We use gentle technologies to

protect the planet and improve

people’s lives.
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What is it?

AQUACULTURE: PRODUCTION OF HYDROPONICS: PRODUCTION OF

FISH AND OTHER AQUATIC SPECIES CROPS WITHOUT USE OF SOIL.
UNDER CONTROLLED CONDITIONS. (THE PLANTS GROW IN AN INERT SUBSTRATE,
INTEGRATED WITH A NUTRIENT SOLUTION).
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How it works? Aquaponics system is composed by
three essential parts:
~ Aquaculture fish tank
Fish produce ~ Filters
organic waste ~ Grow bed for hydroponics.

FISH 1. Water from the fish tank cycles through filters:

~ Mechanical filter: removes SOLID fish wastes
Water is pumped
in grow beds

~ Biofilter: bacteria convert ammonia into

Purified water
back to the fish
nitrates and other nutrients (nitrification)
tank
BACTERIA 2. Water flows into the grow beds where the
plants uptake the nutrients contained.
3. And then it goes back into the fish tank, now
Bacteria do a
nitrification purified.
process
This process allows fish, plants and bacteria to
Plants absorb nutrients
thrive symbiotically, and work together to create a
PLANTS healthy growing environment.
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Products
You can grow more than 150 different types of
plants. Some examples include:

~ Lattuce ~ Peppers
~ Tomato ~ Eggplant
~ Strawberry ~ Basil
~ Medicinal Erbs ~ Flowers (Orchid,
Carnation, etc.)

The fish species that can grow in an aquaponics

system include:
~ Trout ~ Koi Carp
~ Perch ~ Tilapia
~ Catfish ~ Eel
~ Common carp ~ Shrimp (freshwater)
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A Simple Solution by FAO
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Rhea Experience

After some very successful experiments conducted by our

agronomist PhD, Davide Tocchetto…
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Rhea Experience
We are currently working in Ecuador to develop a
sustainable solution, both technical and economical,
for a social farm producing biological products.

You can visit the farm here:

GranjaIntegralPachamama
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Wisdom demands a new orientation of science and

technology towards the organic, the gentle, the non-
violent, the elegant and beautiful.
E.F. Schumacher