Shrimp in aquaponics

[Anthony Acchione]

I am planning on adding shrimp to my 5 gallon system for my next go around with fish. I am guessing that the stock density is the same with shrimp than it is with any other fish, but I have read that they are quite the territorial kind and also eat their own kind if packed in too tight. I am also having a hard time finding a place to buy the fry in RI. If anyone has some kind of experience with shrimp or prawns in an aquaponics system, advice would be greatly appreciated

[TCLynx]

What kind of shrimp?

 

The Giant Prawns, well you probably can't grow out more than one in a 5 gallon space since they are territorial.

 

If it is the Prawns then the only place I know to get them is Miami Aquaculture.  I think their minimum order is probably 1000 and if your state requires a permit or certification to raise them you will need to share a copy of that with the supplier.

 

Just a note, the minimum order with most suppliers is more about the minimum price.  If you are willing to pay that price for a smaller number of animals, they may still sell them, you just wind up paying a heck of a lot more per animal.

[Anthony Acchione]

I was thinking tiger or red cherries.

I couldn't find anything on raising shrimp in RI. It seems as though most of the permits for commercially farming shrimp are in the southern states.

I did notice that people talking of shrimp in their system receiving minimum orders of 1000. I may wait until I have more tank space to work with. 

 

[TCLynx]

Now if you are not talking about shrimp big enough to be worth eating by people.  There are plenty of aquarium varieties of shrimp.  Like cherry shrimp or ghost shrimp.  I currently have some red cherry shrimp in my small aquarium indoors.  I'm hoping to grow out a population so I can move some out to my raft bed and grow them as food for catfish and bluegill.  But for now they are just inhabiting the aquarium since there are so few of them at the moment.

[Anthony Acchione]

ah i see, how big do they usually get?

do you have a certain ratio of male to female?

Why use the shrimp as feed? just curious

 I would like to grow shrimp that are big enough for my own consumption. Once I get a larger tank I will have to look into the giant prawns.

 

 

[Chi Ma]

Instead of shrimp you might wanna try raising Red Claw Crayfish . They are much easier to raise.

[DJ Bisson Jr]

Try this web site. It might help.United States Freshwater Prawn and Shrimp Growers Association

Tell me if this helps or even works, because I found out that there was a producer 5 minutes away.

[Anthony Acchione]

I will have to look them up chi ma, thanks for the suggestion

Chi Ma said:

Instead of shrimp you might wanna try raising Red Claw Crayfish . They are much easier to raise.

[Anthony Acchione]

Thanks DJ Bisson, but  the link didn't work for me since it didn't have information on my state posted on the site. I appreciate the help though!

DJ Bisson Jr said:

Try this web site. It might help.United States Freshwater Prawn and Shrimp Growers Association

Tell me if this helps or even works, because I found out that there was a producer 5 minutes away.

[Dale Parker]

shrimp in aquaponics may be a very profitable business because it is becoming popular. The aquaponic prawns eat whatever you give them, Then they deposit their waste into the water where bacteria turn it into nitrates. These nitrates are consumed by the plants and helping them to grow stronger. It self sustaining system in which plants filter the water and provide clean water to keep the fish healthy. This type of system is natural farming method and you can get detailed information from here @ https://www.howtoaquaponic.com/