Biofloc Fish Farming Technology

Giving a fillip to homestead aquaculture and nutritional security, a self-help group in Kochi (Kerala) has reaped a bumper harvest from biofloc fish farming, an innovative aquaculture practice.

About Biofloc Technology

  • It is a technique of improving the quality of water by balancing carbon and nitrogen in the system.
  • The principle of the technique is to maintain the higher C-N ratio by adding carbohydrate source and the water quality is improved through the production of high quality single cell microbial protein.
  • In such condition, heterotrophic microbial growth occurs which assimilates the nitrogenous waste that can be exploited by the ....
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