Fish Farm
The Fish Farm
Solution Overview & Benefits
The Fish Farm is a patented, micro-intensive fish farm designed within the confines of a 12-metre shipping container, delivering 2–4 tons of tilapia (or other species) annually.
By placing a series of tanks, filters and pumps inside a container, the product immediately delivers a profitable, affordable, transportable and replicable aquaculture business into poor urban or rural communities.
The Prototype comprises 6 tanks (in a row) of 1,500 liters each, a 200 liters solids filter (to deal with the solid waste) and a 5,000 liters bio-filter (to deal with the chemical waste), a circulation pump and an aerator.
The Fish Farm dumps 1% of its volume per day to maintain water quality.
A fish farmer would be able to supply this fertilized water to the vegetable farmers.
The required space for the Fish-Farm is minimal.
The energy for its operation can be obtained by solar power.
The Fish Farm is a simple and environmentally compatible way of ensuring food security, creating jobs and making profits.
History & Development
The Fish Farm is available for large-scale distribution.
It is supplied from South Africa into any community in need of upliftment, as long as The Business Place is able to work with reputable civic organizations on the ground in the countries where The Fish Farm will be implemented.
Availability
- Publicly available: yes
- Countries where available: Worldwide
- Price range (USD): Contact supplier for quote
Specifications
Design criteria for The Fish Farm required it to be modular (same design, repeated), lockable, transportable, affordable and profitable. The profoundly simple solution was to fit retired 6m and 12m shipping containers with a series of tanks, pumps and filters thereby turning the containers into micro-intensive fish farms.
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