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# The Aquaponic Farmer: A Complete Guide to Building and Operating a Commercial Aquaponic System

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Review: This Book Will Get You Going Fast - Adrian is certainly a pioneer of cold water aquaculture systems. With so many system designs and ways of going about aquaponics, the authors offer a streamlined system with proven success. This college level text got me out of swimming in internet misinformation to deciding this can be a reality. Tilapia systems are typically talked about and studied, but I am in a colder climate and was excited to hear of this book. It is as efficient as the system and process it details. The first 5 chapters take you through the complete build with pictures. The last half describes operations and provides forms. Advancements in algae based feed make this an exciting time to raise trout and would make this the most sustainable cold water operation. Aquaponics offers a solution to the net pen and traditional aquaculture pollution. I am excited to tour the farm as well. Thank you for putting so much thought and organization into this world changing book and process. Considering online courses cost around $1,000, and I recommend these as well, this was the best ~$25 bucks I've ever spent. Use the formulas in the book to scale up or down, or just follow the blueprint and get started!
Review: Best Aquaponics book I've read - This book is a must have for anyone considering a new commercial aquaponics venture, especially in a cold climate. It gives easy to understand instructions on how to source and build every component of the system, how to operate it and even a rough outline of a business plan. Bottom line, aquaponics can be a profitable venture. I believe it's the most sustainable form of agriculture out there right now. I'm super grateful to the authors for compiling all of this excellent information in one place. Their experience shines through and leaves me feeling prepared to start my own aquaponics system. This is not a book about why aquaponics is cool or sustainable or how to build a system for home use out of a bathtub. This is a how-to book for people who already see the potential and want a guide to get them started designing a system.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN  | 086571858X |
| Best Sellers Rank | #274,079 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #20 in Fisheries & Aquaculture (Books) #30 in Greenhouses (Books) #203 in Animal Husbandry (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (350) |
| Dimensions  | 8 x 0.64 x 10 inches |
| ISBN-10  | 9780865718586 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0865718586 |
| Item Weight  | 1.75 pounds |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 304 pages |
| Publication date  | October 9, 2017 |
| Publisher  | New Society Publishers |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This Book Will Get You Going Fast
*by I***O on November 13, 2017*

Adrian is certainly a pioneer of cold water aquaculture systems. With so many system designs and ways of going about aquaponics, the authors offer a streamlined system with proven success. This college level text got me out of swimming in internet misinformation to deciding this can be a reality. Tilapia systems are typically talked about and studied, but I am in a colder climate and was excited to hear of this book. It is as efficient as the system and process it details. The first 5 chapters take you through the complete build with pictures. The last half describes operations and provides forms. Advancements in algae based feed make this an exciting time to raise trout and would make this the most sustainable cold water operation. Aquaponics offers a solution to the net pen and traditional aquaculture pollution. I am excited to tour the farm as well. Thank you for putting so much thought and organization into this world changing book and process. Considering online courses cost around $1,000, and I recommend these as well, this was the best ~$25 bucks I've ever spent. Use the formulas in the book to scale up or down, or just follow the blueprint and get started!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Best Aquaponics book I've read
*by B***Y on December 24, 2017*

This book is a must have for anyone considering a new commercial aquaponics venture, especially in a cold climate. It gives easy to understand instructions on how to source and build every component of the system, how to operate it and even a rough outline of a business plan. Bottom line, aquaponics can be a profitable venture. I believe it's the most sustainable form of agriculture out there right now. I'm super grateful to the authors for compiling all of this excellent information in one place. Their experience shines through and leaves me feeling prepared to start my own aquaponics system. This is not a book about why aquaponics is cool or sustainable or how to build a system for home use out of a bathtub. This is a how-to book for people who already see the potential and want a guide to get them started designing a system.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ It would help to have the abbreviations for the components in the glossary
*by R***N on December 28, 2020*

I like that it's thorough they use a lot of abbreviations for components but they don't include a glossary indicating what those abbreviations mean I know they use those abbreviations likely on a daily basis so it's no problem for them to recall what those abbreviations mean but it's not something that's that easily done for people who are just reading the information and are unfamiliar with the abbreviations because they haven't been using them on a daily basis if they do write a new edition it would be very helpful to have a glossary that includes the abbreviations used for the components duh

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