Backyard Aquaponics Made Easy
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DIY Aquaponics was never so easy! This 95 page aquaponics ebook covers everything you need to know to get started with your very own working aquaponics system.
It starts with the basics: What is aquaponics? What is the nitrogen cycle? How can a system coadapt two completely different types of life forms for phenomenal growth rates, simultaneously producing two viable food crops. Feed yourself. Feed your family. Feed the community. Feed the world.
Then we look at a few building plans for the most common aquaponics systems, discussing their pros and cons along the way.
Finally, we get into specifics: What are the best aquaponics fish? How many fish can effectively sustain a full system? What are the best kinds of aquaponics plants?
All of these questions and more are answered in Backyard Aquaponics Made Easy!
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1: What is Aquaponics?
Creating a Cycle
Chapter 2: The Nitrogen Cycle
The Three Toxins
Toxin #1: Ammonia
Toxin #2: Nitrite
Toxin #3: NitrAte
Setting Up the Nitrogen Cycle in Your Aquaponics System
Speeding Up the Process
Prime Temperature Conditions
Prime pH Conditions
Regulating pH, Ammonia, Nitrite, and NitrAte
Chapter 3: Types of Aquaponics Systems
The Raft System
The Continuous Flow System
The Ebb and Flow System (Flood and Drain)
The CHIFT PIST System
Chapter 4: The Bell Siphon Valve
Chapter 5: Types of Aquaponics Fish
Stocking Density
Chapter 6: Types of Aquaponics Plants
Chapter 7: Starting from Seed
Seedlings
Seeds in Coir
Sowing Seeds Directly
Staggered Growth Method
Aquaponic Growth Rates
Chapter 8: Types of Grow Medium
Grow Media MUSTS
Most Popular Types of Aquaponics Grow Bed Medium
Chapter 9: Homemade Fish Food
Chapter 10: Vermicomposting
Conclusion