AERO TUBES (AQUA CULTURE EQUIPMENTS)
Most required for today's shrimp culture is Aero-Tube. These tubes are manufactured by Colorite Plastics of USA. Tubes are available to the farmers along with know how This tube saves lots of energy and thus cost of production for the farmer for shrimp culture comes down by 35% in electricity alone. Aero-Tube are used in different shapes of grids.
Geekay hatcheries are the professionals to introduce this tube in India after lots of research being done. These tubes are now being used not only in Andhra Pradesh but also in Kerala Tamilnadu Gujarat and Goa. It is expected by 2013 end there is going to be a transformation to aero tubes from paddle segment.
On introduction of Aero-Tube the cost saving to farmer is shown below
AERATOR (PADDLE WHEELS)
| AERO-TUBE |
| Mechanical aeration | Aerator |
| Water pumped in to air | Air pushed in to water |
| Pushing water | Pushing air |
| More power | Less power |
| SOTR is less (Standard Oxygen Transfer Rate) 1.7kG | SOTR is high 3.7 HG |
| Big bubbles 20mm | 2mm small bubbles |
| To be fixed in one place | Can fix in any corner |
| Should put off when feeding | Need not put off while feeding |
| Wastage of feed is more | Less wastage |
| Water contamination is more | Water contamination is less |
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