[Sc-aquaponics] Congratulations Charlie!

[Robert Van Frank]

Congrats Charlie, having done this for the last year I know how time
consuming and tedious this becomes. I wish we would have done ours with
tighter controls. Look forward to more details. Keep up the great work.

Rob Van Frank


On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 3:25 PM, Tiu, Laura <tiu.2 at osu.edu> wrote:

>  Charlie Shultz Finishes His Thesis Research Study (>From the KSU
> Facebook Page****
>
>
> "Evaluation of Grow Lighting Options for
> Indoor Aquaponic Production"****
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> Charlie Shultz finished his second trial for
> evaluating four types of grow lights (LED,
> Metal Halide, Induction, and Fluorescent)
> on various crops under aquaponic
> conditions. Trial one with Bibb Lettuce was
> recently completed nearly one month ago.
> Trial two also consisted of four individual
> systems (reps) with four light options
> (treatments) using Nile Tilapia and Basil.
> Each system consisted of approximately
> three square meters of plant growing area
> and fish were supplied 180g of feed daily.
> At this rate (60g of feed per square meter
> of plant area per day) nutrient production
> from fish waste and uptake from plants
> remained in balance during the trial. The
> four week basil grow-out trial was finished
> August 1, 2013.
> Basil production data will be compared by
> treatment and an energy analysis will be
> conducted to evaluate the energy costs of
> growing indoor aquaponic crops.
> The harvest weights of the Nile Tilapia was
> also recorded from all four systems.****
>
> ****<https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153154829270565&set=a.460587195564.386575.446786215564&type=1&relevant_count=1&ref=nf>
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> [image: Charlie Shultz Finishes His Thesis Research Study "Evaluation of
> Grow Lighting Options for Indoor Aquaponic Production" Charlie Shultz
> finished his second trial for evaluating four types of grow lights (LED,
> Metal Halide, Induction, and Fluorescent) on various crops under aquaponic
> conditions. Trial one with Bibb Lettuce was recently completed nearly one
> month ago. Trial two also consisted of four individual systems (reps) with
> four light options (treatments) using Nile Tilapia and Basil. Each system
> consisted of approximately three square meters of plant growing area and
> fish were supplied 180g of feed daily. At this rate (60g of feed per square
> meter of plant area per day) nutrient production from fish waste and uptake
> from plants remained in balance during the trial. The four week basil
> grow-out trial was finished August 1, 2013. Basil production data will be
> compared by treatment and an energy analysis will be conducted to evaluate
> the energy costs of growing indoor aquaponic crops. The harvest weights of
> the Nile Tilapia was also recorded from all four systems.]****<https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153154829270565&set=a.460587195564.386575.446786215564&type=1&relevant_count=1&ref=nf>
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