Re:Building a Home Aquaponics System: The Basics
by jfoucher on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @04:24PM
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In a natural ecosystem, nothing is taken out, whereas in this one, food is supposed to be removed from the system, making inputs necessary.
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Re:Building a Home Aquaponics System: The Basics
by bluGill on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @05:13PM
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Sunlight and air are inputs though. Most of what you take our of the system comes from changing H2O and CO2 from the air into a different form using energy from the sun.
There is the potential various micro nutrients, and minerals. However the vast majority of what the system needs is air and sunlight.
Re:Building a Home Aquaponics System: The Basics
by weberc2 on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @05:36PM
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Right, but nutrients and minerals are still being regularly removed from the system--they need to be put back in order for the system to function. Their mass relative to the mass of other inputs doesn't change the calculus.