A good aquaponics system can save your health and improve cash flow if correctly executed. This revolutionary combination of aquaculture and hydroponics can fit any living space, even big set-ups as multiple aquaponics can stack and combine with each other.
The basic setup has two containers, a medium, and a tank. The first is for the plants while the second is for the fish. Basically, this system works by pumping water to and from each segment.
The water sprinkled on the plants has fish waste mixed in it. The waste shall then be filtered by the plants and returned to the fish along with water. The result of filtration is nutrition for the fish.
All natural
This setup allows the fish and plants to grow in a natural habitat. They depend on one another for their nutrition, enabling a bigger set of fish and healthier set of greens.
An advantage of this setup is the safety for both the fish and plants because everything is grown as it should be. Everything is under constant surveillance and is just great!
There are three types of aquaponics system you can build if you want to design one for yourself: Deep Water Culture (DWC), Nutrient Film Technique (NFT), and Media-based.
DWC dips plant roots into aerated nutrient solution using a net pot. NFTs have nutrient-rich water sprinkled to the growth tray. Media-based systems use a transfer and return process where a water pump delivers the waste of fish to the plants for filtration and the byproduct of the said process back to the fish.
Save your health
You begin saving your health by building a medium where the plants stay and adding a tank or container for the fish to swim. You attach a water pump and an elbow pipe to act as the gateways for water to travel from the medium to the tank and vice versa.
The medium will contain the nutrient solution for the plant to absorb, which shall be the foundation for the seedling, which is in constant contact with the water where the fish swim.
The water coming from the fish container has fish waste. It shall be absorbed by the roots of the plants and filtered, then returned to its original location. This time, it’s the fishes’ turn to soak up nutrition for growth.
Fish and veggies grown in this manner are healthier, contain more minerals, and are generally happier than other methods. Yes, even plants have emotions.
This positively affects your health because the food you grow using this method is all-natural. There are no chemicals or additives included with the food so you can safely enjoy and absorb all of it.
You would not worry about what you are eating because you knew how your food was grown. You know that a safe process was involved in culturing and cultivating fish and plant. This assures you that whatever you are eating will not cause even the slightest harm to your digestive system.
Improve your cash flow
It’s not only water that flows when you have an aquaponics system. You can also strengthen the flow of cash as long as you market the design right. It goes without saying that aquaponics must have bulletproof construction to be effective. Otherwise it will be seeping and wasting nutrient-filled water that should have been absorbed by the fish or plants.
Educate your friends, peers, and acquaintances online about the power of aquaponics, how it can positively change the quality of life, and be the game changer for most health buffs. Once people know why aquaponics is important, they will be convinced to get one themselves. People who are sold on an idea just need a little push to know that they truly need something.
The power of aquaponics is too difficult to ignore because on one hand you can develop lines of vegetables, while on the other hand you can have great seafood just waiting to be picked up.
The fact that you do not need to queue up anymore at groceries to buy fish or vegetables is already a huge step for anyone. This allots more time to other activities you may have in store, making you more productive throughout the day.
Selling this to health buffs is also great because they now have another source of organic food. You still have to educate them on the uses of an aquaponics system, its effects, and the differences with other methods of collecting and growing food. But they mostly know what they are buying so it’s only a matter of time before you reach the negotiation stage.
