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Urban Aquaponia LLC is a locally owned business that designs and builds sustainable, organic food production systems that combine the best of Aquaculture (Growing fish) and Hydroponics (Growing plants in water) into a harmonious system that gets the best out of the fish and the plants without wasting anything. We are a full-service provider of custom built Aquaponic systems. We can help you imagine, design, and build a system specifically suited to your space requirements, whether you've got a small apartment balcony or a sprawling yard. As artists, we take pride in our ability to accept the challenge of using found and recycled objects to create a synthesis of art and function in our ecosystems. We believe that the most environmentally friendly way to design anything is to see the beautiful potential of existing objects and re-engineer them to meet new needs. That being said, we can also fabricate our stands and grow beds into any shape and size by welding steel and other commercially available raw materials together to make truly personalized garden structures. For more on what Aquaponics is all about, simply scroll down and read this blog. In this day and age, it's important to know where your food is coming from and we're very excited to help Austin bring food production home! So what are you waiting for?
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Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Media Filled Beds: The Basics

Media Filled Grow Beds: The Basics


Media Filled Grow beds are the simplest form of aquaponics. They use containers filled with a suitable growing media such as expanded clay balls, pumice stone, gravel or something similar.  Water from a fish tank is pumped over the media filled beds and plants grow in the rock media.
This style of system can be run two different ways, with a continuous flow of water over the rocks, or by flooding and draining the grow bed in a 'flood and drain' or 'ebb and flow' cycle.
  
The growbeds should be about 12" in depth as this has been proven to be the most effective depth for plant growth and the cultivation of a beneficial ecosystem in the beds.

Once the water reaches the appropriate level then it will be drained from the grow bed (usually quickly) which will draw oxygen back down into the growbed for the benefit of the plants and microbes.  This cycle then continues regularly and provides the plants with all of the nutrients that they need to grow extremely abundantly and naturally without any added pesticides, herbicides or fertilizers.

Urban Aquaponia of Austin can design and build a setup to fit any space requirement you desire. Give us a call today!



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