Aquaponics Variety

Types of common fish and vegetables suitable for Aquaponics

Vegetables

Most of the common garden vegetables do well with aquaponics, except for a lot of the root vegetables like potatoes, onions, garlic, etc. Growing root crops with aquaponics is possible but they can be tricky in this kind of deep water raft system, perhaps media fill system could do it.

Common fruit bearing vegetables like tomatoes, cucumbers, okra, squash, peppers, melons, strawberries and even corn if supported will grow beautifully. Leafy greens like lettuce, cabbage and herbs like basil grow amazingly well.

Common legumes like beans and peas also do quite well. Viney plants like pole beans and cucumbers are great because they can be rooted in the grow bed, and the rest of the plant can grow off in some direction and take advantage of space and light away from the grow bed.

Fish

Tilapia, a fresh water fish that is hardy and fast growing, is most commonly raised fish in aquaponics. Numerous other freshwater fish, such as crappie, bass, carp, brim, goldfish and koi are being raised in aquaponics. More intense commercial operators are experimenting and developing hybrid systems to raise trout, char and salmon, such systems are more complex and require higher levels of technologies and management for rearing environment control.

Here are a short list of suitable fish for Aquaponics:
Tilapia
Walleye
Yellow Perch
Lake Perch
Bluegill
Channel Catfish
Hybrid Striped Bass
Northern Crayfish
Largemouth Bass
Smallmouth Bass
All Carp
Goldfish
Sunfish
Bream
Crappie
Pacu
Koi

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