Selling My System

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Aquasprouts aquaponics indoor garden aquarium

Raise fish and grow plants simultaneously! Enjoy the aquatic cycle of nature with the AquaSprouts aquaponics aquarium setup. You can reap the benefits of your own indoor, edible garden through the symbiotic relationship of plants and fish known as the nitrogen cycle.

I’ve used this tank, with the help of two goldfish, to grow jalapeño peppers, basil, cilantro, lemon balm, and peppermint, but it certainly isn’t limited to these plants. It’d be great for any student or adult who is interested in learning about the sustainability of the environment or from someone who wants to have their own year-round garden. Since the process is natural, you can eat these plants. Larger systems are used commercially to raise fish, including tilapia, for consumption in restaurants, fruits such as strawberries, as well as for other plants and vegetables.

The tank itself has been featured on AquaSprouts’ Instagram account.

How It Works

1. You feed the fish
2. The fish digest the food and then poop in the tank, which ultimately creates a chemical called nitrites. These  turn into nitrates later. Higher concentrations of these naturally-occurring chemicals are deadly to fish if not filtered out regularly.
3. Fortunately, plants love nitrates. So, in an aquaponics system, the nitrate-rich water is pumped onto the plant bed, the plants use the nitrates for fuel, and the water, now nitrate-free, is returned to the tank so the fish can breathe. In a traditional aquarium, removing nitrates would be done through a combination of constant filtering, periodic water changes, and various treatments based on the results of water tests and analysis.

The Kit

My fully-functional kit includes:

• AquaSprouts Garden Instruction Manual
• AquaSprouts growbed and light bar.
• 10 gallon acrylic aquarium tank
• Submersible pump
• Water syphon
• Clay substrate where the plants will grow
• Water syphon (for water changes)
• Two 45-watt LED grow lights
• 15 amp 24-hour 3-prong timer for the submersible pump
• HyderFarm 7-day digital timer with two 3-prong outlets (for the lights)
• Whisper 10 aerator/air pump
• Nat Geo 50 watt aquarium heater with adjustable temperature setting
• Nat Geo 25 watt aquarium heater (when water changes are needed)
• Mag-Float aquarium cleaner
• Tetra 6-in-1 water test strips which can measure pH, NO2, NO3, KH, GH, and CL.
• API Ammonia test kit (NH3/NH4)
• API pH UP (helps to raise the pH if it is too low)
• Organic fish food (since you’re eating the plants, don’t use food from the pet store).
• Condensed experience as recorded from my blog, http://h2oponics.blogspot.com.

Some life changes have prevented me from being able to keep the system, but my loss can be your gain. Together, this system would normally cost $400, but you can begin your introductory adventure into aquaponics for much less.

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If you're interested, you can either go to Facebook, send me a direct message, or a comment. I will get in touch with you.