Join Paul as he prepares to move fish into the biologically cycled small aquaponics setup (see video on filter acclimation for that process). Watch as he gently nets out beautiful butterfly koi and releases them into their new roomy tank.
Paul will be back next week, but follow up today with Maddie as she shows the small aquaponics system and the UV sterilizer she added to improve water clarity.
This article covers ‘fishless cycling’, a method to establish a tank’s biofilter using chemicals. Fishless cycling allows the fish to flourish and eat with stable water chemistry with as little stress as possible. The major drawback is it takes several weeks to get a new system’s bacteria established before acquiring fish. New tanks with fish … Continued
This video goes through the equipment I use to setup a small aquaponics system using a plant tower (for a smaller footprint). This will be a coupled system, where the nutrient water from the fish will run through the plant tower and back to the fish tank, forming a full recirculating loop. BBF XS … Continued
AST is making a name in aquaponics! The system featured in these photos is the same Small Scale Aquaponics system explained in one of AST’s many educational YouTube videos, see video. This de-coupled aquaponics system runs on two separate loops, one for the fish tank and filter and one for the grow beds and aerated … Continued
Featured here, our AST Systems Designer Paul Begue, and one of our distributors, Ken Rust, whose company is Small Scale Aquaponics, traveled to Hartford, CT for the 2018 Aquaponics Association Conference, where they were able to share their industry expertise and learn from international industry partners about their applications for aquaponics. The conference demographic ranged … Continued
The School of Aquaponics came to visit us in New Orleans to meet with our team. They started the day meeting with AST System Designer Paul Begue, and then traveled down to LSU to meet with the Inventor of the Bead Filters – Dr. Ron Malone. For more from The School of Aquaponics, check out their YouTube … Continued
Brooklyn, from the School of Aquaponics, decided to visit us at AST. This video is a quick introduction to Brooklyn and his Youtube Channel, The School of Aquaponics. We ask him a few questions about his background and why he got into aquaponics. Stay tuned for a tour! See Paul picking Brooklyn up from the … Continued
Paul, an AST Systems Designer, went down to The School of Aquaponics and demonstrated the Bubble Bead Filter’s features and capabilities. Here is what they had to say… “Wow! What an amazing filter and demonstration done by Paul from AST Filters! He flew all the way from New Orleans just to give you guys … Continued
Using our patented Polygeyser automatic backwashing technology with our new Endurance filter design, a special assembly called the pneumatic sludge discharge (PSD) can lift the previously backwashed solids up and out of the filter to breakdown in mineralization for Aquaponics. Watch videos to learn more.