The nutrient-rich water from raising fish provides a natural fertiliser for the growing plants. As the plants use the nutrients they help to purify the water for the fish and the cycle continues, a natural microbial process keeping fish and plants healthy creating a sustainable ecosystem where both can thrive.
Aquaponic’s could potentially provide high quality, locally-grown fresh food all year round.
We went along with Paul Cross,our Plumbing Technician and inspiration for our project, to visit MoffatCan, who are currently running Scotland’s 1st Aquaponic’s Greenhouse successfully.
A big Thank You to Kerry for driving us, as you can see we were all a little windswept but it was a great place to visit and very inspirational.
Thank you Edward & Alice @ Moffat Can for your time and information about setting up the Aquaponic’s system at Moffat Can and the help for our Aquaponic’s project too.
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| Our visit to Moffat Can |
We were also greatly helped by;
Nigel &
Paul at Maidenhead Aquatics who donated a pump for our system, along with
Mike at
Brampton Koi who also donated a pump.
The wonderful
ladies at B&Q Customer services desk who gifted the lush herbs & plants
Nick the
Miller from Little Selkeld Watermill nr Penrith who generously donated the
beautiful organic seed
And last
but not least
Robbie
for bravely donating his pet goldfish, Eenie
Meenie Miney & Mo in the name of environmental research
