Is Aquaponics a Natural Compost Tea Brewing System?

Take a tour around Murray Hallam's farm just outside Brisbane and you'll discover that Murray is a firm believer in making compost teas for his plants and aquaponics systems.

Murray demonstrates the positive benefit of adding compost teas to his garden plants. You can see the richer growth on his bamboo grove as well as other plants in his garden.

The same thing applies to his aquaponics system. In fact you can look at an aquaponics system as a giant compost tea brewer that activates all the microbes into activity that help stimulate plant growth with natural aerobic bacteria. It could be one reason people always say that plants seem to grow faster in aquaponics than conventional soil growing system.