The Lunar Hatch closed-loop food chain

Water from lunar ice used to fill fish tanks

Fish

Wastewater

used to produce micro-algae

Organic waste feeds shrimp and worms

Algae

Deposit

feeders

Shrimp and worms fed to fish

Bivalves

Bivalve-filtered water returned to fish tanks

Algal biomass feeds filtering organisms

Water from lunar ice used to fill fish tanks

Fish

Wastewater

used to produce micro-algae

Organic waste feeds shrimp and worms

Algae

Deposit

feeders

Shrimp and worms fed to fish

Bivalves

Bivalve-filtered water returned to fish tanks

Algal biomass feeds filtering organisms

Deposit

feeders

Shrimp and worms fed to fish

Organic waste feeds shrimp and worms

Water from lunar ice used to fill fish tanks

Bivalve-filtered water returned to fish tanks

Fish

Bivalves

Algae

Wastewater used to produce micro-algae

Algal biomass feeds filtering organisms

Deposit

feeders

Organic waste feeds shrimp and worms

Shrimp and worms fed to fish

Water from lunar ice used to fill fish tanks

Bivalve-filtered water returned to fish tanks

Fish

Bivalves

Algal biomass feeds filtering organisms

Algae

Wastewater used to produce micro-algae