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RE: An early aquaponics walkthrough

in HiveGarden3 years ago

What is IBC?

I always thought that filters wouldn't be needed in aquaponic systems because I was told that the plants clean the water from the fish tanks as they take the nutrients sending it back clean for the fish.

Seems I've still a lot to learn.

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it's nowhere near that efficient. A lot of the fish waste doesn't break down, plus there's always dust and dirt blowing in to an outdoor system. The media breaks down to. The new build has heaps more filters in it

An IBC is one of those big square white containers used for transporting liquids. IBC stands for something like 'intermediate bulk container'