Aquaponics, to me at least, is all about producing your own healthy food in your backyard, food which is good for you and your family, food that costs very little and the growing of it doesn't harm the environment. It saves water, saves money, stops polution and most importantly you have the piece of mind of knowing what is going into your body.

 

The aquaponic system pictured above is in my suburban backyard and produced almost 50kg of fish (Barramundi) and over 100 kg of fresh vegetables, herbs and fruits, in around 6 months. Enclosed in an area of only 4m x 8m the system running costs are about the equivalent of running 2 x 75W light globes. And all of the materials are widely available from hardware and plumming stores.

This kit is designed to help you build your own aquaponic system, tailored to your requirements, whether it's a small system for a few fresh herbs and veggies, or a larger more productive system designed to feed the whole family.

 

 

 

The Book

I have been studying and practicing aquaponics for a number of years now and I decided that it was time to write a book on the subject. There's a very limited amount of information about aquaponics available at the moment and certainly no books on the subject available, which makes it difficult for someone to try and build their own system. I decided it was time to help others who may want to build their own aquaponic systems by providing this comprehensive aquaponics kit.
     

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The book includes the following subjects with their corresponding page numbers..

 

Preface 6
Introduction 7
So What Is Aquaponics 8
The Concept 8
Components 8
The Ideal 9
The Dream 10
My Early Experiences 11
Designing And Building A System 14
Tanks 14
Pumps 16
Grow beds 18
Growing Media 21
Grow Bed Irrigation and Draining 24
Running Costs 27
Water Quality 28
Maintenance 30
System Designs 32
Continuous Flow Systems 33
Flood And Drain Systems 35
The Fish 40
Stocking Densities 41
Feeding Your Fish 42
Fin Fish Species 44
Barramundi 44
Goldfish And Koi 46

 Black bream 47
Silver Perch 49
Murray Cod 51
Tilapia 52
Pacu 53
Trout 54
Crustaceans 55
Marron 55
Yabbie 57
Fish Conclusions 58
The Plants 59
Building a System 63
Building a shelter 63
Flood And Drain Design 71
Building Grow Bed Supports 72
The Drain System 79
The Growing Medium 81
The Irrigation Piping 83
Flood and drain Process 88
Initialising The System 92
Planting the beds 94
Stocking With Fish 95
Conclusions and my Thoughts 98
Thanks 101
Complete price breakdown for full
system as of 2005. 111

The Book has dozens of photographs, diagrams and plans to help you design and build your own aquaponic system.

 

 

 

The DVD & CD-Rom

Included with the book is a DVD and a CD-Rom to help in setting up your own aquaponic system.

 

The DVD includes the following:

- Almost one hour of video segments explaining how aquaponic systems work, and how a system is constructed, defining the materials, water flows, pumping and piping arrangements, as well as plant growth rates. The DVD will play in most recent standard DVD players.

 

 

The CD-Rom includes the following:

- Hundreds of photos arranged in simple to navigate galleries, with comments and explanations for each photo.

 

- Over 20 plan drawings giving details of different system designs, including all dimensional requirements.

 

- Lots of other data including Pumping cycles, Comprehensive parts lists, Growth and feed rate tables and conversion ratios. 

 

- The CD-Rom also contains the same video segments as the DVD but at a lower resolution.


      

 

Bacteria & Support

Also included with the complete kit is at least 2 hours of phone and/or email help in the designing or setting up your aquaponic system, specific to your circumstances.

One intrinsic component of an aquaponic system is the bacteria that lives on the gravel in the grow beds. This bacteria will grow naturally over time, however, once your system is set up I will mail you a vial of bacteria from my own established grow beds to speed up the bacteria population growth in your own system.

 

 

This package is presently available directly from myself, the author, and the book is presently only available in a black and white format, spiral bound by myself. All images in the book are also on the DVD in full colour at high resolution.

 

 

 

 

Prices

 

All inclusive kit (Australia) 

The all inclusive kit (Book, DVD, CD, Support & Bacteria)  is $185.00 (Australian) Which includes postage and packaging within Australia. To order please click the BUY NOW button below.

 

 

 

 

Book, DVD & CD  (Australia)

The Book, DVD and CD are also available as a seperate package for $98.00 (Australian) Which includes postage and packaging within Australia. To order please click the BUY NOW button below.

 
 
 
 

Book, DVD & CD  (International)

For all international orders outside of Australia the price for the book, DVD and CD, including postage and pakaging to your country, is $98.00 (U.S.)  To order please click the BUY NOW button below.

 

 

 

Backyard Aquaponics DVD (Australia)

The Backyard Aquaponics DVD contains all the information you need to understand how aquaponics works, and what's involved in designing and building your own system. Covering different equipment, styles and designs, it answers your questions about day to day maintenance issues and what you can expect for an aquaponics system.

It's available for $39.50 delivered anywhere in Australia.

To order please click the BUY NOW button below.

 

 

 

All Transaction are through Paypals secure online site.

If you have any further queries, please don't hesitate toemail me. 

 

If you prefer, you can send a cheque or money order to the following address:

PO Box 3350, Success, W.A., 6965