Aquaponics!

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<p>This is the first time I learned about this. Has any one here tried before?</p>

<p>I have seen systems selling for as much as $2,000 or many DIY instructions on the net. For those have tried, is it worth the trouble?</p>

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<p>For two days there is no one responded. I can believe no one on this board is an organic fanatic.</p>

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<p>Hmmm… Hydroponics (if this is what you mean) is not organic farming. Our friendly neighbors to the north grow fantastic cukes and ok tomatoes (sold at my local Costco), but they are also know to grow the stuff sold at Green Anne using said method. Maybe that’s why no one answered yet :)</p>

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<p>[Aquaponics</a> - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquaponics]Aquaponics”>Aquaponics - Wikipedia)</p>

<p>Aquaponics , or pisciponics, is a sustainable food production system that combines conventional aquaculture, (raising aquatic animals such as snails, fish, crayfish or prawns in tanks), with hydroponics (cultivating plants in water) in a symbiotic environment. In aquaculture, effluents accumulate in the water, increasing toxicity for the fish. This water is led to a hydroponic system where the by-products from the aquaculture are broken down by nitrogen-fixing bacteria, then filtered out by the plants as nutrients, after which the cleaned water is recirculated back to the Fish.
As existing hydroponic and aquaculture farming techniques form the basis for all aquaponics systems, the size, complexity, and types of foods grown in an aquaponics system can vary as much as any system found in either distinct farming discipline.</p>

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<p>A friend that had a nursery with bags of coir stacked behind a fence complained that the green farmers kept stealing it because it is apparently good for a hydroponic medium.
H didn’t get it, he mixed it with dirt.
I like the clay pebbles- but the coir works well.
<a href=“http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydroponics[/url]”>http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydroponics&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Artlovers, the agricultural component is not that hard to implement, but aquacultural… I dunno. Too many raccoons in my neck of the woods for any fish to last long enough to grow into food. Hydroponics uses mineral fertilizers, so it can’t be certified organic.</p>