hydroponics fish tank with fish?

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DaddyLove

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• Dec 25, 2012

• #1

Ive seen one at a hydro store for $70.
I have a old 3 gallon fish tank, with a 3 gallon air filtration system.
could i make this work?
Beta fish?

 

cheechako

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• Dec 25, 2012

• #2

It is called aquaponics and, AFAIK, it is hard to do on a small scale. One beta is not going to provide enough nutrients, and the added nutrients would probably kill the beta.

 

Nmccray420

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• Dec 25, 2012

• #3

cheechako said:

It is called aquaponics and, AFAIK, it is hard to do on a small scale. One beta is not going to provide enough nutrients, and the added nutrients would probably kill the beta.

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What he said... never seen one on a small scale

 

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DaddyLove

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• Dec 25, 2012

• #4

would the beta food replace nutrients? and i can put multiple beta fish together because they will kill each other.

 

cheechako

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• Dec 25, 2012

• #5

The betta food will break down in the water into nutrients. The waste output from the betta does the same. But this is all poison for the fish, which is why you should feed sparingly, have plenty of filtration, and do water changes on your fish tanks.

 

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DaddyLove

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• Dec 25, 2012

• #6

what if i get a sucker fish too..

 

BBbubblegum

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• Dec 25, 2012

• #7

DaddyLove said:

what if i get a sucker fish too..

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Plecos (Sucker fish) eat algae, which grows when light hits the tank, but since your cannabis roots are going into the tank, you don't want light in it. Try a bunch of neon tetras or something.

 

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THE KONASSURE

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• Dec 25, 2012

• #8

If you had a 2nd tank for the plants then you could add nutes and just have the tank top up the plants tank but it would make it all a bit larger

Man this is cool you can keep fish and grow weed that`s a trip.

 

cheechako

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• Dec 25, 2012

• #9

BBbubblegum said:

Plecos (Sucker fish) eat algae, which grows when light hits the tank, but since your cannabis roots are going into the tank, you don't want light in it. Try a bunch of neon tetras or something.

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Actually, the "common" pleco sold in pet stores (in the USA) is omnivorous. There are many, many types of plecos or catfish that are sold as plecos. One of my faves back when I did planted aquariums was the "clown" (L-162). It was more of an herbivore (ate plants and algae), and it also needed to have wood to gnaw on.

 

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DaddyLove

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• Dec 30, 2012

• #10

bump......