Shrimp farm at home:

Your post is the answer to why Thai seafood imports are considered risky by the USA.

Getting rid of the poo is the problem. Don't forget one cubic metre of water weighs a ton!

Semantics Jaitch, somehow they even overcome that, what Is the real real reason that this could or might fail ?

Frank Malt wrote:

Semantics Jaitch, somehow they even overcome that, what Is the real real reason that this could or might fail ?

THIS is the reason for some of the Thai food hassles. I don't bullshit I regard help forums (fora) as serious help areas of the InterNet.

The problem in fish farming is the elimination of waste products. Doesn't matter if it is Thailand or salmon off the British Columbia coast. Poop causes worms and worms then eat in to the living fish. Same with cod - except their worms come from seal (in the sea) pooping so much in some areas around Newfoundland that the worms that grow in the seal poop then float off and start attacking cod. This damage is revealed in the dressed fish as feint blood circles.

Go check out VNese fish farms - they have the same problems but far, far, less than Thailand. You can buy sacks (big bags) of shrimp feed here in VN - they have some additives that fight bugs in them.

There are fish farms in Quan 7, down in the swamps at the end of O GO MOI and PHU THUAN Streets. It's not as easy as it first appears.

Why do you think the VNese buy shrimp instead of breeding them on roof tops?

Chances are that the Thai vendors grew the fish elsewhere, shipped them in plastic bags and filled up the containers you saw. I have a friend who sells (markets) animal feed for a large US company here, and I'll ask her what she knows about shrimp farming problems.

Thanks Jaitch, it makes perfect sense what you wrote. In the eighties I worked in a fish and chip shop in Calgary and one of my tasks was to cut around the circle worms in the cod fillets. All that cod came from St. Johns Newfoundland.

I'm wondering if I can overcome this dilemma with decent power filters, akin to what I use now in my aquarium. My fish are eight inches in diameter and they shit gross amounts but somehow it disappears through the filtration  process.

I realize that shrimp are not very expensive here but I wanted a project to do at home.
If you peel a shrimp and bend the body into a curve, you will extract the excrement, most people just eat it as it is, but I always wash that out because it's like eating shit with your seafood.

Easier to buy them deveined.

About Newfy cod, since they controlled seal culling things are even worse - I have friends on the Burin Peninsula and things are tougher than ever. They are looking at tuna as an alternative income source.

I'm glad you know about profuse pooping - it's very damaging to all fish farming - the canned salmon is usually damaged product they couldn't sell on open shelf displays or even smoked.