Aquaponics tips and tricks

this is not the best choice for outdoor use
but for indoor it's perfect

Aquaponics are half garden half aquarium. The whole point is that the fish water circulates up to the plants up above and fertilizes  the plant with fish water (water with fish poop in it), this helps the plants to grow faster, bigger and tastier. We have had one BIG problem and this problem was with the timer.
One day i was going to the aquaponic when i noticed that the water was higher than usual so i told Dad and i fixed the mechanical timer but the next morning it happened again!!!


So we decided to get an electronic timer, we spent some time setting the timer up and placing it in the power socket and now the aquaponic is up and working,

To have a more reliable timer, get an electronic one not a mechanical one because it rusts an bugs crawl into the mechanics and stop it working so an electronic one is better.


Here are some recomended  fish types for
aquaponics:                  
               

this is good for outdoor use
need instructions?type this into google for a manual:
cat d817/2

 Koi
 Silverfish
 Tilapia
 Trout
 Goldfish
 Carp
 Catfish
 Largemouth Bass
               
Here are some good plants for your aquaponic
Strawberries
Mint   Kale    Tomatos
Basil   Chives  Eggplant




Now i'm going to explain a little more abut aquaponics.
The name aquaponic comes from the two words aqua and pond. The diagram actually explains

this is an aquaponic diagram

most of it, as you can see the water from the fish tank goes up through the tubes under the grow bed, waters the roots of the plants then comes back down into the fish tank and then the cycle continues. In the diagram, you can see a pump in the bottom right corner. This pump powers everything. Now, about that timer. The timer is a key property in an aquaponic, the timer sets when the pump pumps water to the garden, of course it can't do it all the time, the plants would've died. So this is when we come to the timer. A good set time is it pumps water every two hours and every two hours the pump will pump water for fifteen minutes and then stop. This is all programmed on the device to the right. For example on 9on it will be 16:00 and at 9off it will be 16:15. This is how you program all the ons and offs.