I understand that the filter catches all the solids and breaks it down and sends it to the plants. what I can't understand is what happens with the ammonia that the fish also releases. It seems like it would get broken down into nitrates and then sent back to the fish tank and the nitrate levels would climb since it is not attached to the plant which would absorb those nitrates.
The ammonia the fish release breaks down into nitrites (also toxic) and finally into nitrates (relatively non toxic). The "magic" is the Endurance filter; it gathers the fish waste and concentrates it. If you are removing this concentrate frequently, you are preventing it from breaking down and harming your water quality in the fish tank. That waste is taken out of the "aquaculture/fish loop" and runs in the mineralization and plant loop. This allows for optimum plant nutrition while maintaining excellent water and care for the fish. Decoupled means that the water that is sent to the plants does not return back to the fish. This allows for nutrient additions, ph adjustment, and anything else that may be desired for best plant health. It's no compromise aquaponics. Traditional coupled aquaponics involves choices between fish care and plant care resulting in sub optimal performance for one side of the equation. This type of system setup lets you handle both independently for the best results. Hope that makes sense! Thanks for your question, Dominic.
Tone, While a completely coupled aquaponics system is a perfectly fine and operational system, a decoupled aquaponics system allows for both the plants and fish systems to be operated independently. This allows for better control of temperature, pH, and nutrient need for both systems which in some cases are not synergetic. In other words, plants and fish often have different needs when it comes to temperature, pH, and nutrients such as iron. having the two systems decoupled allows for both systems to be operated at their highest efficiencies. Hope this answers your question. Thanks for your question and for watching!
@@ASTFilters Oh awesome :) So i could do this too! Making an aquaponics and size it after grow beds is a headache. Mineralization tank and a seperate hydro with sump would be better. Thanks for explaining :)
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I understand that the filter catches all the solids and breaks it down and sends it to the plants. what I can't understand is what happens with the ammonia that the fish also releases. It seems like it would get broken down into nitrates and then sent back to the fish tank and the nitrate levels would climb since it is not attached to the plant which would absorb those nitrates.
The ammonia the fish release breaks down into nitrites (also toxic) and finally into nitrates (relatively non toxic). The "magic" is the Endurance filter; it gathers the fish waste and concentrates it. If you are removing this concentrate frequently, you are preventing it from breaking down and harming your water quality in the fish tank. That waste is taken out of the "aquaculture/fish loop" and runs in the mineralization and plant loop. This allows for optimum plant nutrition while maintaining excellent water and care for the fish.
Decoupled means that the water that is sent to the plants does not return back to the fish. This allows for nutrient additions, ph adjustment, and anything else that may be desired for best plant health. It's no compromise aquaponics. Traditional coupled aquaponics involves choices between fish care and plant care resulting in sub optimal performance for one side of the equation. This type of system setup lets you handle both independently for the best results. Hope that makes sense! Thanks for your question, Dominic.
@@ASTFilters But what happened to the built up nitrate recirculated from ammonia fish urination? how is that nitrate consumed overtime? Thanks.
@@lifetmt9315 it's the bio filter. There are beads in the filter that house the nitrifying bacteria.
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How come you made the system like this? Aquaponics can run this hydro farm by itself and it doesn't need to be seperated.
Tone,
While a completely coupled aquaponics system is a perfectly fine and operational system, a decoupled aquaponics system allows for both the plants and fish systems to be operated independently. This allows for better control of temperature, pH, and nutrient need for both systems which in some cases are not synergetic. In other words, plants and fish often have different needs when it comes to temperature, pH, and nutrients such as iron. having the two systems decoupled allows for both systems to be operated at their highest efficiencies. Hope this answers your question.
Thanks for your question and for watching!
@@ASTFilters Oh awesome :) So i could do this too! Making an aquaponics and size it after grow beds is a headache. Mineralization tank and a seperate hydro with sump would be better. Thanks for explaining :)