Aquarium water

Hello all
I am new to the world of growing, and im interested in organics. I have done alot of reading and research, trying to figure out the best methods of growth.
One thing I had a question about is using aquarium water to water your plants. I have had a freshwater aquarium for a few years now with great success, and have in turn had to learn and research about the composition of healthy aquarium water. A healthy aquarium is loaded with nutrients and trace elements such as NO2-, NO3-, calcium (Ca2+), magnesium (Mg2+), O2, CO, Iron, Phosphate, and Salt. On top of all that are many beneficial live bacteria that are essential in decomposition.
I have looked through these forums and found a couple topics asking about it but never anything useful. Anyone have any idea if it would be beneficial? I would think it would go well in a soil application.
Any coments would be appreciated

rain water aquarium water both would be beneficial, but the whole aquarium water thing does sound like a good idea, i myself only use rain water

I know it's a great idea and so do others,check this link...
Practical Aquaponics. Build an Aquaponics System to grow your own Fish and Vegetables. Commercial or Home

breeder steve who made blueberry only feeds his plants aquarium water. He calls it guppyponics.

You just gotta make sure that there aren't any harmful bacteria in with the good bacteria. Maybe a trial on one plant first and if it goes well, change it up and do the guppyponics!

Thank you all your your replies! It brings me hope
I am currently germinating some bag seeds (yeah I know, they are gonna grow crap tree, but Id rather not try my little experiment on my G13 x Hash Plants and risk killing them)
I will keep you all updated as to how it works

shit, youd be surprised what those bag seeds can produce with a little care and watching over.....

Im sure hoping, after all that time and work I dont want to be smoking dirt
I just didnt want to pitch $60 worth of seeds down the drain simply because im inexperienced

when you do the water change you throw it in garden or down the drain.

yes use it it will have plenty of nitrate and nitrites in and other fishy matter. i always used too throw my water changing onto my plum tree. it grew like crazy and caused a drain too block with roots. also game me the best tasting fruit i had in a long time too.

i would say yes too using changeover water i dont think it could hurt. but i would only use a little at first on a test subject too gather data and carfuly monitor its grow with this liquid feed.

Tamzi

Yeah I had some bamboo growing indoors and it was pretty much dead. I added some water from my aquarium and within 2 days it was looking healthier than ever before.
Whats crazy to me is that while I am excited to harvest and smoke my own homegrown, I think Im even more excited for the grow itself....since its my first time its going to be a challenge and im looking forward to putting the massive amount of knowledge ive gained on this site to use
Once I get my camera working again ill get some updates with pics

Camera's still broke so I used my phone
Yes my set up is ghetto and cheap
The quality is terrible but the first pic is my rubermaid grow bin...haha....yes thats tinfoil not mylar...yes those are cups holding my seedlings...no I wasnt kidding about my setup being ghetto and broke
The second pic is from the outside....I cut a hole in the lid....yes thats a window fan....still ghetto
The third pic is the one of the lights that Ill be using once they are no longer seedlings....its 2 42w t5's....oddly U shaped, found the set up really cheap why not
And I will update more as I go, I only have one plant out of 4 so far poking a little sprout out
Im so excited I cant stop going to check on my babies

I use fish water... after I strain it and re-ph it.... the beneficial bacteria (which turns the fish crap into nutrients) dies at ph 6.0 or lower...

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Best of luck...

Gypsy....

Test the PH first. My aquarium fluctuates a lot. The PH is often too low to use on plants.

Mattpd said:

Test the PH first. My aquarium fluctuates a lot. The PH is often too low to use on plants.

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I keep the Ph in the aquarium at around 7.0... to maintain the beneficial bacteria... they die at Ph 6.0 or lower...

Then I re-Ph it to around 5.8 for my hydro units...

Working good so far...

just fyi, it looks like your using the shiny side of you aluminum foil, the dull side i think is better, doesnt direct heat to a point as does the shiny side

Did me good on my first indoor grow.

I'd be careful....The idea of aquarium water sounds great and as I have multiple fish tanks in my house this would be a great idea whenever I am doing a water change. On the other hand the reason we change the water is because as the fish live and secrete in the tank harmful levels of ammonia, nitrates, and nitrites build up and filtering and biological filtering helps, but eventually does not compensate for this toxic buildup and the water must be changed out. Unless I was sure of exactly where all these levels are...I would not chance your plants...well just my thoughts anyhow...

Wise words...

I make sure my fish, shrimp, beneficial bacteria and water are always healthy... My food crops love it...

As I have said before, aquarium water is ideal, assuming we're working with a well established frehswater (not marine or brackish) tank.

I'd like to see someone back up the assertions that nitrifying bacteria (Nitrobacter & Nitrosomonas) die at a pH of 6 or lower. Their activity is inhibited, but this does not equal death.

Seamaiden said:

As I have said before, aquarium water is ideal, assuming we're working with a well established frehswater (not marine or brackish) tank.

I'd like to see someone back up the assertions that nitrifying bacteria (Nitrobacter & Nitrosomonas) die at a pH of 6 or lower. Their activity is inhibited, but this does not equal death.

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Ok... I'm full of shit... and I don't know what I am talking about... Thank you for correcting me...

I have been checking out some aquaponics forums, and when I mentioned that I kept the Ph around 5.8, I was told it was too low for proper "enigmatic chemistry" to happen...

But wouldn't inhibited activity and death both result in an unbalance? not in the same scale obviously, but equally bad for fish and plants ... right???

Thanks again for setting the record straight...

Gypsy...