WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF AQUAPONICS?
Reduced water use Reduced chemical use Reduces pesticide use when set up in a greenhouse Reduces erosion by eliminating the need to plough the soil Reduced running costs compared to a conventional horticultural farm Stops backbreaking work of digging the soil and weeding for the home gardener Can produce fish and plants for the family / grower all year round, using a greenhouse Compared to conventional Hydroponic growers, Aquaponics does not need to use chemical nutrients for the plants, as the fish waste provides these nutrients to the plants. This eliminates the pollution of waterways, which is usually used to dispose of the eliminated chemical water. Compared to conventional Aquaculture growers, an Aquaponics system does not have a build-up of wastes in the system that causes the water to become toxic due to the nitrites. Aquaponics utilises this waste, with the bacteria in the grow beds converting the nitrites into nitrates, which the plants then consume as their main nutrient sour
