Tuesday, 2 July 2013

How To Make An Aquaponics System At Home

By Claudette Lambert


If one would want to know of a way where in he could keep healthy plants and sea creatures at the same time without having to tend to them every now and then, then he should consider trying to make a small aquaponics fish tank where in the plants can be fed with the waste water of the fish. For those who have never heard of this system, it is one where the environment is filled with water plants and animals. The best part is that it is so easy to make and can easily be done in the house.

Now the first thing to do would be to buy a big fish tank where in one can put in a lot of things. The next thing to do in the process is to get a small plant pot and put some really small stones or pebbles inside. After that, take the aquatic plant and put it inside the small pot.

Now one thing to always take note of would be that the plant has to be a little bit taller than the fish tank. The reason for this is because a little bit of the plant should be sticking out in the air. One does not need to worry about the pot floating away in the water because the pot is extremely heavy anyway and is filled with pebbles.

When one has already set up the pot, then he would need to connect it to the water pump. In order to do this, he must take a small tube and glue it to the hole. However, he must always remember to only let a small part of the tube go inside the pot.

The next thing to do would be to connect the other end of the tube to a small water pump which can be bought in pet stores. Now the objective here is to pump water into the small pot and let it out into the fish tank again. This is the whole essence of a reproducing food cycle.

After everything has been set up already, the one can hunt for some sea creatures. The best ones to put inside these kinds of tanks would be fish because they are not very difficult to maintain. Of course one must always feed them every few hours so that they will not die.

Of course once one has already finished making the system, he still has to make sure to do regular maintenance. The only difference in having an aquaponics tank as compared to a real fish tank would be that one would not need to clean it so much anymore. One just probably needs to clean the tank about once in a month.

So basically, if one would want to create some aquaponics fish tanks, then he should read this short guide on how to do it. Not only will one have healthier plants, but healthier sea creatures as well. Also, he does not need to really need to take care of the plants so much because the system will already be taking care of it.




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