Aquaponic system farming is basically an improved version of hydroponics. In fact it is a combination between hydroponics and aquaculture.

What you do is grow fish in a specially designed tank and use the water from the tank to grow vegetables too. This way you develop a type of farming based on interdependence: the fish have clean and fresh water due to the plant roots, while the plants get their food from the fish tank, without yet harming the fish.

It is as easy as it seems!

What do you need?

You will just need to make your aquaponic system (which can be done by you, with a little help and guidance) and then starting growing the fish. After about a month, the water will have enough nutrients for you to start growing your own plants, so you just put the seeds in the water and wait for them to grow.

If the fish are happy and healthy, there are great chances that you will have plenty of vegetables and herbs to cook your favorite meals.

What are the advantages of Aquaponic System?

The best thing about this system is that once you have built it you can keep it going for ever, as it requires minimum investment and effort and gives back even ten times more than you invest. So you will not only have enough food for you and your family, but you will also be able to share it with your neighbors or even start a small business with this type of vegetables.

They are all organic and natural, without any chemical fertilizers which may harm people’s health, so you can be sure you can make a great profit out of it!

Anyone can start such an aquaponic farming as it is easy to set on and even easier to take care of. Even senior people who have a hard time in bending and moving will find this activity relaxing and enjoying.

Why spend a fortune each time you go to the market when you can grow your own organic vegetables and fish in the comfort of your home with little effort and a small amount of money? Stop your market addiction now with the aquaponic system farming!

Where To Get More Information?

You can learn more about aquaponics, and how to build your own system in Aquaponics 4 You system. Below video shows what this system covers.

Aquaponics Makes Growing Your Own Veggies So Easy

Last Updated 29 September 2020

Having a balanced nutrition based mainly on vegetables and lean meat is essential in order to keep your body healthy and in good shape. However, with the prices increasing continuously and with the genetically modified crops increasing their amount day by day, having a healthy meal is more and more difficult. The solution: plant your own vegetables through aquaponics.

Is is really easy to grow vegetables through aquaponics?

This may sound like an impossible thing for people living in flats or for those with low resistance to effort, but in fact it can be one of the most enjoying and effortless activity you can have. How is this possible? With a simple, yet highly effective system which allows you to grow fish and vegetables at the same time in your own home!

The system is called aquaponics and is suitable for any type of family, regardless of the age they are or the type of house they live in. It requires very little space, the place needed to put an aquarium with fish and some other small additions to it.

Where can you put this?

You can put it on the table in your living room and use it as decoration too, you can place it in your kitchen so that you can always have fresh herbs at the reach of your hand when cooking or you can place it in your garage and go once or twice a day to inspect it.

It does not need more than few minutes a day of care, it needs no land and it will start giving results in less than a year. In addition to that, there will be no need for you to bend over, to clean the land of weeds, dig it to plant the seeds or spend hours in your knees to collect the crops.

Furthermore, you will be able to use this type of farming all year round, regardless of the season or the meteorological conditions from outside!

This means that you will have fresh veggies all year round, with minimum effort. Just think of your tasty tomatoes or cucumbers, of the smell of your fresh parsley or how you will amaze everyone with your delicious strawberries in the winter! You will eat healthy and organic vegetables and will even be able to offer some of your crops to your neighbors as you will have plenty of everything.

If you come to think that while your crops will grow, so will the fish, then there is no need for you to postpone starting an aquaponic farm in the comfort of your house. It is the simplest way to eat healthy food without spending a fortune at the market!

Where To Get More Information?

You can learn more about aquaponics, and how to build your own system in Aquaponics 4 You system. Below video shows what this system covers.

Introduction to Aquaponics And Its Advantages

Last Updated 24 September 2020

Aquaponics is a fairly new system of food production, but it is rapidly gaining popularity due to its many advantages, especially in the context of the rising food prices. In this short introduction to aquaponics, we’ll explain what Aquaponics involves and mention some of its many advantages.

So What Is Aquaponics?

Aquaponics is a combination of aquaculture (the growing of fish) and hydroponics (the growing of plants in water without soil). This integrated system works so well because the two form a symbiotic relationship; and nutrients and resources are recycled between the two.

The fish provide waste, which the bacteria turn into plant nutrients, providing the plants with food and the fish with clean water. Indeed, bacteria is the linchpin which keeps the whole system running.

How Is This Setup?

With regards to the set-up, it is actually very simple.

You have the fish tanks, in which you grow fish, and on top of the tanks sits the grow bed.

The grow bed is the surface in which the plants are rooted and is the location of most of the bacteria in the system. The grow bed can be made of different materials, but a common one is gravel.

Gravel is ideal because it filters the water and provides support to the roots. In addition, it has a large surface area and can house a large number of bacteria.

In an Aquaponics system, water is pumped from the fish tank to the grow bed, where the bacteria reside. The bacteria break down the fish waste and convert it to nitrates, an excellent fertilizer.

The plants take up the nitrates and some of the water, and in the process filter the water. The water is then returned cleaned to the fish tank via gravity.

What Are The Advantages?

Aquaponics has many advantages.

For one, it is the most sustainable and cost-effective method of food production. It saves you money, and provides you with fresh organic food from your own backyard.

It doesn’t take much space and can be located anywhere: in the backyard, in a spare room, in the garage, etc

It is very flexible, as you can grow a large variety of vegetables and fish. It is environmentally friendly, as no water is wasted and it produces no harmful by-products.

Aquaponics is also much easier to run than a conventional soil farm or fish farm – there is no weeding, no watering and no addition of fertilizers and harmful pesticides.

Furthermore, an Aquaponics system is very easy to scale up, and indeed many people end up doing it for profit.

This is because the food produced by Aquaponics farming has minimal costs and fetches high prices (as it is organic) and therefore the profit is significant.

For a detailed comprehensive guide on starting your own Aquaponics system, check out the simple system below.

Where To Get More Information?

You can learn more about aquaponics, and how to build your own system in Aquaponics 4 You system. Below video shows what this system covers.