iAVs

Let’s Settle This Once and For All: Murray Hallam’s Claims About iAVs On August 12th, 2022, in response to a question about Murray Hallam’s iAVs,… Read More »Debunking the Silica Sand Myth: Science vs. Misinformation

What if you could grow fresh, organic fish, fruits, vegetables (even root crops), and herbs in your backyard using less water, fewer resources, and no… Read More »Grow Organic Food Sustainably with iAVs: A Smarter Alternative to Aquaponics

iAVS (the Integrated AquaVegeculture system)  is a distinctive system that utilizes sand as a biofilter and growing medium for plants, effectively incorporating fish waste solids.… Read More »Sandponics is NOT iAVs

For those among us that ‘think’ that ‘aquaponics’ is awesome and a potential moneymaker (ntm will “save the world” … from itself) – and also… Read More »The Truth about Commercial Aquaponics

Murray: Hi. Murray Hallam here. I’m going to share with you the work of a researcher from many decades ago. Now, it’s doing aquaponics in… Read More »Murray Hallam talks about iAVs

Housed in a 6m x 12m greenhouse, the system has room for future expansion and optimization. This setup consists of three separate systems, each utilizing… Read More »iAVs: Members System Review in Victoria, Australia

M.R. McMurtry¹, D.C. Sanders², B.C. Haning³, and P.C. St. Amand⁴¹Department of Horticultural Science, UNC Sea Grant Program and Department of Plant Pathology, North Carolina State… Read More »Food Value, Water Use Efficiency, and Economic Productivity of an Integrated Aquaculture-Olericulture System as Influenced by Tank to Biofilter Ratio

The algae component of this system is essential for stabilizing nutrient concentrations and enhancing overall system efficiency. Algae, naturally growing on the surface of the… Read More »The Benefits of Algae in Integrated AquaVegeculture Systems (iAVs)

Mark here. Just learned that Gary has ‘passed on’ on Saturday July 1 following a heart attack a couple weeks back. His surviving spouse reports… Read More »Horrible News

The use of sand for use in water filtration pre-dates recorded history. Sand was ‘understood’ to be a highly effective means of purifying water by… Read More »Why Does iAVs Use Sand?

GOALS, PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES The production of high quality foods of substantial quantity on a consistent basis are essential to individual, cultural and national survival.… Read More »iAVs Background Summary

One of our motivations in developing this site, is to have Aquaponics become a scientific discipline – subject to valid inquiry and elucidation – via the scientific… Read More »The Scientific Method

In “Aquaponics’ Biggest Mistake” we spoke about how the basic flood and drain system came into being – how it started off as a mistake… Read More »Turning a Pig’s Ear into a Silk Purse

This article is dedicated to Murray Hallam, a lying con artist that is making public claims that iAVs fails because the silica in the sand… Read More »Silica Sand in Aquariums: A Comprehensive Analysis of History, Benefits, and Global Usage