Aquaponics is the simultaneous cultivation of plants and aquatic animals in a symbiotic environment where the animal effluents that accumulate in the water are used and filtered out by the plants as nutrients, after which the water is recirculated back to the animals. The system consists of a traditional aquaculture system with a hydroponic system. The aquaponic system basically takes the waste by-product generated from aquaculture for use as the nutrient solution for hydroponics. The hydroponics portion of the system in turn acts as the filtration system to maintain water quality for aquaculture portion. The term aquaponics is a merging of the terms aquaculture and hydroponic, hinting at the two functional portions of the system.
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