Real talk, if you use a sump system with an aquarium with larger pet fish (e.g., fancy goldfish or maybe tiger oscars), and run the sump into an aeroponic grow system, the plants' roots will soak up a lot of the ammonia from the fish, leaving you with happy plants and cleaner water for your fish. That said, I'm not sure that the plants would be safe to eat, given how nasty some aquarium chemicals are. It could work for something like flowers or maybe hemp, though.
In large scale operations, this is completely safe, they monitor the water heavily and the fish are kept on a specific diet to avoid contamination of the water, and then everything is cleaned off at harvest. It's pretty doable at home provided you do your research and get everything set up properly. If you just slap some plants in a fish tank with some goldfish you'll have a bad time
This is how traditional chinese/asian rice paddies were kept. A population of carp were kept in the paddies to keep the water clear of pests and to offer another food source.
brb dumping ammonia on my plant roots
Real talk, if you use a sump system with an aquarium with larger pet fish (e.g., fancy goldfish or maybe tiger oscars), and run the sump into an aeroponic grow system, the plants' roots will soak up a lot of the ammonia from the fish, leaving you with happy plants and cleaner water for your fish. That said, I'm not sure that the plants would be safe to eat, given how nasty some aquarium chemicals are. It could work for something like flowers or maybe hemp, though.
In large scale operations, this is completely safe, they monitor the water heavily and the fish are kept on a specific diet to avoid contamination of the water, and then everything is cleaned off at harvest. It's pretty doable at home provided you do your research and get everything set up properly. If you just slap some plants in a fish tank with some goldfish you'll have a bad time
This is how traditional chinese/asian rice paddies were kept. A population of carp were kept in the paddies to keep the water clear of pests and to offer another food source.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice-fish_system
That's awesome; thanks for the link!
This reaffirms that my idea of doing a Walstad-style natural planted tank with an aeroponic sump isn't completely mad scientist talk.