Designing your own aquaponics system from scratch is a major undertaking even if you have experience operating and building them according to other people’s plans. When you’re a complete newcomer to the practice, you’ll definitely need multiple sources of guidance and inspiration to get it right the first time. There’s nothing wrong with choosing a pre-designed plan and building to go along with it, as long as the system you choose is designed for commercial use and not backyard or hobby production.