Aquaponics consists of two main parts, with the aquaculture part for raising aquatic animals and the hydroponics part for growing plants. aquatic effluents, resulting from uneaten feed or raising animals like fish, accumulate in water due to the closed-system recirculation of most aquaculture systems.. The soil we are using in our aquaponics systems mainly comprises of coir, vermicompost, peat humus, perlite, pine bark, and aged quality compost (we have purchased some that is four years and seven years old).. The most simple definition of aquaponics is the combination of aquaculture (raising fish) and hydroponics (the soil-less growing of plants) that grows fish and plants together in one integrated system. the fish waste provides an organic food source for the plants, and the plants naturally filter the water for the fish..
When we first installed our aquaponics system we had a lot of seedlings left over that we also put in the soil garden and as an experiment watched how the two systems compared as the weeks rolled on.. Soil-based growing systems do offer some advantages over the media grow bed, nft and dwc growing systems commonly in use in aquaponics.....but, if coupled in a direct loop with the fish, they come with some risks, too.. Aquaponics defined the integration of: aquaculture –growing fish in a re-circulating system ponos –the greek word for growing plants with or without media most people relate growing plants to hydroponics since both use nutrient rich water and both use soil-less media..
