Aquaponics

Aquaponics is a system that combines the growing of fish and plants. It is the integration of Aquaculture and Hydroponics, combined into a new discipline. It has its own rules and method of operation. It eliminates difficulties both these disciplines have: Water in both systems becomes overloaded with nutrients and has to periodically be run to waste. Aquaponics only loses water through natural evaporation and transpiration by the plants. Synthetic chemicals and pesticides are used in various forms in Aquaculture and Hydroponics. In Aquaponics it is guaranteed they aren’t used, as their application destroys the natural balance of an Aquaponic system and can result in fish deaths. Aquaponics is the creation of a complete cycle of symbiotic relationships, where the fish help the plants and the plants help the fish. It’s a natural system. The two systems together compliment each other. Water from the fish tank is pumped through Media Beds, which filter the water and bacteria turn it into usable nutrients for plants to take up. The Media Beds contain earthworms, bacteria and protozoa and other life found in soil. Aquaponics is the balance between the amount of waste from the fish and the nutrient uptake by the plants. The primary input of nutrient for fish and thus plants, comes from the food fed to the fish. The health of the fish affects the health of the plants.

魚菜共生系統是一個結合了魚類和植物生長的系統。

這是水產養殖和水耕的綜合，形成了一個新的學科，擁有其自身的規則和操作方法。它解決了這兩個學科所面臨的困難：這兩個系統中的水會變得營養過剩，並需定期排放廢水。魚菜共生系統僅通過自然蒸發和植物的蒸騰作用來損失水分。

在水產養殖和水耕中會使用各種形式的合成化學品和農藥。然而，在魚菜共生系統中保證不使用這些化學品，因為它們的應用會破壞魚菜共生系統的自然平衡，並可能導致魚類死亡。

魚菜共生系統創造了一個完整的共生關係循環，其中魚類幫助植物，植物也幫助魚類。這是一個自然系統，兩者互相補充。魚缸中的水被抽送至介質床，水在這裡被過濾，細菌將其轉化為植物可吸收的養分。

介質床中含有蚯蚓、細菌、原生動物以及土壤中的其他生命形式。魚菜共生系統需要平衡魚類排放的廢物與植物吸收的養分。魚類的主要養分來源是魚飼料，這直接影響到植物的健康。