Ten Advantages Why Invest In an Aquaculture Feeding System

Automation allows to feed the farmed finfish or shrimp at the indicated time and dose size, which prevents to overfed the tank – one of the main reason of degrading or feed wasting.

The feeders can work with the same degree of precision 24 hours a day, requiring only one operator to supervise them.

A correct diet helps the fish or shrimp to grow earlier, allowing the cycles to be shortened with the corresponding benefit for the farm.

By precise feed dosing according to the feeding needs, it is possible to prevent the pellet from degrading in the water or depositing at the bottom of the tank, avoiding contamination of the water.

With less contamination and precise dosing, oxygen consumption and related costs will reduce.

The filtration systems also benefits from reduction of contamination by applying automated feeder. Therefore operation and  maintenance costs of filters will reduce.

With an appropriate diet, it is viable to avoid problems of cannibalism and thus reducing mortality as a direct consequence of having cleaner water.

Less human contact with farmed fish leads to increased biosecurity, especially in aquaculture hatcheries.

Better nutrition, less contamination, less mortality, less human interaction… All of this undoubtedly contributes to an improvement in the welfare of fish and/or shrimp.

Technical solution  that permits  control the aquaculture farm remotely – nowadays an element included in most automated feeding systems – reduces the number of trips and thus allows more time for other activities on the farm.

Taking into account these benefits – among them savings in feed and labor, as well as cost reduction in oxygen, filtration, mortality, maintenance, etc., the investment in an automated feeding system contributes to reducing the return on investment.