Study Aquaponics and learn to grow fish and crop plants in the same system.

Course Code: BHT319

Course Duration: 100 hours (approximation, self paced study, commonly 3 to 6 months, longer if you need)

Aquaponic systems fall into two main groups – those that recirculate the water between fish rearing tanks and crop `grow out’ beds and those which simply use the fish waste water for crop production but do not recirculate the water back to the fish tanks. Both are considered `aquaponic’ systems and both are in use commercially for the production of fish and hydroponic plants.

Course Structure

This is a 100 hour course, with ten lessons as follows:

1. Introduction
2. Aquaponic System Options
3. The Science of Animal and Plant Growth
4. Nutrition and Controlling Growth
5. Selecting and Managing Animal Production –Fish & Crustaceans
6. Setting up and Aquaculture System
7. Aquaponic Plant Culture
8. Applications and Opportunities
9. Managing an Aquaponics Venture -including a PBL
10. Troubleshooting