My presentation used at the 2013 Wisconsin Garden Expo

1. Maple Bottom Aquaponics
Aquaponic Fish and Greens
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2.  Organic veggies year round
 Grow your own meat
 Like to tinker
 Self-sufficiency
(When the S#&% hits the fan!)
 Income
 Trendy
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Why?

3.  Teach your kids
 Save on therapy
 Getaway from spouse
 Sit on your toches
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Why?

4.  Chinese Rice-Carp Fields
 Pre-Columbian Amazonians
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Aquaponics is Old

5.  Designing and building your
own aquaponics system is not
for the weak willed or poorly
organized.
 Existing systems available for
sale don’t account for the
polar vortex.
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Words of Warning

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Hydroponics

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Start on a Small Scale
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8.  200 gallon minimum!
 … generally means you go outside.
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Go Big or Go Home

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Fish Tanks

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Grow Beds v1

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Plumbing

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Microcontroller

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Grow Beds v2

14.  Tilapia
 Basil
 Catfish
 Spinach
 Trout
 Neighbors
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Planting Cycle Year 1

15.  Testing
 Fine-tuning
 Aesthetics
 Consulting
 Construction
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What’s Next

16. Maple Bottom Aquaponics
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Jeremiah Robinson
fritz3000g@gmail.com
608-338-9011
See Also:
Nelson Pade
Growing Power
The Aquaponic Source
Aquaponic Lynx
Penn & Cord Greenhouses