About us - the company

aquaponik manufaktur GmbH was founded to plan, build, monitor and maintain aquaponics systems of every conceivable size. As different as the requirements of hobbyists and food producers are, our solutions are just as different. Here we introduce our employees and our partners. Including our partners in research and development as well as our most important suppliers for the required modules.

In order to build up a maximum of specialist knowledge right from the start, we began investing in research and development immediately after the foundation. This included the training of a pHd doctoral student who has since been researching and publishing in the field of aquaponics together with other scientists. We have already had several opportunities with the company to participate in the realization of scientific publications.

Team

Michael Reuter (Gs/Gf), Ingo Bläser (Gs/Gf), Rolf Morgenstern (Forschung & Entwicklung)

Partners

Ecotechnology Consulting
Basel, Schweiz

Universität der Bundeswehr München
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Aglobe Development Center
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Unsere Partner - Leibnitz-Institut für Gewässerökologie und Binnenfischerei (IGB)

Leibnitz-Institut für Gewässerökologie und Binnenfischerei (IGB), Berlin
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Unsere Partner - Universität Wageningen

University & Research, WU Animal Sciences,  Agrotechnology and Food Sciences, Wageningen
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Unsere Partner - Fachhochschule Südwestfalen

Fachhochschule Südwestfalen, University of Applied Science, Fachbereich Agrarwirtschaft, Soest
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Unsere Partner - Univerität Liège, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech

Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, Université de Liège, Belgien, Gembloux
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Unsere Partner - Let´s Grow

Lets Grow, Westerlinde
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Unsere Partner - Universität Rostock

Universität Rostock, Aquakultur und Sea-Ranching, Rostock
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Unsere Partner - die urbanisten

die Urbanisten e.V., Dortmund
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Unsere Partner - Gewächshausbau Brouwers

Bouwers GmbH Gewächshausbau, Geldern-Walbeck
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Unsere Partner - PlanET Biogastechnik

PlanET Biogastechnik, Vreden
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Unsere Partner - Klimaquartier Arrenberg

Klimaquartier Arrenberg, , Wuppertal
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Research & Development

In order to build up a maximum of specialist knowledge right from the start, we began investing in research and development immediately after the foundation. This includes the training of the then pHd doctoral student Simon Goddek, who has since been successfully researching and publishing in the field of aquaponics together with other scientists. This gave us the opportunity early on to take part in the realization of scientific publications.

So far, of course, we have been concerned with the development of the DAPS, i.e. decoupled systems and water treatment. However, it is also increasingly about a broader view of the cycles, such as the production of food from insects or zooplankton, or passive solar solutions.

The following is an overview of our current research projects and our involvement in scientific publications.

Forschungsprojekte

We have already described participation in our projects in our blog:

FrontAg Nexus Blogartikel

INCiTiS-Food Blogartikel

„CLOSE THE LOOP“- blog article

proGIreg blog article

Participation in publications

Challenges of Sustainable and Commercial Aquaponics

Published in: Sustainability 7
Authors: Goddek, S., Delaide, B., Mankasingh, U., Ragnarsdottir, K., Jijakli, H., Thorarinsdottir, R., 2015. 4199–4224. doi: 10.3390 / su7044199
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Growth Performance in Complemented Aquaponic Solution Outperforms Hydroponics

Published in: Water 8
Authors: Delaide, B., Goddek, S., Gott, J., Soyeurt, H., Jijakli, M., 2016. Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L. var. Sucrine), 467. doi: 10.3390 / w8100467
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The Effect of Anaerobic and Aerobic Fish Sludge Supernatant on Hydroponic Lettuce

Published in: Agronomy 6
Authors: Goddek, S., Schmautz, Z., Scott, B., Delaide, B., Keesman, K., Wuertz, S., Junge, R., 2016. 37. doi: 10.3390 / agronomy6020037
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Navigating towards Decoupled Aquaponic Systems: A System Dynamics Design Approach

Published in: Water 8
Authors: Goddek, S., Espinal, C., Delaide, B., Jijakli, M., Schmautz, Z., Wuertz, S., Keesman, K., 2016. 303. doi:10.3390/w8070303
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The necessity of desalination technology for designing and sizing multi-loop aquaponics systems

Published in: Desalination, Volume 428
Authors: Goddek, S., Keesman, Karel J., 2017.11.024. doi: 10.1016/j.desal.
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Nutrient Mineralization and Organic Matter Reduction Performance of RAS-based Sludge in Sequential UASB-EGSB Reactors

Published in: Aquacultural Engineering, August 2018,
Authors: Simon Goddek, Boris P.L. Delaide, Alyssa Joyce, Sven Wuertz, M. Haïssam Jijakli, Amit Gross, Ep H. Eding, Ingo Bläser, Michael Reuter, L.C. Paul Keizer, Rolf Morgenstern,Oliver Körner, Johan Verreth, Karel J. Keesman
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Book project: Aquaponics Food Production Systems

Combined Aquaculture and Hydroponic Production Technologies for the Future
Authors: Simon Goddek, Alyssa Joyce, Benz Kotzen, Gavin M. Burnell… (Herausgeber)
Publisher: Springer Nature
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Decoupled Aquaponics

Published in Aquaponics Food Production Systems, Kapitel 8 (Open Access)
Authors: Simon Goddek, Alyssa Joyce, Sven Wuertz, Oliver Körner, Ingo Bläser, Michael Reuter, Karel J. Keesman
Publisher: Springer Nature
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