Aquaculture Pond Aeration Increases Fish Production And Improves
Fish Health And Growth Rate.
Aquaculture pond aeration is vital to the vigorous health and
vitality of fish. Without enough
oxygen, fish become stressed
and their growth rate slows. Additionally, the lack of oxygen
bottom will allow the build-up of fish waste and other organic
nutrients at the bottom of the water body. As this material
decays, it leads to the build-up of toxic gases which are
harmful to the fish. Paddlewheels and surface aerators do
not address these problems or correct them.
Complete aquaculture pond aeration of the bottom through
aquaculture recirculating system and toxic gas removal enables
oxygen breathing microorganisms and insects to feed on organic
sediment and organic waste just as a snail does in an aquarium.
Once oxygen levels are restored using this aquaculture
equipment, the entire water column and toxic gases at the bottom
are removed, fish then feed on the insects at the bottom.
Turbulence produced by conventional aquaculture equipment re-suspends muck
and mixes toxic gases and anoxic water into the water column.
The
CLEAN-FLO Continuous Laminar Flow
Inversion and Oxygenation type aquaculture
recirculating
system restores and
maintains aerobic conditions in water bodies by employing
natural non-turbulent inversion through aquaculture pond
aeration from bottom
to top. Oxygen levels remain consistently high, water quality improves
and organic sediment and waste is converted into food for fish,
producing rapid fish growth.
Examples of our success include:
The Effects of Aeration on the Shoreline Fishes of a
Eutrophic Florida Lake
Taconic Shores Property Association
John Sinotte
Mountain Lake Area Sportsman Club
The Wilderness Fellowship, Inc.
Tests at Auburn University in Georgia showed that fish
production increased from 3,000 lbs. per acre in un-aerated
ponds to 6,000 lbs. per acre in aerated ponds by using CLEAN-FLO’s
aquaculture recirculating system and aeration equipments.
In seasonal production tests monitored by the Minnesota
Department of Natural Resources, Operation Walleye at
Alexandria, Minnesota demonstrated an increase in walleye
fingerlings from an average of 38.3 lbs. per acre for un-aerated
ponds to 69 pounds per acre after CLEAN-FLO’s aquaculture pond
aeration. The fingerlings in the un-aerated ponds averaged 4.5
fish per pound, while the fingerlings in the CLEAN-FLO’s
aquaculture pond aeration averaged 3.2 fish per pound.
Tests by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources in St. Paul,
Minnesota on two CLEAN-FLO’s aquaculture lake aeration showed
more abundant fish, which were twice as large as the statewide
or local average. A fishing survey showed an average of 49 hours
per acre fishing pressure in 13 neighboring un-aerated lakes
versus 133 hours per acre for these two CLEAN-FLO aerated lakes.
Minnesota
Department of Natural Resources
Minnesota DNR
tests of Mountain Lake in 1988 showed that since an aquaculture
equipment was added to Mountain lake in 1983, white crappie
population became 77 times the regional average, bluegill 20
times and northern pike 7 times. Minnesota DNR tests of CLEAN-FLO’s
aquaculture recirculating system on Crystal Lake at Lake
Crystal, Minnesota showed the walleye population at nine times
the regional average.
Taiwan
fish farmers reported double the growth rate,
no more fish
kills, and double the number of fish raised using the CLEAN-FLO
aquaculture recirculating system and aquaculture equipment..
Tests by
a commercial fishery in Alexandria increased the fingerling
quantity by a factor of 6.8, with flawless health and quality.
In 1987, CEID Fisheries out-produced all 22 DNR fisheries
stations in the state of Minnesota. One 12.6 acre rearing pond
out-produced the total of 1,107 acres used by the #1 DNR
fisheries station.
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