Wouldn’t it be cool to have a small aquaponic system producing greens or veggies on your counter? Check out these top countertop aquaponic garden systems!
New To Aquaponics?
Aquaponics is a method of gardening that requires no soil or added nutrients. Instead, fish waste is naturally broken down and turned into nutrients the plants can absorb.
While most aquaponic systems are large scale growing edible fish like tilapia, you can actually use many different fish for hydroponics, these smaller aquaponic systems use traditional “pet fish”.
Here Are The Top Countertop Aquaponic Garden Systems
The Aquasprouts Garden makes putting together your aquaponics system as easy as setting their garden kit on a standard 10-gallon aquarium. The size of this system allows you to grow a variety of vegetables at one time while not taking up much space. The Aquasprouts Garden includes:
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The ECO-Cycle Aquaponics garden also fits over the top of an aquarium tank, but this system fits a standard 20-gallon aquarium, allowing you to grow more produce, faster. Setup is a little more than some of the other systems but it’s also the largest on the list, and comes with lighting. ECO-Cycle Aquaponics Garden system includes:
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The Back To The Roots Water Garden is great for those looking to dabble in aquaponics or just have a cool decoration that grows some greens. This aquaponic garden is built for growing microgreens but can also slowly leafy greens. Since there is only room for 1 fish, there will not be enough nutrients created to grow larger vegetables. This is a larger, commercial version of the homemade Mason Jar aquaponic system, as this system holds about 3.5 gallons of water, more acceptable space for a betta. The Back To The Roots Water Garden system includes:
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This system is meant for 1 small fish and 1 plant. While the picture shows a basil plant growing in the system I would opt more for a decorative plant like flowers or small houseplant. The EcoQube Aquarium includes:
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Recommended Fish
This EcoQube C Aquarium is the final garden on the countertop aquaponic garden list. This aquaponic garden is something I would consider to be more of a decor aquaponic garden.Conclusion
Having an aquaponics system doesn’t have to be a big endeavor. Whether you’re wanting an indoor aquaponics for decoration, growing microgreens, or vegetables, there’s an aquaponic system everyone!
May 15, 2020 at 9:20 am
I have a 45 gallon aquarium I’m thinking about using for this. What are the first steps
May 16, 2020 at 12:12 am
The 2 aquaponic garden systems in the article are built for 10-gallon and 20-gallon tanks. Having a 45-gallon tank isn’t a bad thing, it means more fish so more nutrients, which means more/bigger plants. With that said you’re going to have to do some DIY designing. You want to pump the fish water up to your plants, let the water flow through the grow bed and back into the tank. I would build a wooden box and line it with pond liner. If you want some more help with this, shoot me an email at info@nosoilsolutions.com or through the contact page.
May 16, 2020 at 7:56 am
Thank you! I am pretty handy with tools, but That sounds pretty complicated. It sounds like I need to do lots of research before I attempt aqua. Lol