Aquaponics

What is Aquaponics? Aquaponics is a system which plants, vegetable, fruits, etc... are grown without the help of soil. The plants are suspended in the air using a board, grow bed, shelf, etc... The plants use water from a tank which usually has fish in it, the water from the tank cycles through the beds. The plants sit in pot in the water and take in the water from the fish tank into the roots. The water in the tank and bed just keep running through each other. The fish supply the plants with nutrients from their waste. Larger pots can sit in the fish tanks and feed of the water. The system does not require any soil as the pots the plants sit in are filled with rocks they act like a filter for the plant. Before plants are grown aquatically they grow from a seed in lots of smaller pot when they are bigger they are then transferred into the system. Aquaponics is used world wide and is a very fast and efficient way to grow your own vegetables, fruits and plants. I use the system at home, it contains two above ground grow beds and a round tank contain about 20 rainbow trout. Here is a closer look at how the system works. In my system I grow basil, celery, oregano, capsicum, chillies, olives, tomatoes, strawberries, cabbage, peas/ pea pods, parsley, red cabbage, Lettuce (caesar), garlic, rhubarb, cauliflower, mint, and rainbow trout. <--This is before they are put into the system.<--These are plants in the grow beds. As you can see the plants have been transferred into the pot which are filled with rocks and placed in the water. At the top of the image you can see another grow bed it contain the more developed and larger plants such as the cabbages and the peas which are supported by a sheet of chicken wire. The pea cling on the wire and grow tall.