new hydroponics setup

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wow_it_esploded

Gambusia
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Does boiling water increse the concentration of nutrients? Like if I took water with 10ppm of nitrates (the highest any body of water in my house gets to) and I boiled it until it was 1/4 of the original volume, would the remaining water have 40ppm of nitrates? If so, I imagine watering houseplants (which prefer nitrates over ammonia or ntrites) with really concentrated fish water would be a nice fertalizer. If I let my pond hit 40ppm of nitrates and took gallon of water from it subsequently boiling the gallon of water down to 8 oz. Would I have water with 640ppm of nitrates?
I think I will try... The hardest part for me is not performing water changes on that pond and overfeeding! I normally do 100% water changes every 2 weeks to keep nitrates below 10ppm.

Looks like I am gonna have nice soupy water soon!
 
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EllieGreene

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Wow_it_espoloded: Yes, that will increase the concentration. It would probably be a PITA to boil off 475 gallons of water every couple of weeks though..

A couple of other ways to get oxygen to the roots in hydroponics...
1. Airstones.
2. Don't submerge the plant's roots all the way in the water.

Plants can take up oxygen directly from water, but it is significantly more concentrated in air.

Zoo: The nutrients don't have to be more concentrated in aeroponics. The same concentration works fine. You don't see a lot of aero-aquaponics though, the fishcrap clogs up the nozzles.
 
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wow_it_esploded

Gambusia
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Well I was really not thinking about aeroponics, but really just fertilizer for plants around the house... *shrugs* Maybe even ferts for a heavily planted tank that uses a lot of nutrients.
 
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