Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

So you pinched a image to use for a avatar

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What about your avatar is that your design?


No... it was originally part of a logo of an NZ company... I wrote to them to ask if it was OK to use the section I have....but received no response... I'm not sure the company still trades...

the basic design and colouration are identical no changes at all

Does that make you questionable?
Did you inform EB about your avatar (stolen) ?
Is it common to ask or get permition for avatar pics?

I think this is rather silly' in a wery good thread informing on questionable websites, but what do i know?

cheers

Yeah ok people, chill out..

It is our logo, one of the stylised versions that Dave (the most brilliant graphic designer in the world ) did for us a long time back.. As I said, I'm not really that bothered by it...

Eugh not another tall poppy.... Soltun the point is that it is a AP companies design being used on another AP companies website, but then again Joel may not bother. U it was being used on a non-AP related forum, then who cares

Disclaimer: my avatar is 100% stolen from the Internet without any permissions in the slightest.

Soltun... I sought permission to use a part of a logo that was used by a company that has/had no relationship to aquaponics...

I didn't do so as a moderator, and/or any potential competitor to the original "owners"... indeed at the time I wasn't even a "moderator"... and even now am only in name for some limited edit privileges...

Does that mean that I have to "inform EB".... why???

Does that make me questionable.... why?... I sought permission... I didn't just copy it and modify... and didn't implement it in any way shape or form in any possible competitive context or conflict of interest...

Perhaps this issue doesn't belong here... perhaps it might not even be a "big" issue... EB doesn't seem that phased by it.... and frankly if it's an issue... it's an issue for him to deal with...

Was browsing the interweb recently and stumbled upon this amusing diatribe about aquaponics, on a site called 'Get Green', environmently friendly products., here in part is one paragraph that was quite enlightening, seems like you guys at BYAP have it all wrong.....

"Other advantages are the decrease in diseases that typically trouble aquacultural systems and the organic fertilization of plants. Microbes and insects change fish feces into humus, which becomes soil. This soil, of course, can then be used to grow organic vegetables. The resulting food is natural and healthy. You get to reduce your carbon footprint, and you won’t need to drive as often to get food if you’re growing it at home. With this sustainable process, aquaponics doesn’t need as many resources as traditional farming after the initial cost of equipment."

.......they also went on to say that the plants return valuable nutrients back to the fish........

Here's a good one.
http://www.myaquaponics.co.za
I love the way they have displayed such a nice working example of their system
And the way you can stock 45kg's of fish in the 1000liter tank with the tiny little growbed at the top. Ingenious isn't it?

The only reference I could find to Mr Barry "aquaponics" Enslin... suggests he is actually the current chairman of a Transvall Police Union...

But I love one of his blogs... http://www.myaquaponics.co.za/blog/

... where he interviews another "aquaponics pioneer" Ken Konschel... who's been doing aquaponics for 15 years...



...as a result of an article he read about declining fish stocks... published June 21st... of 2011...



Sorry.. the info above is obviously wrong... because on Ken Konschels site... he states that he's been doing aquaponics... for 20 years... http://www.aquaponicsafrica.co.za/proje ... under.html



Err.. sorry.. that's obviously wrong... because he's been doing it for 10 years... http://www.aquaponicsafrica.co.za/founder.html



And the "Institute of Inventors"... seems to be a UK based patent firm...

But you get the picture...

Jezz Noah must have had a ship load of aquaponic experts on board...

And I bet none of these blokes have ever heard of "Synaptoman"...

And you can row blue koi in his systems..

Don't they get annoyed being "rowed" by everyone...

Here's another one of these sites that links to the scumbag affiliate marketers "aquaponics4life"...

And yep... true to form... they use a photo stolen from the BYAP forum... one of mine...

"http://wakeup-world.com/2011/09/23/the-amazing-benefits-of-a-home-organic-aquaponics-system"

Where do they get the "10 times as many plants" thing from, I've seen this on a few of these dodgy websites... Does that mean I can replace my 30sqm veg garden with a 3sqm AP grow bed... Sweeeet!

Downside... Market gardeners will all be out of a job soon!

Perhaps if you are comparing the amount of dirt space needed to plant in unimproved and non irrigated fields compared to how many plants might grow in an aquaponic bed.

See if you are doing dryland farming and do no fertilization or soil building, the plants will struggle and they need more root space to get the nutrients and moisture they need so for dryland farming you have to space your plants further apart and the rows further apart so that each plant will hopefully get enough nutrient and moisture.

So the trick of the statistics is in what you are comparing to. Now if you have a good improved double dug soil garden with drip or micro irrigation or perhaps a very intensive and improved square foot garden, NO, you will not be able to replace a 30 square meter garden like that with only 3 square meters of aquaponics and get the same yield.

But. but... the e-book says I can....

And Mr Fay is a renown organic gardener... and aquaponics expert...