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The main principle of aquaponics is very simple and mirrors nature. Fish are grown in tanks and nutrient-rich water from these tanks is pumped into hydroponic beds where vegetables, herbs, flowers and other crops absorb the nutrients for growth and purify the culture water, which is returned to the fish rearing tanks. Although the fish are living in a tank, in essence they are being raised in a river where their waste products are swept away and replaced with clean water. The plants are grown in water containing high levels of oxygen and nutrients – everything they need – without the problems associated with soils, such as weeds, soil diseases, pests and other toxicant issues and an often-experienced lack of oxygen or moisture. Plants remove only the water they need for growth.

 Aquaponics is a clean aquaculture production technology system where fish waste is used as nutrients for growing vegetables. This technology can also create incentives for environmental compliance by increasing fish production and providing food security, while radically reducing water consumption, reducing nutrient discharge and providing independence from external climatic phenomena.

• Water reuse in the aquaponic system is more than 95%.
• Vegetables grow 30-50% faster than in soil.
• Greenhouse provides 12 mths continued production.
• Aquaponic grown vegetables have higher quality and longer shelf-life than vegetables grown in soil.