Home-grower horror story: started with 5 plants down to 1 1/2, help?

[Emilya Green]

Don't you have to add bacteria to convert some of the ammonia from the fish waste into nitrates? That's what the aquaponics systems do.

salt water aquariums achieve a balance between the amount of active cultures of bacteria growing in the living sand and rocks and every other surface, and it is these bacteria that convert the ammonia to nitrates. Then your invertebrates and coral will convert the nitrates and nitrites that result from this first conversion. Most salt water enthusiasts also grow chaeto algae in another tank that is plumbed in with their main display tank, and it eats a lot of this too. As long as you maintain a good balance of fish, algae, living rock, coral and invertebrates, there is not nearly as much of a need for regular water changes.

 

[Stoneface Jack]

salt water aquariums achieve a balance between the amount of active cultures of bacteria growing in the living sand and rocks and every other surface, and it is these bacteria that convert the ammonia to nitrates. Then your invertebrates and coral will convert the nitrates and nitrites that result from this first conversion. Most salt water enthusiasts also grow chaeto algae in another tank that is plumbed in with their main display tank, and it eats a lot of this too. As long as you maintain a good balance of fish, algae, living rock, coral and invertebrates, there is not nearly as much of a need for regular water changes.

Sorry, I was referring to growing plants on either ebb and flow (flood and drain?) tables using water from freshwater fish tanks, or DWC on a fish tank. It's called aquaponics. One of the licensed producers in this province uses it.
I was not referring to aquaculture.

 

[013]

Here ya go... JoshuaLuck 1st time with Aquaponics

 

[Stoneface Jack]

That's the kind of thing I'm referring to. He mentions that he had to have the bacteria in there to convert some of the nutrients in the fish droppings to a usable form.

 

[013]

Sorry that’s all I’ve got.... it’s beyond my wheelhouse!