aquaponics

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Noun — A food-production system that combines fish farming with growing plants, using the fish waste in the water as plant nutrients.

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Aquaponics is a technical term from agriculture, used in both specialist and general writing about food production.

Formed by blending aquaculture with hydroponics, joining the aqua- element with -ponics from hydroponics.

What is aquaponics?

It is a farming method that combines raising fish with growing plants, where waste from the fish tank feeds the plants.

How is aquaponics different from hydroponics?

Hydroponics grows plants in nutrient-rich water alone, while aquaponics gets those nutrients from fish kept in the same system.

Is aquaponics sustainable?

It is generally considered a sustainable approach to food production because it recycles water and nutrients between the fish and the plants.