New Society Publishers Aquaponic Gardening: A Step-by-Step Guide to Raising Vegetables and Fish Together

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This book is exactly what I was looking for: a serious introduction into the world of aquaponics by explaining its concepts and guiding towards building your first system.I'm happy I read it.

Très bon premier livre sur l'aquaponie.Attention le début est assez (voir même très) lent.Si vous voulez tout de suite passer à la partie construction il faudra sauter des chapitres.Cependant, je recommande de ne pas se baser uniquement sur ce livre, il serait judicieux de consulter en ligne et d'avoir d'autres livres en plus.

I have read this book loaned from the local Library before. I was so enthusiastic about the huge amount of information delivered in this book, that I decided to buy it, to have it on hand when I start building my system. Because there is so much information in it, it will be my look up bible for the years to come.This is the best book to the Topic of Aquaponics I have come across so far. Precise and comprehensive with clear instructions and comments of what to do an what better not to do. It gives also clear warnings which is very important to avoid costly mistakes.This book is clearly structured and can be used down the road to look up for solutions in the process of practicing Aquaponics.it won't be placed far from my Greenhouse.all thumbs up for this book I can only recommend it to everybody seriously looking into this interesting topic.

After getting this book for my brother-in-law last Christmas and shamelessly paging through before I gave it to him, I ordered a copy for myself shortly after the new year. I was (still am, really) a rookie in aquaponics, but I read this book cover to cover and found the vast majority of what I needed to design and set up a system in our apartment (50 gal fish tank/50 gal grow bed currently producing as much thyme, basil, and swiss chard as I can eat). The author makes a point to cover every design issue you need to consider, laid out in the order in which it should be considered. The book has a very methodical and logical layout that makes it relatively easy to put together a plan to build a system from scratch. (But you'll still have to do the leg work!)In a few cases, it would be nice to have a little more depth. For example, some fluorescent lights come in different 'color temperatures,' but the author doesn't get into blue vs. red spectrum until the section on HID lights, and then only briefly. My 'grow light' seems to have a different spectrum (and works better) than my 'daylight spectrum' T8 fixture, but I wouldn't have expected that from the book. Also, many different strains of tilapia are available with different traits, but the book doesn't go further than differentiating 'tilapia' from 'koi,' 'pacu,' etc. Most of the missing information is readily available on the web, so this shortcoming isn't a huge drawback. I should note here, however, that since I wanted to build a small-scale edible fish system, the hardest thing for me was locating a source that would sell me just five tilapia and didn't charge $80-100 for shipping. I finally found a local tropical fish (pet) store that was willing to order them specially.The author's personal experiences with aquaponics are helpful and make the book very readable. The "10 dumbest mistakes I've made in aquaponics" is a good list of things that novices like me should watch out for, and the "rules of thumb" at the end of every chapter are a great reference when designing your own system. I can't count the number of times I went back and looked at those guidelines, especially when cycling the system. In sum, this book is an excellent resource for anyone just getting started in aquaponics.