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Setting Up an Aquaponic Farm

Last Updated 17 September 2020

In a world where everything is done on the run and more and more people complain about their lack of time, starting a new activity seems as a way of social suicide (you will have less time to see your friends and your family). This is why many people are quite reluctant in giving their precious time away on new activities, especially if that new activity is gardening. Yet, what I want to propose you is something simpler, which even though is a way of growing crops, has nothing else to do with gardening. It is called aquaponics and it is the easiest way to have fresh food on your table by starting your own aquaponic farm.

What Is Aquaponic Farm?

Aquaponics Farm is a system which involves growing fish in normal tanks and using their water, filled with bio-nutrients in a system similar with that promoted by hydroponics. The best thing about aquaponics is that you will not have to take care of the plants, as the fish will offer them enough food to grow and develop properly.

You will just have to take care of your fish, which will also take less time as you will only have to monitor the water and feed them. There is no need to change or clean the water as this is something which your plants will do.

This symbiosis between fish and plants is the one which will save you lots of time and will give you the opportunity to take on this activity without compromising your social or professional life.

Few minutes each day will be enough for you to make sure that both your crops and your fish are alright! In fact, growing plants and fish with the aquaponic system is so easy that your entire family will be willing to help you with that. Because it involves no dirty hands, bending and digging in the ground, you can even let your children help you. It will not take long so that they will not get bored and you will get to spend some moments with them.

Aquaponics is the easiest way through which you can have tasty, fresh and healthy vegetables on your table each and every day. There is no need to be afraid to start such a new activity as this is one of the best steps you can take for you and your family!

Where To Get More Information?

You can learn more about aquaponics, and how to build your own system in Aquaponics 4 You system. Below video shows what this system covers.

Reasons for Taking Up Aquaponic Farming

Last Updated 15 September 2020

With the many scam business plans and systems promising you to solve all you problems with minimum effort and investment, putting your hopes into another, completely new activity seems unfeasible. Some people are less willing to try new things for fear of not getting scammed. However, this new aquaponic farming system is as simple and profitable as it seems!

4 Reasons For Taking Up Aquaponic Farming

Once you have tried this type of farming you would never want to go to the market again! But before that, here are some of the reasons for which you should start your mini aquaponic farming.

Does not require a large amount of money or time – which basically means that you have almost nothing to lose. What you will need is a few containers for the fish and the vegetables, an oxygenizer for the fish tank and another few materials to complete the building of the system, all relatively cheap. In addition to that, the time needed for maintenance is quite low at few minutes each and every day. You just have to feed the fish, put the seeds and then wait for them to grow and harvest your crops.
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The system is easy to set up and can be placed anywhere in the house or garage, provided that you have enough light for the plants to develop normally. You can do it yourself from beginning till end, so there will be no costs associated with the installment.
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You can plant almost all types of plants, which means that no matter what veggies you want for dinner, you can harvest them on the spot, from your aquaponic garden, without any hassle. The best thing is that they are all natural, organic plants which will taste better and be far cheaper than the ones from the market.
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Last, but not least, you will no longer have to pay fortunes to cook your meal with organic ingredients. You will have them all at your hand, without paying more each time the oil price goes out of control. You will be independent financially and because the system will pay off in no less than a year, the crops and the fish you will get will be just profit. You can use it for you or you can even sell the crops and make some extra money. Does this not sound great!

So give the aquaponic farming a try today.

Where To Get More Information?

You can learn more about aquaponics farming, and how to build your own system in Aquaponics 4 You system. Below video shows what this system covers.

Starting Up Your Aquaponics System

Last Updated 3 September 2020

The perfect balance and synergy between the fish and plants in an Aquaponics System depends on the bacteria which breakdown fish waste and transform it into plant fertilizer. Starting up your Aquaponics system involves making sure that the bacteria grows and thrives in your system, and you will need to give it some time before the population of bacteria can support fish and plant growth.

How does aquaponics system works?

As soon as you put fish in your tanks, they will start producing ammonia (in their wastes). Nitrosomonas bacteria in the air will populate the water surface, and start converting the toxic ammonia into nitrites.

Nitrites are still toxic, but their presence will attract nitrobacter bacteria. These will colonize your system and convert the nitrites into nitrates, which are harmless to the fish and excellent fertilizes to the plants.

When this happens, you will be able to detect nitrates in your system, and the concentrations of both ammonia and nitrites will drop below 0.5ppm. This will signal that your system is now up and running! This will generally take about four to six weeks in total.

What is the safe method to start this system?

A method of starting up the aquaponics system which is becoming increasingly popular is the ‘fishless’ one, where you do not use the fish as the initial source of ammonia. Instead, you start up the system without any fish in the tank and add artificial ammonia.

To do this, you should buy Cycling Kits, which will give you all the tools you need to start your system. Then, you add the fish once the system is up and running and the bacteria are thriving (i.e. when the levels of ammonia and nitrites drop to below 0.5ppm).

This method is safer, as there is no danger of having fish dying due to initial ammonia spikes. If you are using the ‘fishless’ method, you can also speed up the process by modifying the other parameters.

How you can speed up this method?

One of the main ways to do this is to use higher temperatures (typically 77 to 86°F), as bacteria multiply more rapidly at these temperature ranges.

You can also use a pH of about 7 to 8 to speed up bacterial growth and oxygenate the tank as much as possible, for example by using air stones and some kind of water jetting action.

In addition, you can also buy bacterial colonies, which will definitely speed up the process. Alternatively, get some filter material or gravel from an established, disease-free aquarium as this will be rich in the bacterial colonies we want.

You can also get some rocks and pebbles from a river or lake, but be careful of the risk of introducing disease and parasites.

Where To Get More Information?

You can learn more about aquaponics, and how to build your own system in Aquaponics 4 You system. Below video shows what this system covers.

What Are the Most Suitable Fish for Home Aquaponics

Last Updated 18 August 2020

Home Aquaponics farming can offer you great satisfactions: tasty and cheap vegetables and legumes as well as healthy fish during all year round. However, in order to obtain the best results you will first need to have some basic information about what home aquaponics means and how can you make the most of it.

What Is Home Aquaponics?

Home Aquaponics is a new type of farming which relays on the symbiosis between the plants and the fish. This means that the fish provides the plants the necessary food while the plants, by feeding on the fish’s excrements clean their water, thus making their environment a “comfortable” home.

Because the fish are highly sensitive on chemicals, but also because they provide the plants with all the nutrients they need, there will be no need for you to use any pesticides or fertilizers to make your plants grow bigger and stronger, thus obtaining fresh, healthy and organic veggies without too much struggle.

As you can see the fish you put inside the tank play a great role in the success of your aquaponic farming. This is why, you will need to take good care of them and at the same time pay attention to that type of fish you choose. While basically all types of fish are suitable for the aquaponic system, there are states in which different species of fish are not allowed to be grown inside the house. Thus, before populating your tank with fish make sure that you are allowed to grow that type of fish in your home.

What Species Of Fish Is Suitable For Home Aquaponics?

The species of fish which are recommended for the aquaponic system are Smallmouth Bass, Crappie, Chinese Catfish, Tilapia, Koi, Largemouth and Bluegill.

However this list is not an exhaustive one and according to the area and state in which you live you can always try with some different types of fish. As well as you take good care of them and your fish are happy, there are great chances that your aquaponic farm will give great results in no less than a year!

Aquaponics can spare you of your daily trips to the market and offer you tasty, healthy vegetables for your entire family. But for this you need to take great care of the fish, which will basically make your plants grow healthy and beautiful.

Where To Get More Information About Aquaponics?

You can learn more about aquaponics, and how to build your own system in Aquaponics 4 You system. Below video shows what this system covers.