{"id":91,"date":"2011-06-06T22:14:30","date_gmt":"2011-06-07T03:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/northtexasvegetablegardeners.com\/blog\/?p=91"},"modified":"2011-06-06T22:24:35","modified_gmt":"2011-06-07T03:24:35","slug":"dfw-aquaponics-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northtexasvegetablegardeners.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/06\/dfw-aquaponics-group\/","title":{"rendered":"DFW Aquaponics Group"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Creating a closed-loop system of growing fish and growing plants without soil is aquaponics. \u00a0It utilizes the plants as a filter for fish waste, or maybe is uses fish waste as plant food, but however you say it, these systems are pretty exciting and fun to experiment with. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/greenphoenixfarms.com\/\">Adam Cohen<\/a> is mentoring folks interesting in learning how to build there own systems. \u00a0Once a month, the group meets up to build a complete system in a day. \u00a0It is a hands-on classroom. \u00a0Here are a few pictures from the meetup this past weekend. \u00a0If you are interested in learning more, check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meetup.com\/dfwaquaponics\/\">DFW Aquaponics Meetup.com group<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/northtexasvegetablegardeners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_0653.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"92\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/northtexasvegetablegardeners.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/06\/dfw-aquaponics-group\/img_0653\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/northtexasvegetablegardeners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_0653.jpg?fit=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa 3.0&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot SD1300 IS&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1307179330&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;125&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.01&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_0653\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/northtexasvegetablegardeners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_0653.jpg?fit=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-92\" title=\"IMG_0653\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/northtexasvegetablegardeners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_0653-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/northtexasvegetablegardeners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_0653.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/northtexasvegetablegardeners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_0653.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/northtexasvegetablegardeners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_0655.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"93\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/northtexasvegetablegardeners.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/06\/dfw-aquaponics-group\/img_0655\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/northtexasvegetablegardeners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_0655.jpg?fit=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa 3.0&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot SD1300 IS&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1307179835&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;160&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0015625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_0655\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/northtexasvegetablegardeners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_0655.jpg?fit=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-93\" title=\"IMG_0655\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/northtexasvegetablegardeners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_0655-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/northtexasvegetablegardeners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_0655.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/northtexasvegetablegardeners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_0655.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/northtexasvegetablegardeners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_0657.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"94\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/northtexasvegetablegardeners.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/06\/dfw-aquaponics-group\/img_0657\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/northtexasvegetablegardeners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_0657.jpg?fit=600%2C800&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa 3.0&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot SD1300 IS&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1307179998&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;160&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_0657\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/northtexasvegetablegardeners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_0657.jpg?fit=450%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-94\" title=\"IMG_0657\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/northtexasvegetablegardeners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_0657-225x300.jpg?resize=225%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/northtexasvegetablegardeners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_0657.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/northtexasvegetablegardeners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_0657.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/northtexasvegetablegardeners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_0657.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/northtexasvegetablegardeners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_20110604_094752.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"95\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/northtexasvegetablegardeners.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/06\/dfw-aquaponics-group\/img_20110604_094752\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/northtexasvegetablegardeners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_20110604_094752.jpg?fit=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa 3.0&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;VM670&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1307180871&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.31&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_20110604_094752\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/northtexasvegetablegardeners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_20110604_094752.jpg?fit=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-95\" title=\"IMG_20110604_094752\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/northtexasvegetablegardeners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_20110604_094752-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/northtexasvegetablegardeners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_20110604_094752.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/northtexasvegetablegardeners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_20110604_094752.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I made a small starter system myself, and I&#8217;m\u00a0fascinated\u00a0with it. \u00a0You can read more about <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.briangallimore.com\/tag\/aquaponics\/\">my aquaponics system<\/a> my clicking the hyperlink. \u00a0Eventually, I change out my goldfish for a more edible fish like catfish or talipia.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p><em>Brian is a backyard vegetable gardener, aquaponics experimenter and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.briangallimore.com\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=85:permaculture-design&amp;catid=50:permaculture&amp;Itemid=60\">permaculture designer<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Creating a closed-loop system of growing fish and growing plants without soil is aquaponics. \u00a0It utilizes the plants as a filter for fish waste, or maybe is uses fish waste as plant food, but however you say it, these systems are pretty exciting and fun to experiment with. \u00a0Adam Cohen is mentoring folks interesting in 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