Abstract the effects of natural zeolite as a bed medium in increasing lettuce and red tilapia growth as well as improvement of water quality parameters in an aquaponic system were investigated. an experiment with a completely randomized design was. An experiment with a completely randomized design was run with two treatments in triplicates, 1) an aquaponic system without use of zeolite as a control group and 2) use of a small cotton bag, containing 10 g zeolite as a bed medium for planting a lettuce seedling. in each experimental unit, 42 seedlings of lettuce were introduced.. The effects of natural zeolite as a bed medium in increasing lettuce (lactuca sativa) and red tilapia (oreochromis sp.) growth as well as improvement of water quality parameters in an aquaponic system were investigated. an experiment with a completely randomized design was run with two treatments in triplicates: (1) an aquaponic system without zeolite as a control group; and (2) use of a small....
Zeolites are widely used in the aquaculture industry in southeast asia and latin america to improve water and feed quality and to reduce the negative environmental impacts of aquaculture and to. Zeolite is a naturally occuring deposit (i.e. rock!) that has a fairly unique structure which is highly porous whilst also allowing for rapid uptake and loosing of charged particles. therein lies the relevance of zeolite to aquaculture; when placed in water zeolite filters ammonia out of the water and holds it inside its' porous structure..
