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The Practical Aquaponics Guidebook: 120-page PDF, $29

The Practical Aquaponics Guidebook: 120 pages, illustrated, $29.

The modern successor to the original 2010 Access to Personal Agriculture PDF. Four full builds, six fish-species profiles with water-parameter tables, plant pairing by system age, and the ten common cycling mistakes that cost fish. Instant PDF delivery, 30-day refund, free updates for one year.

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What is inside

  • Chapter 1. The nitrogen cycle in plain English, with the four-step diagram.
  • Chapter 2. The IBC tote build ($380), 42-item BOM, bell-siphon plans, cycling protocol.
  • Chapter 3. The chop-and-flip build ($650), for readers with an existing pond liner or stock tank.
  • Chapter 4. The media bed build ($900), for scale-up.
  • Chapter 5. Deep water culture (DWC) build ($1,200), for lettuce production at volume.
  • Chapter 6. Fish species: tilapia, trout, catfish, koi, goldfish, bluegill. Water parameters and stocking density per species.
  • Chapter 7. Plant pairing by system age: light feeders for a young system, heavy feeders for a mature one.
  • Chapter 8. Troubleshooting: the ten mistakes that cost fish, with diagnostic steps.

Who this is for

First-time backyard builders who want everything in one place. Existing hobbyists ready to scale from an IBC tote to a media bed. Homesteaders who want fish protein plus greens. If you are running a 5000 square foot commercial greenhouse, this is not the book for you: there are academic monographs that go deeper on commercial-scale RAS.

FAQ

  • Format? PDF, 120 pages, delivered by download link.
  • Updates? Free updates for one year after purchase.
  • Refund? 30 days, no questions asked. Email us.
  • Does it cover greenhouse-scale? No. Backyard hobbyist scale, up to about 1000 gallons of tank volume.
  • Does it cover commercial certification? Not in depth. Regulations vary by country and state.