What is the best pH for our bacteria in aquaponics? This is what we're going to see
together in this video.
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Some people ask me what is the best pH for the bacteria
that we have in on the media in our grow bed in aquaponics? That's an interesting
question. I'm going to respond to it but just before
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today about the pH for the bacteria that we have in our aquaponics system, the ideal
pH most of the time for the bacteria that we want in aquaponics is a pH that
is slightly high. A pH of around 8 will be the optimum for this bacteria. But now
it's not really useful to know that because in aquaponics what we want is to
have an average pH that is good for the bacteria but also for the fish and also
for the plants. So if you have a pH that is very high above 8 or 9, you're going to have
some trouble to grow certain types of plants. I'm thinking of strawberries for
example. If the pH is too high they are not going to like it. There are a lot of
plants that like pH slightly low. Some other plants like pH slightly high. Same
for the fish. You got some fish that don't like high pH and you got some fish that
like slightly higher pH. So anyway, we are not going to go into the specificity of
each species but what we want in aqupaonics because we are working with this
diversity of living creatures, we want a pH that is
around 7. If you have a pH around 7, you can grow most of the species
and therefore, they all live in harmony. It's basically the good average for
all the species that you're going to grow. So even if the aquaponics bacteria the
bacteria that we want to grow in aquaponics are going to grow better in a
pH that is slightly higher, I recommend to keep the pH around 7 and not
trying to get higher. Otherwise, then you have some conditions that can be very
specific and not adapted to the plants. So I hope it responded to the question.
Again, I am going to resume it. For bacteria, the best pH for the bacteria
that we want nitrosomonas and nitrobacter are the bacteria that
are transforming the ammonia into nitrite and nitrate. The pH optimum is between
8 and 9 but in aquaponics, we want to keep a pH
around 7. At 7, those bacteria are working really well as well so it's not
a problem. They're gonna do the job so keep your pH around 7 and everybody
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