Tag: China

Bamboo fish graders in China

Photo credit: Marx Perfecto C. Garcia (Philippines)  Description: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted picture was taken in an aquaculture facility in China and shows several sizes of bamboo graders. The use of bamboos in aquaculture goes back to about a century when bamboo cages were used in Indonesia. In countries …

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Crocodile culture in China

Photo credit: Khamis killei John (South Sudan) – Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted pictures show specimens of crocodiles cultured in a crocodile farm. In this particular facility, the culture of crocodiles is done for research purposes. It may worth noting that the possible escapee of crocodiles from the farms …

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Control of phytoplankton bloom using chlorine dioxide

Photo credit: Marx Perfecto C. Garcia (Philippines) Description: Marx Perfecto C. Garcia and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) As established, the turbidity caused by eutrophication and phytoplankton bloom in fish pond is a dangerous incidence that may ultimately cause stress and even kill of stocked fish. Means for the control of the …

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In-pond raceway aquaculture technology (Description and applications) – Video

Video credit: Marx Perfecto C. Garcia (Philippines) Description: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the video channel) Historic information: As reported, the “In-pond raceway technology – IPR” was first developed in 2007 on a channel catfish farm in West Alabama, USA. Afterwards, the technology was transferred to China in 2013 and then after to more Asian …

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Pond raceway system in China

Credit: Marx Perfecto C. Garcia (Philippines) This technology is observed in FFRC in Wuxi, China. It is used to produce high value species such as sea bass in intensive system. The system is operated with the use of air blowers which will create an airlift for water circulation. This method is good as it carries two …

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Counting of fish fry using a simple apparatus in China (Video)

Video credit: Herman Hennig (Argentine) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the video channel)       The video shows a simple counting system for fish fry. As shown in the video, the human resource controls the whole operation through the actual counting fish fry and then releases it from above to reach the …

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Organic shrimp farming in Asia (Video)

Video credit: Jimmy Lim (Aquamimicry China) Review: Jimmy Lim and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the channel) The video was filmed in a shrimp farm located in Hainan (China). The video shows the preparation of the ponds before stocking of the post larvae. There is a growing interest in organic food including organic shrimp. …

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Cage culture of grass carp in China

Photo credit: Jean-Marie Manirambona (Burundi) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website)     Intensive culture of grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) in China is practiced in several types including cages in open waters as shown in the inserted picture (governmental facility). Grass carp could be the only species stocked or the major species …

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Nutritive value of duckweed and its potential use in fish feed

Photo credit: Khamis killei John (South Sudan) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) This photo was taken in an aquaculture facility in China Introduction: Duckweeds are macrophytes which belong to the Lemnaceae family. They are small green flowering plants which grow as small floating colonies on the surfaces of quiet water bodies. …

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Farm-made fish feed in a Chinese farm

Credit: Khamis killei John (South Sudan) The photos show feed mixers which are used by some fish farms in China. The shape of feed mixers may vary and so the feed ingredients. These small feeding machines operate by electricity. On the average, the volume of the mixer is about 6 kilograms of feed.    

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