This paper describes the potential of aquaponic as a poverty eradication tool in Malaysia. Although Malaysia is recognized as a developed country, poverty is still occurring among Malaysian, especially from rural area. Therefore, aquaponic – a modern farming system is being introduced to benefit the low income family. Aquaponic is the term that described the synergistic combination of aquacultu...

The purpose of this study is to exploit the euryhaline nature of commercially attractive species for their cultivation in freshwater aquaponic systems. This approach may increase the profitability of aquaponic production in coastal countries where the consumption of marine fish is traditional and of commercial relevance. For this purpose, juvenile European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) were r...

Aquaponics is the combination of aquaculture (fish) and hydroponic cultivation of plants. This review examines fish welfare in relation to rearing water quality, fish feed and fish waste and faeces to develop a sustainable aquaponic system where the co-cultured organisms, fish, bacteria in biofilters and plants, should be considered holistically in all aquaponics operations. Water quality param...

Aquaponic fish to plant ratios, or more correctly, aquaponic feeding rate ratios, are an area of aquaponics that have been much debated. There seems to be many approaches to sizing the two main components of aquaponic systems (the fish component and the plant component), whether in a hobby-scale context or a commercial-scale context. I often say that ratios are the “Golden egg” of aquaponics as...

basil (ocimum basilicum) is an herb belongs to lamiaceae family. the essential oil of basil is widely utilized as an aromatic agent in the food, pharmaceutical and perfumery industries. basil essential oil possesses antimicrobial property. due to high economical value and high demand, basil production in greenhouse for permanent market selling is expanding. in order to the investigation of the ...

Aquaponics, the portmanteau of “aquaculture” and “hydroponic”, is a sustainable food production system that combines the raising of aquatic animals such as fish in tanks (i.e. aquaculture) with the cultivation of plants in water (i.e. hydroponics) in a symbiotic environment [1]. In this paper we describe a new visualization approach that allows aquaponic gardeners to quickly monitor the status ...

One of the main challenges in aquaponics is disease control. One possible solution for this is biological control with organisms exerting inhibitory effects on fish and plant pathogens. The aim of this study was to examine the potential of isolating microorganisms that exert an inhibitory effect on both plant and fish pathogens from an established aquaponic system. We obtained 924 isolates on s...