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The Aquarium Biogarden® Small is an aquarium aquaponic kit for growing plants while purifying water from a glass tank below. The aquaponic kit easily installs on top of most 10-15 gallon standard aquariums.Supports hydroponics, aquaponics, bioponics. The 10 gallon Aquarium Biogarden® is most practical for growing lettuces, strawberries, wheatgrass, flowers, medicinal herbs, microgreens, and even heavy feeding plants when a bioponic fertilizing approach is taken. With a soil-less grow media, the bed will support planting with bulbs, cuttings and directly sowing or seeding. Enjoy the dynamic of creating a natural balance among plants and fish as your Biogarden® tranforms organic matter into energy, nourishment and life.
Design Features - Small scale system for attaching to standard glass aquarium.
- Holds grow media for supporting entire filter needs for fish tank.
- Drain through center of trough, with overflow weir at one end.
- Corrugated, insulated, HDPE troughs and tanks.
- Trickle Valve floods and drains from undersurface of trough.
- Supports ebb n flow growing method
- Developed to accommodate hydroponics, aquaponics or bioponics techniques
- Raise typical small to medium sized garden vegetables, flowers herbs fruiting plants.
- Supports growing microgreens and wheatgrass without hassles of growing in soil
- Vertical height above ground allows one to grow upside plants and utilize more growing area.
- Worms added to grow beds produces rhizome enhancement organisms, decomposers and nitrifyers.
- Unique drip irrigation and Trickle Valve drain allows for full media saturation and complete drainage each flood & drain cycle.
Sustainable Farming Benefits - Black tanks and troughs are 40% recycled and 100% recyclable.
- Weather resistant, durable and safe - no volatile chemicals, ideal for growing organic plants and fish. Great for teaching simple plant and fish growing, chemistry, biology and nutrient cycling.
- Efficient growing, conserves water.
- Ideal for small balcony, classroom or home settings.
- Minimal effort required as no need for soil management, composting or weeding.
- Beds behave as an living ecosystem when natural nutrients are used.
- Beds behave as a biofilter.
- Converts ammonia from tank below to fertilizer with help of natural bacterial.
- When using bioponic approach, fertility can be managed without need for complicated chemical testing and water management as with hydroponics and aquaponics.
- Fish or water storage under tables creates space efficiency.
- When use in window, only power needed is for small water pump.
- Grow local fish varieties of perch, catfish and trout and compare flavor
- Raise crustaceans such as shrimp, crawfish or crabs in lower tank.
- Create fertilizers without fish from bags of green manure teas submerged in tank
Technical Specs:
- Trough™ Width: 11"
- Grow Area: .92 square feet,
- Grow Bed Volume: .15 cubic feet,
- Number of Tanks: 0,
- Number of Grow Beds: 1,
- Trough™ Dimensions: 1'L x 0.9'W x 0.5' H,
- Materials: Trough™ -HDPE
Biogarden® Aquarium Grow Kit includes the following:
- All pre-assembled parts, pieces and tools.
- Trickle Valves
parts are included as a way replace need for bell siphon or bulkhead fitting. The unique valve design allows for flooding and drainage through a single opening in the bottom of each grow bed. Water trickles through grow beds from top down, when set up for ebb n flow.
Customer has "Options" to purchase a choice of following:- Pump, timer, aerator, Bio-grass Bags
Customer will need to supply locally:- 10 gallon glass aquarium and grow media or suitable stones.
- Estimated Cost for additional materials: $20
"Average expected plant and fish yield per year with this grow table:"
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"Estimated additional customer cost for the above, non-included items:
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