AquaSprouts's Stylish Aquaponic Garden Lets You Grow Fresh Veggies on Your Kitchen Counter | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building: If you like the idea of aquaponics but aren’t sure how to get started, you’re in luck: AquaSprouts
AquaSprouts is the ultimate countertop garden for any living space, and
the best part is that it maintains itself: you don’t have to clean it
because the fish’s secretions—which would ordinarily accumulate on the
inside of the glass tank—are instead absorbed as food by the plants
growing above. The bacteria in the fish poop acts as a fertilizer, so
when the plants suck up water from the tank, they’re also nourished
rather heartily. As part of this process, the plants clean the water for
the fish, creating a sustainable, self-contained ecosystem that just
happens to include delicious edibles for you to enjoy.
AquaSprouts is the ultimate countertop garden for any living space, and
the best part is that it maintains itself: you don’t have to clean it
because the fish’s secretions—which would ordinarily accumulate on the
inside of the glass tank—are instead absorbed as food by the plants
growing above. The bacteria in the fish poop acts as a fertilizer, so
when the plants suck up water from the tank, they’re also nourished
rather heartily. As part of this process, the plants clean the water for
the fish, creating a sustainable, self-contained ecosystem that just
happens to include delicious edibles for you to enjoy.
