Aquaponics is a food production system that couples aquaculture (raising aquatic animals such as fish, crayfish, snails or prawns in tanks) with the hydroponics (cultivating plants in water) whereby the nutrient-rich aquaculture water is fed to hydroponically grown plants. Unlike traditional agriculture, aquaponics uses 1/6 of the water to sustainably grow 8 times more food per acre, without the use of pesticides.