AQUAPONICS

Testing Dissolved Oxygen

Floating Rafts

DWC Aquaponic System

The Plant Bed

The plant grow bed took the longest to build. We built this deep-water-culture system waist high so that it would be easy to access the floating grow rafts. The grow area 10 feet by 4 feet and supports 5 rafts at a time.

Waterproof Paint

We sealed the grow bed with waterproof paint and a special liner that had to be folded and secured perfectly before adding water.

Testing Dissolved Oxygen

The Splash Grant gave us the resources to purchase water quality kits that enabled us to test dissolved oxygen, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, total dissolved solids, pH, electrical conductivity and more.

Ready for Fishes

After testing the water flow and tweaking the system here and there the tank was now ready to add a variety of Florida Native & Food Security Fishes... errr, ummm and a few students.

Our aquaponic systems has Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Bluespotted Sunfish and Tilapia.

Katherine Munson & some Aquaculture Students

We were honored to have Katherine Munson visit our school and see the aquaponic system, the fish and the water quality equipment that we received from the Splash Grant. Kathy is the Lead Communications Coordinator for the Southwest Florida Water Management District

Jerry John Comellas,

Wilson Middle School Agriscience & Aquaculture Teacher

Mr. C

"Mr. C" designed our aquaponic system and had some help configuring the plumbing and water flow from his friend Phil Reasons of AquaSol who provided detailed blueprints describing how the system would work.

Aquaculture Careers and Sustainable Seafood

Special Guest: Dr. Craig Kasper, Professor/Aquaculture Department Chair

Hillsborough Community College

Dr. Kasper taught our students about careers in aquaculture and programs available to students at the college level.

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