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Generally aquaponics is used for growing food, so you could do fast growing ornamentals if you want, but it would also be great for a basement herb/lettuce garden. You wouldn't just put water in, but there are lots of options for different grow media for the plants to root in like gravel or...
Since you're all into this complicated and plumbing system anyway, you might consider incorporating aquaponics with terrestrial plants. Aquaponics system stock insanely densely compared to hobby aquariums because the plant beds do help quite a bit with nitrates (lots of biofilter surface area)...
Semi-related, I haven't added any bacteria but I've been thinking about it. Should I bother considering all that biofilm I've accumulated already or would it be kind of pointless?
You could put them in a separate tank or get one of those little divider container things to protect them from the fish. As far as the water change goes, you could put a pre-filter sponge over the siphon intake to prevent them from getting sucked in if that's what you're worried about. A big...
Hey all,
I just set up a planted tank and I'm having a bit of an issue with LOW (oops) pH.
10 gallon tank
6 L of UNS black extra fine controsoil
wood and dragon stones
Cascade 100 HOB with the stock sponge but original filter discarded in favor of polish pad and clay rings
My water comes out...