Aquaponics As a Food Source

[HoneyBadger]

I hope this thread will collect lots of information about aquaponics. I am interested in aquaponics for the sustainability it seems to offer in the long term.

I have done a bit of reading about "ecosystem aquaponics" where you build a circulating system that grows plants and fish... and it sounds almost ideal as a source of vegetables, vitamins and minerals, and protein should the proverbial poo hit the fan, or any time you feel like being independent. Here's one example:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Buil...rm-for-/#intro


Has anyone built any large-scale aquaponic systems? How about ecosystem aquaponics with fish and plants? Please chime in!

DFBrews, your thread last fall (linked below) was helpful and informative, but I was hoping to direct this thread more toward the whole "ecosystem" concept which includes plants and fish.
(DFBrews's thread: http://www.ar-15.co/threads/59433-My...-crop-grow-log)