Articles
Sourcing and Managing Your Fish Feed in Aquaculture Systems
In the aquaculture industry, 60-70% of the production cost comes from fish feeds; therefore, choosing a commercial feed for cultured fish must not be taken for granted. Nutrient Requirements The nutrient requirement of the fish to be fed must be known first and should be comparable with the nutritional value of the feed. Note that some fish may differ in their nutrient requirements in some areas of their life stages.
· Rena Santizo-TaanIntroducing Fish into Your Aquaponic System with a Salt Bath
Minerals found in water environment plays important roles in physiological functions in fish. In aquaculture production, salt which is a mineral in the form of sodium chloride (NaCl) has many positive applications. The raw material is affordable and available to many fish farmers. Salt bath is one significant application being practiced in the fish production industry. It is an immersion process of freshwater fish to salt solution at a prolonged time.
· Rena Santizo-TaanAccurately Sizing an Aquaponics System Pump
A water pump is the primary life source for an Aquaponics system. This decision deserves attention and research. A bad choice can keep you purchasing new pumps every few months or not delivering enough water turnover for your fish. There is a comprehensive water pump flow rate generator that will get you half way there by calculating the liters/gallons per hour needed. You only need to know how many Media Beds and DWC taps you have in your system, and how much water is in your fish tank.
· YahyaProperly Sourcing Your IBC Totes in a Country Without Amazon Prime
If you’re fortunate enough to live in a country that has a vendor that can deliver cheap, sparkling new IBC totes, congratulations you just finished sourcing and cleaning them. For the rest of us, this is just the beginning. Read on. IBC Totes have some serious stories to tell. I have seen IBC totes come from all over the place. They travel on barges, trucks, wagons, cars, and get dumped, thrown, melted, burned, and who knows what else.
· Jonathan ReyesNever Suffer From Cutting IBC Totes Again
Once you have sourced your IBC totes, cleaned them well, it’s time to begin cutting them and preparing them to be fish tanks, sump tanks, or even distribution tanks. You can also cut them in half and use them as a sump tank or a growbed, but we’re going to focus on the other purposes as it requires a different cut. To keep your totes functioning well and in good condition, you’ll need to take care of the structural integrity.
· Jonathan ReyesManaging Algae Growth in Aquaponic Systems
Algae is part of earth’s amazing biosphere that we get to manage in an Aquaponics system. It’s not a bad thing that you have algae in your system, but it can certainly cause some difficult problems if not monitored. While algae is natural, a large amount is undesirable in an Aquaponics system. You will encounter some serious issues if your algae gets out of hand: Dissolved Oxygen Depletion Dissolved oxygen in your system is one of the life sources for your plants and fish.
· Jonathan ReyesGrowing Crops in the Desert
We are entering a new era where farming techniques and laborious tasks can be greatly improved and enhanced with the help of necessary technology. Aquaponics helps farmers save costs, increase yield, and even improve health and sustainability of the farm itself. Not only that, but anyone can do it! One of the many fascinating aspect of aquaponics farming is the ability to control environmental and other climatic conditions. It can be adjusted to suit the optimum plant growing conditions.
· Jonathan ReyesGrowing with Aquaponics
An Aquaponics system is a combination of aquaculture (fish farming) and hydroponics (the medium of cultivating plants without soil media). The technology of aquaponics works together in a way that both the plants and the fishes cultivated have a mutually beneficial relationship as there is a recycling of nutrients occurring between them. This is nothing new to the Middle East and actually uses technology that the Ancient Egyptians invented over 10,000 years ago.
· YahyaFresh Technology, New Humanity
It’s so easy to focus on the negative impacts of environmental decline. The statistics themselves could make you fear your children’s future. However, that doesn’t do anyone any good. Taking the fear approach to future only creates a future founded on fear. Instead, I invite you into something greater… Today I speak to you, the Arab world, and invite you into a new journey, a new place to look at how life, technology and connectivity are all interrelated.
· Jonathan ReyesHydroponic Solutions in Middle Eastern Contexts
One major challenge facing the world’s agricultural sector in both crop and livestock production is the threat of global climate change resulting in arid and desert lands in some regions of the world. An area is considered as a desert when there is a low precipitation period below 10 inches in a particular geographical region caused by prolonged water supply shortages. Agricultural activities in crop production for humans and fodder supplies from crop residues for livestock rearing is at declining state in crop production.
· Jonathan Reyes