The Bottom Line or Cutting to the Chase.
What you need to grow redclaw
After 12 months of trying to rear Redclaw (or marron / freshwater crays) in IBC's or Pods/totes or containers it is time to shorten the procedure we have trialed and failed and just state what works (for us)
We have tried to do this as cheap as possible (in power consumption) without the need for water pumps & filtering systems.
(Please be advised that everything is still a work in progress and even after 12 months we could change procedures in a split second)
We have tried to do this as cheap as possible (in power consumption) without the need for water pumps & filtering systems.
(Please be advised that everything is still a work in progress and even after 12 months we could change procedures in a split second)
Aerators do the job well & last longer than cheap water pumps as they do not clog up readily. Find the more expensive item (we spent a fortune on water pumps (aquarium style 5 -15 watt) that are useless after a few weeks/months. And you also need one for each IBC.
Grab an aerator (proper one that looks like photo that feeds into a 4-6-8 pipe manifold) (Not the prissy plastic aerodynamic shaped ones that last only a few months before each outlets begins to fail) One aerator at 55 watts will bubble 4-6 IBC's via its manifold. (So you only need one aerator spare) |
Have redundancies in place for when you fail.
Basic is bricks that come out of the water (on top of your structures)to enable the crays to reach air when pumps fail. Plug aerator into UPS backup (Uninterupted Power supply) so power failure problems are diminished. Battery backup- we have a solar panel that charges a battery & a 12V DC aerator kicks in during peak time (night time) for 8 hours just in case. (So by morning inspection it has been only a few hours without oxygenation) and time to work on any problems. |
Food
Vegetables (scraps or even frozen peas, corn)
The main trouble is getting them to sink (thats why frozen corn & peas are good)
Fish feed pellets work well (we use barra pellets) that have a mix of protein.
We also have pawapaw leaf & banana leaf under a brick as well.
Vegetables (scraps or even frozen peas, corn)
The main trouble is getting them to sink (thats why frozen corn & peas are good)
Fish feed pellets work well (we use barra pellets) that have a mix of protein.
We also have pawapaw leaf & banana leaf under a brick as well.