What is Aquaponics?
Aquaponics is a cooperation between plants and fish and
the term originates from the two words aquaculture (the growing of fish
in a closed environment) and hydroponics (the growing of plants usually
in a soil-less environment).
One of the coolest things about Aquaponics is that it
mimics a natural ecosystem. Aquaponics represents the
relationship between water, aquatic life, bacteria, nutrient dynamics,
and plants which grow together in waterways all over the world. Taking
cues from nature, aquaponics harnesses the power of bio-integrating
these individual components: Exchanging the waste by-product from the
fish as a food for the bacteria, to be converted into a perfect
fertilizer for the plants, to return the water in a clean and safe form
to the fish. Just like mother nature does in every aquatic ecosystem.
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