This video presents the harvesting and sexing grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) broodstock prior to the artificial spawning of grass carp. Since mid 1990s, the use of herbicides in the River Nile and irrigation canals has been banned in Egypt. Instead, grass carp has been used as the biological control agent for aquatic plants. This video …
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Jun 02 2012
Feeding the fingerlings of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus in concrete tanks (Egypt)- Video
This video presents the feeding of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus in concrete tanks
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Apr 30 2012
Fish predation in the wild (Video)
This video shows a predation case in the wild. The video shows the relationship between the predator and the prey. The freshness of the prey as shown in the video indicates the immediate action of predation. The video has been taken in Alexandria, Egypt
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Apr 30 2012
Incubating the embryos of African catfish, Clarias gariepinus (Video)
This video shows a hatchery of African catfish, Clarias gariepinus. Artificial reproduction of African catfish is now carried out at commercial level in several hatcheries in Egypt. The video shows the incubators of catfish embryos whereas water is supplied from the bottom and drains from screened windows near the top of the incubators.
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Apr 30 2012
Fouling of tilapia cages in Rayaan Depressions, Fayoum, Egypt (Video)
The video which has been taken in Rayaan Depression in Fayoum, Egypt. Cage farming has been banned in River Nile while some cages have been licensed for practicing in Rayaan depression for Nile tilapia farming. The video shows several piles of fouling aquatic plants. The periodic maintenance of cages is necessary in order to maintain …
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Apr 30 2012
Tilapia cages in Rayaan Depressions, Fayoum (Egypt) – Video
This video shows a unit of cages located in Rayaan Depression, Fayoum, Egypt. Demand feeders are commonly used in cages. As we see in the video, demand feeders are covered to avoid feed loss by birds.
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Apr 30 2012
Hand grading of harvested tilapia in a commercial tilapia farm in Egypt (Video)
The video has been taken in a commercial fish farm for Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus. Farm crew is sorting fish in size grades although as shown in the video that the majority of harvested fish falls in the premium size. It worth mentioning that prices vary significantly according to size grades.
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Apr 30 2012
A small-scale fish feed mill in India (Video)
Credit: Indian fish farmers and Raju (India) Feed preparation at farm level using different locally available raw materials was a common practice in the olden days. Now a day, farmers prefer to go for using floating pellets in carp farming. Some big feed manufacturing companies supply the formulated feed which may not be have the …
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Apr 14 2012
Sex identification and spawning readiness of African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) female (Video)
Credit: Glenda Velez Calabria (Colombia) and David Ramirez (Peru); Description: Abdel Rahman El Gamal This video shows how female African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) is identified based on the reddish coloration of the genital papilla. The video also shows the examination of the sexual maturation and spawning readiness of African catfish which is usually done through …
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Apr 14 2012
Sex identification of African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) male (Video)
Credit: Glenda Velez Calabria (Colombia) and David Ramirez (Peru); Description: Abdel Rahman El Gamal This short video clearly shows the projection of the male genital papilla of African catfish (Clarias gariepinus). This video was taken during the month of November which is considered outside the natural spawning season of African catfish in Egypt.
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