This is the ez-reach ez-22 family & stem food growing system offering 22 square feet of ez-reach (34") grow bed space with two grow beds and a 150 gallon fish tank. it can be placed against a wall or in a corner. click the picture for lots of details about this perfect beginner system for a home or school.. The standard aquaponics unit works by creating a nitrogen cycle. in this system, water is shared between a fish tank and grow beds. in the fish tank, fish produce waste that is high in ammonia content.. The first thing they considered was the weights of everything encompassed in their aquaponic grow bed containers. the grow bed must be sturdy enough to withstand the weight of the aquaponics grow media (for example, clay media = 450g per liter), water (1kg per liter) and plants..
Aquaponics grow bed media (expanded clay pebbles – grow media) an ideal grow bed media used as the growing media in your flood and drain systems ready made grow bed media that has a proven track record for stability expanded clay pebbles - manufactured from special types of clay that have low soluble salt content hence particularly suited. In your aquaponic system the nitrifying bacteria will thrive in the gravel in the fish tanks and in the growing medium in the grow bed. nitrate is used by plants to grow and flourish. the plants readily uptake the nitrate in the water and in consuming it, keep the levels safe for the fish.. An aquaponics grow bed is one of the 3 main components in any aquaponics system, the other two being the fish tank and the water transfer system. the grow bed is actually a bio-filter itself in that, the natural bacteria takes up residence on the surfaces of the gravel media..