Aquaculture Insight

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𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒇 𝒂 𝒈𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒇𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕?
Well if you haven't, you probably are now.
Turns out just like humans, they lose their "tan".
If they are kept in constant darkness, their chromatophores are unable to produce more pigment, which means that once the colours that they had to start with start to fade, their bodies (cells) will be unable to produce more.

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𝗗𝗢 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗞𝗡𝗢𝗪 𝗢𝗟𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗢𝗟𝗗𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗞𝗢𝗜 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗢?
Take a guess and then swipe to the end to see how close you were ➤

𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐁𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦
A gravel bed is an irrigated bed or pile of gravel where bare root or washed containerized stock is placed and safely held for up to 3-6 months.
This system has been in use at commercial nurseries, municipalities, and universities for over 20 years.
ACI had the pleasure to install one for our client in the Western Cape.
Not only can it be used for a normal gravel bed system, it can be used as a deep water culture where you are able to fill it up with water and plant in Styrofoam for easy hydroponics.

𝗢𝗟𝗗 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗢𝗟 𝗔𝗤𝗨𝗔𝗖𝗨𝗟𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 | 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝟯

𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅’𝒔 𝑬𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝑨𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝑺𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒎

The oldest known aquaculture site in the world is in Australia! 😲
While Australia is well known for its beautiful scenery and coastline, not many people know that it is also contains the oldest known aquaculture sight in the world.
More specifically, the site is located in Budj Bim.
This site is over 6 600 years old and contains evidence that it was used to farm eel and other fish.
Image from www.humanprogress.org