Anyone experienced w/mass culture of adult Artemia?

[GreshamH]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9965046#post9965046 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by billsreef
There's a lesson in there on shrimp culture Usually it's just a matter of changing the scale, not so much adding all sorts of extraneous equipment just because it's big I don't really find much difference between running a regular fish tank and large aquaculture system, just bigger pumps, bigger filters, bigger tubs (tanks), bigger plumbing fittings, etc. For instance, instead of small hobby air pumps, large blowers instead and PVC pipe for distribution. Haywood Super Pumps instead of Iwaki's and so on. Based on my experience with aquaculturing other species, I'd bet you'll find the same thing holds true with the brine shrimp. I'd suggest trying air lifts for circulation and only filtering a small percentage of the systems water, just enough to keep the ammonia levels below the shrimps tolerance. Feed mostly live phyto, and only a small amount of the dead foods and I'll bet you come up with a winning system

I fully agree.

One huge problem with mass artemia is moltings. I find artemia like higher DO then many give them, at least on a mass scale.

 

[fish farmer]

Does anyone have Frank's personal contact info. (I've already emailed through the FL Aquafarms website, but it went to a sales addy)?

If so, could you pm me?

Thanks!

 

[fish farmer]

Just wanted to update -- I called and talked to Frank Hoff last week. He was very nice and very helpful -- particularly since he was getting ready to leave that day for a 2 wk. vacation.

So -- a big thank you to all who replied. Many of you gave us some great advice which hopefully will help in getting the brine back on track.