Aquaponics is essentially the combination of Aquaculture and Hydroponics. Both aquaculture and hydroponics have some down sides, hydroponics requires expensive nutrients to feed the plants, and also requires periodic flushing of the systems which can lead to waste disposal issues.
Primarily, there are three different types of aquaponics system designs; Nutrient Film Technique (NFT), Media Bed, and Deep Water Culture (DWC). Although these are not the only three designs, they are the most common and what we utilize here at ECOLIFE.
by Peter Weeks
The term ‘Aquaponics’ is made of two words – ‘aquaculture’ and ‘hydroponics’, which means it combines cultivation of fish in the aquarium and various plants in water.
Essentially, Aquaponics is a merge of aquaculture – fish farming, and hydroponics – growing plants in a water medium, aquaponics brings you the best of both worlds.
Aquaponic system has many very concrete advantages as a food production system as well as some downsides. Let’s discover the main ones.
People will never use Aquaponics with the maximum potential without understanding and set it up properly. There are several types of Aquaponic tecniques. Discover them below.
Fishes play a special role in Aquaponics. And probably, that’s the main difference between hydroponics & aquaponics. We’ll dive in.
Another indispensable part of an Aquaponic system is the vegetables. Just like in Hydroponics, there are just some specific types that can thrive in Aquaponics. We’re going to blast through some suggested aquaponic vegetables.
All creatures, whether vegetables and fish, will never grow properly without an understanding of nutrients, biofilters and how to use them in the aquaponic system. In this chapter, I’ll give you thorough details about them.
