I have been interested in keeping fish for a long time and also with backyard gardening. I suppose my motivations for making my own food are not financial; but rather, have more to do with my growing sense of concern over chemicals and unsafe practices when it comes to our food. I stumbled upon Aquaponics recently and thought it was a perfect combination of my interests. Aquaponics, is a lot like hyrdroponics in that you grow plants in a soiless manner and delivery nutrients to them by pumping fortified water through the system on a regular basis. The different between hydroponics and aquaponics is the addition of raising fish. The fish produce waste, waste fertilizes the plants, the plants filter and clean the water, clean water is returned to the fish tank. This creates a very efficient system with no chemicals.
I will take some pictures as I put a system together and welcome any feedback.
