3.11 , 3.12 Probiotics: The "bio" of a Biofloc system

The "bio" in BioflocAt its core, biofloc is a waste treatment system. Biofloc systems use a counter-intuitive approach and allow or encourage solids and the microbial colonies to accumulate in water. Water quality can be controlled as long as there is sufficient mixing and aeration...

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5. Difficulties faced by beginners

When we started this business, we couldn't gather the proper information about biofloc fish farming. Although we had completed our costly one day training from a "self-proclaimed" know-it-all trainer, we were still in the dark about a lot of stuff related to this aquaculture...

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3.10 Importance of water temperature in aquaculture

Biofloc is one of the most innovative techniques in aquaculture which results in better production of fishes, invertebrates in manually controlled tanks. Since, it is a comparatively new technique of fish farming, clouds of confusion form in everyone's minds. Fish farmers are...

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3.8 , 3.9 Why is salt used in aquaculture?

Raw salt and Biofloc fish farming: a weird relationYou may have read posts somewhere on the internet or watched videos on YouTube about Biofloc fish farming, and you may have wondered why is salt, specifically raw salt, used for freshwater fishes. Right? I mean, we're mainly...

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3.6 , 3.7 Effects of pH on fish health

What is pH?     Power of Hydrogen, abbreviated as pH, is a scale used to specify how acidic or basic a solution is. a solution having a pH of 7 is considered neutral, i.e. it is neither acidic nor basic in nature. At room temperature (25℃), solutions having...

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3.3, 3.4, 3.5 Air Pump Accessories

What are the accessories for air pump? Just an air pump won't be of any use to you. For that you'll need other attachments like air pipes, air stones, controllers, non-return check valves,etc. We will be talking about them in my own words, hopefully you'll find it useful.Please...

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3.1 Use of Potassium Permanganate in Biofloc Farming

• Potassium PermanganatePotassium permanganate is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula KMnO4. It is a purplish-black crystalline solid, that dissolves in water to give intensely pink or purple solutions. In a layman's term, it is a moderately strong  "chemical"...

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