The bacteria takes care of the sodium and ammonium, as it turns it into nitrates. I have gold fish and a turtle living in the same tank, they seem to be doing fine. I feed the fish just commercial grade food, and the turtle eats the fish, and vegetables I grow for him.
ADM Reviewed by ADM on . Anyone using Aquaponics? I have a new set up for my grow, basically I am growing 1 plant, SOG, using CFL's, with aquaponics as my growing method. The turtle/fish, poop, and that "dirty" water is pumped down into my rock reservoir, where bacteria collects on the rocks, and allows nitrates and other stuff to be produced. Then that water/nutrients gets siphoned out to my plant chamber, where there is a constant flow of new water coming in and going out.(the picture will explain more later) While in this chamber, the Rating: 5