What is Aquaponics System - How To Build An Aquaponics System At Home

You are going to know a secret about growing plants in a break through way. To the outside people it would be like a magic because most of them have never seen it before. Farmers work hard at planting, weeding, watering, fertilizing, composting. But you are gardening from the comfort of your hammock. Even more, your plants grow twice as fast, and you will able to grow ten times more plants in the same area of space as your neighbor do. That means, if you are growing lettuce, and you have 10 square feet of space, your method grows as much lettuce as someone else would with 100 square feet of space! This is like a dream, you could be shocked to discover that farms and home gardens are already there and you can do it too.

What is aquaponic system?

It is a food production system that combines conventional “aquaculture” system in which they raise aquatic animals like snails, fish, crayfish or prawns in tank with hydroponics in which plants are cultivated in water in a symbiotic environment. In a normal aquaculture excretions where the animals are being raised increases toxicity. But in an aquaponic system by-products are broken down by nitrogen fixing bacteria in nitrates and nitrites, used by plants as nutrients and water is then recirculated back into aquaculture system.

What will you need?

The five main things you will need are water, oxygen, light, feed given to aquatic animals, electricity to the pump, filter to oxygenate the water, these are the inputs to the system. Spawn or fry may be added to replace grown fish that are taken out from the system to retain a stable system. In terms of outputs, an aquaponics system may continually yield plants such as vegetables grown in hydroponics, and edible aquatic species rose in an aquaculture. Typical build ratios are .5 to 1 square foot of grow space for every 1 US gal (3.8L) of aquaculture water in the system. 1 US gal (3.8 L) of water can support between .5 lb (0.23 kg) and 1 lb (0.45kg) of fish stock depending on aeration and filtration. Ten primary guiding principles for creating successful aquaponics systems were issued by Dr. James Rakocy, the director of the aquaponics research team at the University of the Virgin Islands, based on extensive research done as part of the Agricultural Experiment Station aquaculture program.

Ten primary guiding principles for creating successful aquaponics systems were issued by

Dr. James Rakocy, the director of the aquaponics research team at the University of the Virgin Islands, based on extensive research done as part of the Agricultural Experiment Station aquaculture program.

• Use a feeding rate ratio for design calculations
• Keep feed input relatively constant
• Ensure good aeration
• Remove solid objects from the system
• Be careful with aggregates
• Oversize pipes
• Use biological pest control
• Ensure adequate bio filtration
• Control pH of water

Keeping these all things in mind and you can grow more plants than other farmers around you. The process is revolutionary because with it your plants grow 100% to 50% faster, and you can grow up to TEN times the plants in the same amount of space. How does it work? Basically, it turns normal gardening on organic super-drive as it feeds rich ALIVE natural nutrients to your plants 24 hours per day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.