400-litre reservoir, a bio-filter, small pump, zeolite, aluminium support framing, white plastic gulleys and 24 squat pots filled with a clay ball medium (hydroton).
The word has been created from two words – poly meaning many and culture meaning a crop of experimental bacteria or the like. The general understanding of polyculture is the growing of more than one crop within the same cultivation system.
In aquaponics, one grows plants and fish together in an integrated system. The fish wastes provide a food source for the growing plants and the plants roots provide a natural filter for the water the fish live in. This can create a sustainable ecosystem where both plants and fish can thrive.
Aquaponics 
