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A small car engine can’t power a big truck, and a truck engine is oversized for a small car. Similarly, your aquaponics fish engine should be sized to your growing area.

An AHAponics farm is always designed based on this principle.

The nutrients come solely from the fish food. The nutrients are exclusively derived from the fish food. Each plant species has distinct nutritional requirements.

Upon selecting a plant and target production in Ceres Production, the mineral consumption for each plant species is aggregated to determine the overall farm’s feeding requirement.

Ceres-Production then calculates the optimal quantity of fish food necessary for your farm’s needs.

Fish have a specific daily food consumption capacity. Ceres calculates the number of fish required to meet the farm’s daily fish food requirements.

Each fish needs a minimum of space to live in a tank. Ceres computes the optimum tank size for the number of fish required in the farm.

These computations are based on practical observation in all AHAS farms.

Plants require carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and 14 other essential mineral nutrients.

Macronutrients, needed in large quantities

Micronutrients,needed in tiny quantities

Ceres-Production provides a comprehensive mineral requirement for each plant.

The water recirculation within the aquaponic system is paramount for the efficient transfer of fish waste nutrients to the plants.

Numerous other factors related to water movement are crucial for the success of aquaponics. AHAS has conducted extensive experiments over a decade to thoroughly investigate these factors, and designs equipment based on these findings to maximize plant growth rate.

Ceres Professional subscribers are granted access to this knowledge. 

Similar to humans, plants and fish require oxygen for survival. The third component of the aquaponics ecosystem, Nitrosomonas and Nitrobacter aerobic bacteria, also necessitate oxygen to convert ammonia (NH3) into nitrite (NO2) and nitrate (NO3).

Anaerobic bacteria do not require oxygen. These bacteria produce unpleasant odors and toxic compounds. Therefore, the aquaponics system must be designed to prevent the growth of such bacteria.

The maximum amount of oxygen that can be dissolved in water at atmospheric pressure at 20 degrees Celsius is 9.1 milligrams per liter. Oxygen must be distributed throughout any aquaponics farm to maintain a dissolved oxygen level in the water above 6 milligrams per liter. 

Although oxygenation technology effectively provides oxygen to plants and fish, it brings numerous additional critical features to the system. Consequently, selecting the appropriate oxygenation technology is paramount. AHAS has dedicated years to rigorously testing various oxygenation technologies before selecting the optimum one for our farms.

Monitoring mineral nutrient levels in an aquaponics farm is of paramount importance.

Hydroponics systems are designed to minimize water usage within the system, thereby reducing the consumption of chemical fertilizers. Conversely, aquaponics farms utilize a significant amount of water. 

Consequently, an aquaponics system exhibits significantly greater water nutrient content stability. Continuous mineral monitoring becomes unnecessary. Precise spot measurements are more than adequate.

AHAS has evaluated several continuous measurement probe systems, but all of them have failed. The probes are designed for clear and clean hydroponic water, but in an aquaponics system, the water is loaded with waste fines. Consequently, the continuous water sensors we tested did not survive in the aquaponics environment. Some of them failed after only one month in the system.

Although pH and temperature are continuously monitored, we conduct monthly monitoring of ammonia, nitrate, phosphorus, iron, potassium, magnesium, and calcium.

Aquaponics involves aquaculture, biology, and agriculture. AHAponics is an evolution of Aquaponics. 

Not everybody holds a Ph.D. in Aquaculture or Biology. Fortunately, you don’t need these to grow your veggies, as the most important skill to build an aquaponics farm is Engineering.

AHAponics is the engineering optimization of all technical processes involved in aquaponics. AHAS has dedicated 10 years of practical research to developing AHAponics, resulting in a perfectly balanced working system that eliminates the pain and cost associated with failures.

Our systems are meticulously designed to maintain a state of perfect equilibrium, ensuring the harmonious coexistence of fish, bacteria, and plants within an optimized environment.