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Re:Brazilian city uses tilapia fish skin to treat burn victims by markdown on Sunday May 21, 2017 @04:58PM (#14389225)
> closed-loop hydroponics

Aquaponics?

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Re:Brazilian city uses tilapia fish skin to treat burn victims by rhaps0dy on Monday May 22, 2017 @03:05AM (#14391558)
I guess; I didn't realise there was a difference in the terms.
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Re:Brazilian city uses tilapia fish skin to treat burn victims by markdown on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @06:42AM (#14400206)
Hydroponics and aquaponics are both considered closed-loop (compared to other agricultural methods). Hydroponics involves growing plants.

If you're raising fish in addition to crops in your system, with the fish excrement providing the nutrients the crops need, then you're engaged in aquaponics.

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