This article
explains the steps you need to understand about
the Freshwater Shrimp known as Macrobrachium
rosenbergii. Freshwater Shrimp is a large shrimp
originally from Malaysia and introduced to the
U.S.A. some years ago. Exhaustive research has
ascertained that by following the latest strategies,
Freshwater Shrimp can have a good growout and
a good crop can be harvested each year. Freshwater
Shrimp is a very important crop in aquaculture.
The Freshwater Shrimp can now be cultivated
from various juvenile stages to an adult level
in temperate-climate outdoor ponds.
The Freshwater
Shrimp life history is an an interesting life
cycle of the prawn and the various biological
stages of change from egg to adult that it goes
through.
First, you have
to introduce the prawn culture into the hatchery
so that the Egg Hatching process occurs.There
should be a nursery for proper juvenile growth.
Freshwater Shrimp grow best in a basic three
pond growout, where the behaviour of the Freshwater
Shrimp can be monitored.
You should then
buy and stock your pond with juvenile Freshwater
Shrimp, instead of hatching your own seed stock.
Be very careful of your seed stock sources and
the proper handling procedures.
The location
of the Freshwater Shrimp growout pond should
be properly selected. The pond should be sloping
with excellent pond drainage facilities. Pond
design basics should be carefully looked into
and basic pond water quality should be good.
You should prepare your pond carefully for stocking.
Water quality
standards for Freshwater Shrimp should be good,
and the dynamics of water quality should be
good.
Oxygen, water
temperatures, pH and other characteristics affect
Freshwater Shrimp, and pond water quality have
to be managed and pond aeration techniques adhered
to.
Pond water temperatures
are important for aeration and quality standards.Prawn
disease has to be detected and controlled. Feeding
rates, feed conversion rates, effect of different
protein levels, controlling feed costs have
to be carefully maintained.
Growing rate
in ponds, counting larger prawns, and pond substrates
for better production are also important.
Freshwater Shrimp
Larvae go through 11 zoel or larval stages before
going through metamorphosis to post-larvae.
The hatchery
stage is the most difficult stage of culture
and is the only step that requires saline water.
This is a very technical stage of culture and
should not be attempted by individuals without
extensive knowledge of water quality, filtration
systems, and live food culture.
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