AQUABATOR
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Integrated fish–plant aquaponics system

An integrated closed-loop system in which fish waste is used as nutrients for plants, whilst the plants purify the water.

What it is

ProductionAutomationWater quality
  • —Configurable system
  • —operates in a closed water cycle
  • —parameters are adjusted according to the species of fish and plants
  • —typically includes pump recirculation, mechanical and biological filtration.

Adoption

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Established

Where it runs

The Aquaponics Centre at Trakia University, Stara Zagora

Who supplies it

Aquaponics Bulgaria / Trakia University

Bulgaria

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Who is asking for it

Farms on the platform carrying "Access to clean water".

Farms with the matching need
24
Open to pilot projects
24
Cage
10
RAS
7
Flow-through
4
Trout
13
Carp
8
Mussels
1

A supplier with a working rig, and 24 farms that want exactly this. Nothing on the platform tells either side the other exists.

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The farms

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