Aquaponics System
An Aquaponics System consists in a combination of a Hydroponic System and a Aquaculture System. It consists of growing plants in a medium through which water rich in nutrients flows. This water then goes to a fish tank, where fish use it as a medium to live in. As the fish eat and digest the food, they produce waste, which turns into ammonia and serves as fertilizar for the plants, which use the water with ammonia that comes from the fish tank. When the water goes to the bed, the process of nitrification occurs, and nitrogen is broken down in order to be absorbed by the plants. After this process, the water is now clean enough to return to the fish tank. The invisible which I made visible was the Nitrification process and the Digestion process, which together make up a Nitrogen Cycle.
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