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Some Important Tips When Looking At Aquaponics Design

By Frank Thomas


Owners looking for aquaponics design can expect to be able to custom tailor their design to fit their needs. There are important considerations to keep in mind which can make these designs easier. The right design will fit easily in your home and work seamlessly.

Aquaponics is simply the proper balance between water, fish and plant. This type of growing situation once correctly set up will keep the water clean on its own requiring the use of no chemical water cleaners.

Your experience level should dictate the kind of kit you buy. For inexperienced growers a complete kit is the best solution. This kind of ready to go kit will be easy to set up and have everything you need to get started. Other kits can be as bare bones as necessary allowing owners to decide on almost all aspects of the garden. Space issues are also a way to decide on the style of kit you purchase.

This type of growing require both fish and plants to work in harmony for the garden to grow properly. In this case purchase the fish and plants that work best together. Fish need to be able to handle recirculating water pumps, as well as minor imbalances in pH and oxygen levels. In this type of garden Trout, Perch and Tilapia are most often used.

Tilapia has proven over time to be the best kind of fish for this garden. Tilapia can thrive easily in a tank with recirculating water as well as minor changes in oxygen, pH and temperature. This species of fish have proven over time to be the best solution for this kind of garden.

More experienced growers will want to keep an eye on their component levels. These levels are a ratio between the amount of water used in the tank to the type of plants grown. Early growers believed a one to one ratio was best but current growers prefer a one to two ratio all the up to a one to four ratio. This ratio can be changed by simply changing the amount of water in the tank, or changing the kind of rocks used in the water tank to simply choosing a different amount of growing medium.

Those considering aquaponics design should decide on a kit based on the size constraints of their space available to the amount of experience they have. Fish and plants need to work together in this kind of environment so you should keep one and the other in min when making your decisions. As you get more familiar with this kind of gardening you need to look at your component ratio, and change each part of the ratio to get the best results.




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