I have used aquarium water on soil plants and they love it. I tried adding aquarium water in hydro to be organic and had serious problems. Not saying it won't work for you but I like to keep everything clean in hydro.
Yeah it seems like it would work in theory, but it still feels like a bad idea for hydro, lol.
Lookin good, love the aquaponics, wish it wasn't so cold here or i'd so do it in my backyard.
They look great , looks like they're praying to the lights..
I was under the impression Aquaponics is Hydroponics.
Aquarium water is missing some ingredients to grow health plants in Flower, and even Veg, if they're big enough. You'll still need to supplement nutrients.
Aquaponics /ˈækwəˈpɒnᵻks/, refers to any 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 normal aquaculture, excretions from the animals being raised can accumulate in the water, increasing toxicity. In an aquaponic system, water from an aquaculture system is fed to a hydroponic system where the by-products are broken down by nitrification bacteria into nitrates and nitrites, which are utilized by the plants as nutrients, and the water is then recirculated back to the aquaculture system.
True this is why I use this as a source of water, as oppose to tap water or r/o water.
I guess soil would work too, with this definition.
Down side is, in the long term in soil, you might start seeing nutrient burn, if you also feed premixed nutrient. Every tank has different base levels for its own nutrients.
