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Advanced biotechnology solutions for shrimp farming industry - Agriculture - Aquaculture
Aquaculture is the most rapidly growing food-production industry in the world. All in an effort to support increasing demands and to offset overfishing pressures. Controlled conditions enable farmers to generate high yields of produce in confined areas, making it less expensive for consumers to obtain. Done correctly, aquaculture has less negative impacts than open water fishing -where by-catch and overfishing are major concerns. However the quality of the produce is serious drawback. Toxins and heavy metals are commonly found in tissue samples. The quality and effectiveness of an aquaculture operation is directly dependent upon the quality of the water the fish or shrimp are raised in. Disease and fatalities are associated with water contamination due to an accumulation of ammonia, nitrates, fecal matter and pathogens - often a result of over crowding and inadequate filtration.
Conventional treatments try to maintain water quality by frequent dredging or maintaining a constant inflow of clean water and with an outflow to remove the contaminants. There are several issues with this form of treatment:
- Constant need to recycle pond water which is costly and inefficient
- Heavy maintenance of equipment and filtration replacement
- Limitation on the location of aqua-ponds
- Polluting effluent which may need to be pretreated to meet local discharge standards
- High levels pathogens and infectious diseases present in water, requiring constant antibiotic treatment
- High mortality rates
- High BOD levels
- High sludge levels
- Tissue contamination
Applying MicroMix assures a clean and vital pond, whether it is small aquarium or multi million gallon facility. The unique blend of microorganisms in MicroMix will rapidly convert fish feces, contaminants, uneaten food and other organic waste and convert them into humic content. BOD, ammonia, nitrates and sludge levels will drop significantly thereby dramatically reducing the need for the water to be replaced. Pathogens will also be eliminated from the water and consequently the fish or shrimp will not get diseases, dropping their mortality rates to almost zero. Farmers will see their produce grow robustly at optimal health and realize higher yields.
MicroMix restores and stabilizes the micronutrient balance in the water which is far less expensive than continuously pumping water in and out of the ponds. Farming operations as a whole will become less costly and more efficient, passing on profits directly on the farmers. Further more they will become more sustainable operations with less negative impacts on the environment.