Showing posts with label Hatchery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hatchery. Show all posts

Recommended Product 3 - Rotifer Starter Kit - Basic

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  • Rotifers are small (100-300 micron) zooplankton that exist in freshwater, brackish, and marine environments.
  • Rotifers feed on microalgae and are consumed by a wide variety of fish, shellfish, corals, and other filter feeding organism.
  • Rotifers are used extensively in aquaculture and aquariums because of their super high reproductive rates (doubling or better every 24 hours).
  • Under optimal conditions a rotifer culture will double in volume every day.
  • The life span of a marine rotifer is 7 to 12 days.
  • They have very high metabolisms and empty their guts and need to eat every 4 hours.
Details can be found HERE

Recommended Article 7 - Culturing Rotifers in Small Systems (Home or Lab)

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  • This article proves that rotifers are very easy to culture at home.
  • Rotifers feed best on microalgae, typically in the 1 to 10 micron range.
  • The most commonly used algae is called Nannochloropsis.
  • Other commonly used algae are Isochrysis and Pavlova.
Details can be found HERE

Recommended Article 6 - Freshwater Prawns Hatchery and Nursery Management

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  • The three phases of freshwater prawn culture are hatchery, nursery, and pond grow out.
  • This article provides detailed information on the design and operation of a freshwater prawn hatchery and nursery facility.
  • That would enable the producer to culture juveniles for stocking his own production ponds or for sale to other grow-out operations.
  • The hatchery and nursery stages are labor intensive and exacting, and require relatively high expertise for success.
  • A limited number of postlarvae and juvenile suppliers currently exist, and an increase in demand will eventually lead to more enterprises that deal exclusively in the production and sale of seedstock.
Details can be found HERE

Technology 1 - Complete Aquaculture System

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  • This complete system was developed, manufactured and marketed by Scubla Aquaculture based in Italy.
  • They offers consist of manufacture, design and install of complete fish farming systems.
  • Simply supply or complete package deals.
  • Often hatchery is the most important component of an aquaculture plant, and guarantees the success of following stages.
  • Scubla small-scale hatcheries are capable of rearing millions of larvae or fingerlings in one year.
  • They can equally be used well in small farms, in large land-based fisheries, in fish cages systems alike.
  • Scubla Aquaculture services also include training program for personnel, as a part of its management package.
Details can be found HERE

Recommended Product 2 - Hatching Jars For Fish Eggs & Brine Shrimp

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  • This simple and nice product supplied by Alternative Aquaculture, Lofthouse.
  • This conical hatching jars was fabricated in clear plastic.
  • Available in 2 sizes.
  • Ideal for the incubation and hatching of both fish eggs and brine shrimp.
  • Can be made in a variety of sizes to suit an individuals requirements.
  • The hatching jars have an integrated spout at the top to allow the water/hatchlings to swim out into the hatching tanks.
  • Easy to regulate the water flow precisely to suit the stage of development the eggs and to check them for any signs of infection.
  • Picture of the product is shown below.

Details can be found HERE