Simplified Aquaponics manual ############################# Aquaponics is the gentle blending of Aquaculture,fish farming, with Hydroponics, soil-less production of plants. Aquaculture, as you know, has various problems inherent to its nature, first it takes up a great deal of land and worse, the effluent is toxic downstream to the point of killing other fish and causing massive algae blooms due to the high nitrogen content. Hydroponics, on the other hand, is even worse in that the nutrients or chemicals are difficult to dispose of due to high chemical salts. Aquaponics solves all of those problems and there are no chemicals or runoff to contend with. Waste does not exist in an aquaponics system as one portion utilizes the waste from another. Good farmers have always used manure to fertilize crops; aquaponics does it with fish effluent. Water usage is cut 80% as it is recycled endlessly and losses are due to evaporation and removing portions of plants for consumption. Fish and plants alike qualify under current guidelines for “Organic” and thus fetch a higher price at market.
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