Lessons learnt: 
The aquaponic system we recently started showing slow growth due to lack of fertilizer. We stocked 25 Tilapia fingerlings in a 200 liter barrel of which the majority had a fungal infection of the fish sails. The health of fingerlings is crucial in aquaponics and a threat to the wealth of the whole system. As there are no commercial fingerling producers in Sierra Leone, we had to rely on local fishermen catching fingerlings in the nearby fresh water streams. Out of the 25 fingerlings, only 4 survived. This amount is too small to produce enough nutrients for the system. We will re-stock in the comming days, and this time carefully watch for any signs of infection or desease. Although we lost many fish due to the desease, we can still see a healthy filtration and a clear water... We will take it from there and improve on the system within the next days.

 3 out of 4 fish which survived the infection

 Groundnuts (peanuts) doing well in the aquaponic system

Spring onions from the first start and a new pepper plant. 
 In the next days we will include a sump tank as well as a NFT-pipe system and a floating raft system to our system. We want to maximise the output of this 10 watts aquaponic system by producing as much plants as possible. Stay tuned!