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    Aquaponics is a system that farms fish and plants together in a symbiotic relationship. The fish waste provides nutrients for the plants, and the plants filter the water for the fish. There are three main types of aquaponics systems: gravel bed culture with plants rooted in gravel, deep water culture with plants on floating rafts, and nutrient film technique with plants in pipes fed a thin film of water. Aquaponics has advantages over traditional aquaculture and hydroponics like utilizing fish waste as fertilizer, producing high quality organic crops with less labor, water, and electricity usage. Many plants can be grown in aquaponics like various greens, herbs, tomatoes, and more.

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    Aquaponics is a system that farms fish and plants together in a symbiotic relationship. The fish waste provides nutrients for the plants, and the plants filter the water for the fish. There are three main types of aquaponics systems: gravel bed culture with plants rooted in gravel, deep water culture with plants on floating rafts, and nutrient film technique with plants in pipes fed a thin film of water. Aquaponics has advantages over traditional aquaculture and hydroponics like utilizing fish waste as fertilizer, producing high quality organic crops with less labor, water, and electricity usage. Many plants can be grown in aquaponics like various greens, herbs, tomatoes, and more.

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    Aquaponics is a system that farms fish and plants together in a symbiotic relationship. The fish waste provides nutrients for the plants, and the plants filter the water for the fish. There are three main types of aquaponics systems: gravel bed culture with plants rooted in gravel, deep water culture with plants on floating rafts, and nutrient film technique with plants in pipes fed a thin film of water. Aquaponics has advantages over traditional aquaculture and hydroponics like utilizing fish waste as fertilizer, producing high quality organic crops with less labor, water, and electricity usage. Many plants can be grown in aquaponics like various greens, herbs, tomatoes, and more.

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    Aquaponics: Prabhakar Nikumbe

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    Aquaponics

    PRABHAKAR NIKUMBE
    What is Aquaponics?
    Aquaponics is the farming of fish and plants in a single
    recirculating system. The waste from the fish becomes the
    nutrients for the plants, and the plants in turn remove these
    nutrients from the water, purifying it for the fish. In this way, the
    fish waste is used to grow a plant crop that becomes a second
    income stream for little extra cost. In fact, it works so well that
    the plants become the primary crop by volume and value.
    Aquaponics cycle
    Types of Aquaponics:

    There are three main types of Aquaponics:

    1. Gravel Bed Culture (GBC)

    2. Deep Water Culture (DWC)

    3. Nutrient Film Technique (NFT)


    Gravel Bed Culture (GBC)
     In this the plants are rooted in coarse gravel or aggregate
    media.

     Bacteria grow on the media and convert the ammonia


    excreted by the fish to nitrate.

     Plants within the grow beds remove the nitrate from the water,
    which then returns to the fish in a clean and healthy form.

     No mechanical or biological filtration is required as the gravel


    beds suit both purposes.

     This method is most variable in terms of the range of crops that


    can be grown and there is no waste water discharge.
    Gravel Bed Culture
    Deep Water Culture (DWC)
     The water from the fish is filtered mechanically and
    biologically to remove the solids from suspension and convert
    the toxic ammonia to benign nitrate.

     This clean water then travels down the length of a tank of


    water in which polystyrene rafts are floated.

     Plants are rooted through the holes in the polystyrene sheets


    and into the water below, where the roots take up nutrients
    from the water.

     DWC is most suited to leafy crops and there is some


    discharge of water during the filtration process.
    Deep Water Culture
    Deep Water Culture
    Nutrient Film Technique (NFT)
     As with DWC the water is filtered prior to going to the
    plants, but in this case the plants are rooted through holes in
    pipes.

     The tip of the root touches the bottom surface of the pipe and
    absorbs nutrients from a thin film of water trickling down the
    length of the pipe.

     NFT is very susceptible to heat uptake or loss as the air


    temperature changes, and the plants can be lost quickly
    through drying out during a power failure.

     This method also results in the loss of water and nutrients


    during filter cleaning, and is also best suited to leafy crops.
    Why Aquaponics ?

    Aquaponics is not only a most enjoyable way of producing high

    quality, wholesome crops as a business or for own use, but it also

    has several distinct advantages over both aquaculture and

    hydroponics.
    Advantages of Aquaponics food
    production
     Fish waste is utilised as plant feed rather than being wasted

     Excellent crop quality - both in terms of taste and


    appearance

     provides a truly organic form of nutrients for the plants

     produces an organic product (no fertilizer or herbicides used)

     no soil-borne disease as there is no soil

     no water is wasted or consumed by weeds

     Low electrical usage - commercial system (300m2) runs on


    <1kW of power !!!
     Systems do not require mechanical or biological filters - the
    processes all occur naturally, saving money and resulting in a
    natural, stable environment

     Low labour requirement

     relatively small spaces required as plant spacing can be


    intensive

     plants grow and develop relatively quickly

     Faster cash flow generation than aquaculture

     Constant production throughout the year - markets love this

     Ability to produce `out-of-season' crops


     Crop harvesting is quick and easy, regardless of the weather
    outside

     Crops can be grown all year-round. In most climates a


    greenhouse is required

     Higher yields than conventional farming

     Faster growth to market size due to optimal conditions being


    maintained

     Root temperature very stable resulting in fewer disease issues


    than hydroponics

     No crop rotation needed & No weeds to pull out


    Cultivable plants in Aquaponics
     Bendi - Okra  Paku - Athyrium Esculentum

     Cherry Tomato  Pudina - Mint

     Daun Pandan - Pandanus  Sambung Nyawa - Gynura


    Amaryllifolius Procumbens

     Kangkong - Water Spinach  Serai - Lemon Grass

     Keladi - I Yam not Taro  Stevia Rebaudiana

     Kesum - Knotweed Leaf  Ulam Raja - Cosmos Caudatus

     Kunyit - Turmeric

     Mengkudu Hutan - morinda


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    References
     http://www.canna-uk.com/aquaponics

     http://affnan-aquaponics.blogspot.in/

     http://www.aquaponic.be/en/aquaponics/permanent-watersysteem-nft/

     http://www.aquaponics.co.za/what-is-aquaponics

     http://oneoftheengineers.blogspot.in/2012/11/what-is-aquaponic-
    gardening.html

     http://truedemocracyparty.net/2012/02/aquaponics-1-million-pounds-of-
    food-on-3-acres-1-pump10000-fish-the-future-of-food/

     http://homeaquaponicsguide.blogspot.in/2012/04/aquaponics-systems-
    types.html
    THANK YOU

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