Aquaponic Systems - The Basics of Farming without soil

What is aquaponics? This is a basic overview animation of an aquaponics system with summaries at the fish tanks, the bacterial filtration, and the plant locations. It includes the basic chemistry where fish waste is broken down into usable fertilizer.

[flytothemoon]

Why is this not viral yet? We literally learn this in "semester" and he compile it with in 1 min video.

[iAmOrenWhoRU]

Nice!
How does the filtration system "know" when and how to pass the nitrate-only water to the plants?
Where do I get Nitrosomonas and Nitrobacter bacteria? How long do they last? Or, do they over-populate, and then, how do I get rid of the excess?

[Digital_Dubz]

Where does the pump go in at ... how does the water move? u left that out

[MisterFizz]

3 different tanks ??? misleading, i think. 1 tank with fish 'n plants is the standard home salt/fresh water aquarium setup. nitrosomonos *& nitrobaacter biological processes poducing nitrites 'n ultimately nitrates all occurs in one tank. the video commentary kind-a-ssuggests that the bacteria live 'n breath oonly in the middle tank . i could understand 2 tanks (fish in 1, plants in anohther) just to separate your fish pond from your vegetable garden. an analysis of water samples from all three tanks would result in 3 identical reports as u might expect in a continuously circulating water. with a mature system that'd reached equilibrium where nitrates were being consumed by plants at same rate as they were being prouduced is the goal of the ecosystm. U want levels of nitrogen compounds 2B low enuff so as not to have a deleterious effect on tthe fish.