Gardening by the use of an aquaponic system will enable you to cultivate plants along with aquatic life, and starting out at a small scale will allow you to get started without the need for significant amount of expence or maintenance.
Understanding the benefits will help you to determine what type of system is best for your needs.
Whether the system is for outdoors or indoor use, the process of effluent water circulation in which the plant and animal life help each other is the same.
Salt or fresh water can be used for these types of systems, choosing the type of water will depend on the animal and plants you decide on.
The waste that is produced by the aquatic animals remains in the water, this what helps to feed the plant life, which in turn, will create the nutrients in the water for plant life to benefit from.
These nutrients will help the plants filter the water to remove any toxicity that can affect the aquatic animals.
This cycle between fish, growing media, plants and water will continue so that all aspects of this created ecosystem work together to grow and develop.
An indoor or outdoors aquaponics system on a small scale can be beneficial from a learning point of view.
It can prove to be the perfect learning tool to help understand the process that takes place when cultivating plants and aquatic life in a natural environment, the same way nature does naturally.
There are several type of plants, such as berries, flowers, fruit, herbs, ornamental, and vegetables that can be produced in this way, as well as species of fish.
Aquaponics system can require a significant amount of money to create, depending on their size.
It can be necessary to purchase tanks, pumps, plants and other parts or supplies to make it work.
However, this depends on the size of the system, so keeping it small to start and decide if this is the method of gardening you enjoy is very important.
Just like any other hobby, taking on more than you can handle can get frustrating, along with discouraging, and you can lose interest quickly.