Bioflock Inland Culture
Fundraising campaign by
Partha Biswas
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Campaign Story
Hello everyone,
I'm Partha Biswas from Kolkata, India want to start my first start up related to Bioflock Inland fish Firming. Reason behind choosing this start up is firstly this is a green environment project, without wasting water, without pollution air rather air will be enriched with nitrogen dispatch, best waste management, lastly to defeat the unemployment which is the most critical situation in India. This is the only project where I can earn as well as let help to earn to other unemployed youth of my neighborhood through providing them training and encourage them with bio-technical support. Your little help can be greater for my campaign towards me and my unemployed youth.
The global population is expected to grow by another 2 billion to reach 9.6 billion people by 2050, and the demand for animal protein is increasing and it is a challenge of feeding our planet by safeguarding its natural resources for future generations. In this context, aquaculture plays a key role in promoting health by providing animal protein as well as generating jobs and economic opportunities. According to FAO, the world food fish aquaculture production expanded at an average annual rate of 6.2% in the period 2000–2012 from 32.4 MMT to 66.6 MMT.
BFT is considered the new “blue revolution” since nutrients can be continuously recycled and reused in the culture medium, benefited by the minimum or zero-water exchange. Bio-floc technology (BFT) is as an environmentally friendly aquaculture technique based on in situ microorganism production. Bio-floc is the suspended growth in ponds which consist of aggregates of living and dead particulate organic matter, phytoplankton, bacteria and grazers of the bacteria. It is the utilization of microbial processes within the tank/pond itself to provide food resources for culture organism while at the same time acts as a water treatment tank. Thus, this system is also called as active suspension ponds or heterotrophic ponds or even green soup ponds.
Bio-floc plays an important role in recycling nutrients and maintaining the water quality. The consumption of bio-floc by shrimp or fish has demonstrated numerous benefits such as improvement of growth rate, decrease of FCR and associated costs in feed. Growth enhancement has been attributed to both bacterial and algae nutritional components, which upto 30% of conventional feeding ration can be lowered due to bio-floc consumption in shrimp.
Also, consumption of macroaggregates can increase nitrogen retention from added feed by 7-13%. In this context, BFT has driven opportunities to use alternative diets.
BENEFITS OF BIO-FLOC CULTURE SYSTEM
Eco-friendly culture system.
It reduces environmental impact.
Improves land and water use efficiency
Limited or zero water exchange
Higher productivity (It enhances survival rate, growth performance, feed conversion in the culture systems of fish).
Higher bio-security.
Reduces water pollution and the risk of introduction and spread of pathogens
Cost-effective feed production.
It reduces utilization of protein rich feed and cost of standard feed.
It reduces the pressure on capture fisheries ie., use of cheaper food fish and trash fish for fish feed formulation.
Technical Specifications- 75 m3 (5 Tanks)
| S. No | Component | Details |
| 1 | Area for 5 tanks | 150 m2 |
| 2 | Bio-floc Tank size | 4 metre diameter and 1.5 meter height |
| 3 | Water holding capacity of each tank | 15,000 Liter capacity |
| 4 | Water quality parameters | Dissolved oxygen-5mg/l, Temperature-26-34 degrees, PH-7.5 to 8, TDS-600ppm, Floc density-25-40 mg/l, Ammonia-0.5 ppm, Nitrite-0.3 ppm, Nitrate-150 ppm, Alkalinity-120-280 ppm |
| 5 | Tanks Made-up of | Tarpaulin/Fibre |
| 6 | Stocking density | 100 nos/m3 (1000 nos per 15,000 litres tank -depending on species ) |
| 7 | Name of fish species suitable | Tilapia , Common carp and Pangasius Depending on Weather and Geographical location |
| 8 | Bio floc content | Raw salt, Dolamite, Molasis, probiotics |
| 9 | Survival (%) | 80 |
| 10 | Type of feed to be used | floating feed (28-32% Protein content) |
| 11 | % of feed | 2-3% per Average Body weight |
| 12 | Feeding frequency | 4 times early stage, later 2 times per day |
| 13 | FCR | 1:1.2 |
| 14 | Duration of Culture | 6 months |
| 15 | Size/weight of the species(gm) | 600 gm average weight |
| 16 | No.of crops per year | 2 |
| 17 | Production | 3.6 Tonnes per crop (720kg per tank per crop) |
| 18 | Farm get price(Rs) | USD 2.09/KG fish |
| 19 | Capital Cost | USD 8384.00 |
| 20 | Input Cost | USD 2622.00 |
| 21 | Total project cost | USD 11006.00 |
Cost Estimates:
a. Capital Cost: USD 8384.00
b. Operational Cost: USD 2622.00
Cost Estimates of Bio-floc Unit: USD 11006.00
| S. No | Components | Nos | Cost (USD) |
Total (USD) |
| 1 | Setup of Tarpaulin/Fiber tanks(15,000 Liters capacity) | 5 | 490 | 2450 |
| 2 | Shed material and accessories fixing charges | 150 m2 | 1680 | 1680 |
| 3 | Water supply bore well (3HP) | 1 | 1398 | 1398 |
| 4 | PVC pipe fittings for air, water flow | LS | 1048 | 1048 |
| 5 | Nets and accessories | 5 | 42 | 42 |
| 6 | One Blower (1 HP), Air stones and other accessories | 1 | 420 | 420 |
| 7 | Electrification | LS | 140 | 140 |
| 8 | Power generator(2 KVA) | 1 | 630 | 630 |
| 9 | Weighing balance | 1 | 70 | 70 |
| 10 | Miscellaneous expenses | 506 | ||
| Total | 8384 |
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Input cost for one crop
| 11 | Seed cost(including transport cost) | USD 0.056 each fingerling | 104.80 @20.96 per tank |
524 |
| 12 | Feed (including transport cost) | 3500 kg | 0.49 | 1398 |
| 13 | Probiotics, molasses and raw salt etc | LS | 70/per tank | 350 |
| 14 | Test kits (water quality and bio-floc quantity ) | LS | 10000 | 140 |
| 15 | Power charges( 20 units per 180 days@4/- per unit) | LS | 15000 | 210 |
| TOTAL | 2622 | |||
| GRAND TOTAL | 11006 |
Organizer
- Partha Biswas
- Campaign Owner
Lease of land
Update posted by Partha Biswas at 07:09 amSoon I am going to lease a land guys...will keep posted!Keep your support and wishes for me.....
