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Aquaponics is the portmanteau (combination of words) of "Aquaculture" and "Hydroponics."
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Aquaponics is the portmanteau (combination of words) of "[[Aquaculture]]" and "[[Hydroponics]]."
  
 
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== Fish Food ==
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==Intro / Aquaponics 101==
  
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The chief input to your system is the feed.  I do not believe that typical pet store goldfish food is going to provide enough nutrition beyond what your fish requires, to then also leave requisite trace minerals for your plants.
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I mix it up a good amount:
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== Fish Food ==
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* Some leafy greens from the grow beds
 
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* And, I do use [http://amzn.to/2fpYLbR GMO-free, Organic] Aquaponic-specific formulation with 34% protein.
 
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Here's what the nutrition/ingredients look like on that:
 
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http://iceagefarmer.com/docs/Aquaponics/AquaOrganic-Aquaponics-FishFood.jpg
 
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=== Experiments ===
 
  
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Among the ongoing experiments related to Aquaponics is specifically how to craft an entirely self-sufficient supply of fish feed, which, as I stated, is the primary input to the system.
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This is a whole topic onto itself -- see [[Aquaponic Fish Food]].
  
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* [[Duckweed]] -- grows quite easily in your Aquaponic system (although does so at the expense of nitrates). 
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== Components ==
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** Can be used to feed fish good, living, fresh greens, which is just plain healthy for them.
 
  
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* [[Black Soldier Fly Larvae]] (BSFL) -- extremely easy, nearly self-contained constant production of protein.
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* [[Swirl Filter]]
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** Studies show that up to 25% of the diet of many fish can be replaced with BSFL without sacrificing growth speed, protein quality, or waste production ''(Zhang et al., 2014a and Zhang et al., 2014b)''
 
  
 
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Latest revision as of 15:19, 16 May 2018

Aquaponics is the portmanteau (combination of words) of "Aquaculture" and "Hydroponics."

This is a huge subject, so I'm just going to start this page, and add as I have time...

Intro / Aquaponics 101

Fish Food

This is a whole topic onto itself -- see Aquaponic Fish Food.

Components

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