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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.

Starting Your Own Aquaponic Business or Hobby

Last Updated 1 September 2020

Starting your own business may be a daunting task as most of the activities require special skills and tones of money to invest. While one may acquire the necessary skills, the money is not an easy to solve issue. However, there is one business which requires minimum investment and which pays off in less than a year. It is called aquaponic business or aquaponic farming and can change your life for good.

What is Aquaponics?

Aquaponics involves growing vegetables using the water from your fish tank. You just have to place the fishes in a tank, wait for about a month until the water has enough bio-nutrients to feed the plants, then you can propagate the seeds.

The plants will feed on the nutrients released by the fish in the water, thus cleaning and refreshing it, while the fish will enjoy a clean and safe environment where they can live properly.

What are Advantages of Aquaponic Business?

There are multiple advantages of starting such a aquaponic business.

First, as mentioned previously there are very few costs associated with it, so even if you have a tight budget for starting a business you will still manage to purchase all the things you need.

Also, the maintaining costs are very low, so that you will produce organic food with little investment which will enable you to sell your products cheaper than they can be found nowadays on the market. This will bring you more clients and thus more profit.

Unlike other businesses, where you need to rent an office or an industrial place where you can develop your business, aquaponic farming does not require a large space. Your garage or a room from your house is perfect. Just make sure that you have enough light for the plants to grow normally.

Another great advantage of the aquaponic farming is that you will have, from the start, diversified merchandise. You will not only be able to plant and sell different types of vegetables, but you can also sell fish, which will bring you even more profit.

In addition to that, you will have enough veggies and herbs for your consumption, too so there will be no need for you to continue buying them from the market. Thus you will save some extra money which can go on your other needs and pleasures!

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.

The Easiest Way to Grow Organic Food with Aquaponics

Last Updated 27 August 2020

Nowadays there is this growing trend of eating only organic food. Yet, not all the products claiming to be organic are always this way. Moreover, you can spend more on products claiming to be organic and get lower quality than the normal vegetables grown with pesticides. The only way you can be sure that the food you are consuming is 100% organic is to start growing it yourself. Now it is extremely easy with aquaponics.

What Is Aquaponics?

This new type of farming is extremely easy to put in practice, highly convenient and profitable. There are very few things you will need in order to set it up, things which are also quite affordable, so you will not have to spend a fortune on costly equipment.

In addition to that, it is so easy to mount and start the aquaponic farm that you will need only few minutes to understand the principles and another few to put them in practice. In a matter of days you will place your aquaponic system and start growing your fish.

Their role is that of producing the bio-nutrients for the plants. Once there are enough nourishing substances in the water, you will be able to propagate the seeds and then wait for them to grow. Meanwhile you will have to take good care of the fish, so that they continue to produce food for the plants.

What Are the Advantages From Aquaponics?

The good this is that you will not have to clean the water for the fish yourself, as this is what the plants will do with their roots. Thus, it will be easier not only to grow plants, but it will also be easier to grow fish this way than if you were setting only an aquaculture.

Another advantage of the aquaponic system is the fact that it is easy to assemble and disassemble, so that you can take it with you if you change houses. You can put it everywhere in your house or in your garage as long as the plants have the necessary amount of light to produce their food. Yet, make sure that you harvest all your crops, as you lose all the plants when disassembling the aquaponic system.

Getting organic food has never been so easy! Just set up your aquaponic farming system and you will feel the real taste of organic food. A true delight 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.