This Online Aquaponics Guide Includes -
✔ That is Aquaponics & How It Works
✔ How to Build Your Own Components
✔ How to Build Your Own Small System
✔ How to Raise Fish & Plants
✔ How to Maintain Your System
✔ Community Chat
✔ Direct Advice from Rob
+ Much More
When you buy the guide it also includes ALL MATERIAL added in the future such as new video lessons and downloadable content.
Subjects covered
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What is Aquaponics & How Does it Work?
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Starting an Aquaponics System
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Aquaponics Components
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3 Easy Backyard Aquaponics Designs
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Chop & Flip IBC Aquaponics Build
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Cycling An Aquaponics System
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How Many Fish? - Fish to Grow Bed Ratio
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Plumbing fittings & Helpful DIY Tips
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How Bell Siphons Work & Building One
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Two DIY Snorkel Bell Siphon Builds
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Bell Siphon Troubleshooting
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How Radial Flow Settlers Work & Sizing
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Building a Radial Flow Settler
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Moving Bed Bioreactors / Biofilters
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Radial Flow Settler Maintenance
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Canister Solids Filter For Aquaponic Systems
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DIY 12V Back Up Air System
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When to Start Planting
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Best Plants for Your New System
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Three Ways to Start Plants in Grow Beds
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Selecting Fish for Your Aquaponics
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Releasing Fingerlings Into Aquaponics System
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Aquaponics System Update
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Compost Worms in Aquaponics
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Pest Control in Aquaponics
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Harvesting Fish from the Aquaponic System
+ MORE
Suggestions for new topics are also welcome. 👍
Rob's Aquaponics Adventures
In the early 2000's, I stumbled across a story on a frugal living forum about a bloke that would go barramundi (Asian sea bass) fishing from a deck chair on his back patio.
He didn’t live on a crocodile-infested creek in North Queensland or on a boat but in a house in suburban Brisbane on a block almost half the size of ours.
His small backyard was filled with two sizeable cut-down Colorbond rainwater tanks filled with fish, and many grow beds growing lush greenery that was waiting to be served beside some tasty barbequed fish.
Now at that point, we had grown a small amount of food using hydroponics and was very impressed with all we had produced. After reading about this chap’s successes and failures, I was sold on having a crack at this “fish powered hydroponics” game.
Over the following years, I picked up quite a bit of experience building, running and consulting on backyard aquaponic systems. The progress of our own systems, as well as any tips and tricks I've picked up along the way, have been passed on to others via our YouTube channel and Facebook page.
While social media is a great way to get the word out there to encourage folks to grow their own food, I felt an online guide would be better at delivering more detailed information that was hard to share through those platforms.
I do hope you find the guide helpful in creating your own backyard Aquaponics system from which you can share your many harvests with friends & family.
Cheers folks & Happy Growing 👍🐟🌱🍅
Why Learn From Rob?
G’Day, I’m Rob. I’ve spent years building, running, consulting and experimenting with backyard aquaponics, hydroponics and soil based food-growing systems. Along the way I’ve made plenty of mistakes, tried different approaches and learned what works and, more importantly, what doesn’t.
I share that experience to help you build a system that works for you. My aim is to explain aquaponics in plain English, show you how and why things work, and give you practical ideas you can actually use in your own backyard.
Always learning & sharing
I’m still experimenting, testing and learning — and passing those lessons on.
DIY & budget-friendly ideas
Build useful systems and components using readily available materials.
Practical, easy-to-understand advice
Learn how things work — without drowning in technical jargon.
Real-world experience
Years of actually building, running and troubleshooting backyard systems.