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We have recently converted our old DWC (Deep Water Culture) Aquaponics system into Sandponics, also referred to as IAVS (Integrated Aqua Vegeculture System).  The DWC aquaponics served us well …

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Aquaponics Vs Hydroponics?The questions keep streaming in on whether to go the aquaponics or hydroponics route. The answer, of course, is dependent on what you want to achieve, your budget, climate an …

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Plants or trees that remain waterlogged for long periods of time eventually die. The main reason for this is that the roots are not getting the oxygen the plant requires, leading to "root-rot".So ho …

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A few months ago we decided to build a dutch bucket system and attach it to an existing DWC recirculating system. We had some spare space, so it made sense to use up the excess nitrates being produced …

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As we all know by now, Aquaculture is the farming of fish in a recirculating water system and Hydroponics is the farming of plants in water (no soil), also in a recirculating water system.Aquaponics i …

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I got a fright when I saw a monster plant in one of our DWC floating rafts at our commercial aquaponics system in Valverde.We sprinkled some mustard seeds, which we happened to have spare, over the hy …

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