Front Cover -- Advance Praise -- Title Page -- Rights Page -- Dedication -- Mother Earth News Books for Wiser Living -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Preface -- Section One: An introduction to aquaponics -- Chapter 1: What is aquaponics? -- Chapter 2: The global perspective -- Chapter 3: Home food production -- Section Two: The plan -- Chapter 4: Before you start -- Chapter 5: System location and environment -- Chapter 6: System design -- Section Three: The hardware -- Chapter 7: Grow beds and fish tanks -- Chapter 8: Plumbing -- Chapter 9: Grow media -- Chapter 10: Water -- Color Section -- Section Four: The software -- Chapter 11: Fish -- Chapter 12: Plants -- Chapter 13: Bacteria and worms -- Section Five: The integrated system -- Chapter 14: Cycling -- Chapter 15: System maintenance -- In Conclusion -- Appendices -- Appendix 1: Troubleshooting -- Appendix 2: Aquaponic Gardening Rules of Thumb -- Appendix 3: The top 10 dumbest mistakes I've made in aquaponics -- Appendix 4: What to consider before plunging into commercial aquaponics -- Appendix 5: Aquaponics System Maintenance Checklist -- Appendix 6: Aquaponics System Data Tracking Sheet -- Appendix 7: Recommended resources -- References -- Index -- About the Author.