Mushrooms Maybe?

[Personoponics]

I know I'm nowhere near ready to start mushrooms in ground even, but can mushrooms be done hydroponically? Are there any other ways mushrooms could be incorporated into an aquaponic system?

[keith_r]

you could soak your logs in ft water, maybe put the logs under growbeds after seeding them

[urbanfarmer]

mushrooms are not plants, they are fungi

[Personoponics]

I know mushrooms are fungi :P But could be grown in an aqueous solution? Are there any studies of using fungi instead of plants as a filtering mechanism in aquaponics? I want to see if I can have a fungal farm aquaponic system :) Otherwise, I'll just try to see if it is better off for vermiculture and composting. Still, maybe there is a way these can be combined?

[urbanfarmer]

I know mushrooms are fungi :P But could be grown in an aqueous solution? Are there any studies of using fungi instead of plants as a filtering mechanism in aquaponics? I want to see if I can have a fungal farm aquaponic system :) Otherwise, I'll just try to see if it is better off for vermiculture and composting. Still, maybe there is a way these can be combined?
Well sir, buy some mushroom "seeds" and "plant" them. :lol:

Your only source of viable food for the mushrooms would be the fish poo. You could either use a "vortex filter" and remove the solids and create an area simply to mushroom compost the poo OR figure out a way to use a gravel grow bed to capture enough solids and grow the mushrooms as well. Remember, the mushroom is the fruiting body of the fungi. More precisely, it's a reproductive organ. The vast majority of the organisms is found "inside" the feed material.

Where do you want to start?