How to Maintain Your Aquaponics Fish

So, now you have your aquaponics setup and you're ready to go. All you need now is to know how to care for the fish you chose to use in your system. That's almost the easy part, feed them and let mother nature do her thing. You will need to keep an eye on them every day while they are growing.

Fish usually get their protein by eating other fish, but if you use the right fish food like fish meal you'll be able to keep them healthy and growing like a weed. They still need a carefully crafted nutrient rich food to grow quickly. There is several ways you can care for your aquaponics fish.

Fish meal is the best food to offer your fish. It has been designed with all the nutrients a fish needs to grow quickly. Since you do want your fish to grow quickly because you can't sell them or breed them if they take years to mature. There is a little bit of understanding you need at this point about how your fish and plants interact.

Fish poop is where you get the nutrients for your plants to grow. Remember, you have to feed the fish a good, quality fish food, so they can produce the nutrients for the plants. If you feed your fish poor quality food, they will produce poor quality poop. The saying "garbage in- garbage out" really applies to aquaponics.

Setup a scheduled time for feeding. Try not to miss this feeding time. Fish in the wild eat all the time, since you want them to grow fast, set the schedule for 2 to 6 times a day. You can use an automatic feeder to take care of this. Just so you know commercial breeders feed their fish once an hour. So, you can take it from there. It depends on how fast you want your fish to grow.

Keeping the pH is pretty easy, but remember, you have to think about the plants you're growing, as well. Keep the pH between 6.5 -7.0. Any higher and it will be to acidity for the plants and too low and it won't have enough nutrients for the plants. The best way to keep your tank of fish at the correct pH is to set it up and don't mess with it. The more you try to correct the pH, the less it will correct. Give it a couple of days to see if the pH goes back where it's supposed to be. Fish are not that picky about their water unless it gets too high on the pH scale. Keep it below 7.0.

Jonathan Dylan is an aquaponics expert. For more tips about aquaponics fish visit http://www.aquaponicsculture.com/index.html


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