Originally posted by LBuck:
I'm looking for someone who has used pure oxygen before. I'd like to create a raceway to raise a few tiger bass. I think that delivering a little bit of pure oxygen would be benificial in maintaining the health of my fish. What would be an appropriate sized tank? What would be the amount of O2 delivered to have a positive impact on fish health? How can I calculate my annual costs? I realize this question is an aquaculture type problem, but every aquaculture site that I visit seems to think I need to spend $5,000 or more to get started. I know I can do better. I'd like to attempt to feed train some of the tigers, sell the ones that don't feed train and keep the rest for my pond. I'm sure a few of you might find the results of my project interesting.
Thanks
Have you priced oxygen? I doubt if it would be economically feasible to raise a "few" tiger bass. Are you considering a floating raceway? If so, all you need is an airlift which you can build yourself after the purchase of a blower. Additionally once your fish have ample oxygen I fail to see why adding more would be "benefical." In fact you can actually burn your fish up if you use too much.
Even large aquaculture facilities with high densities of fish have to justify the cost of pure oxygen. Runing pure oxygen 24/7 would get pretty pricey if you aren't making the money you need to on the fish.
Sorry by I dont'concur. Even the equipment to MAKE the pure oxygen and make it MORE economical than just dispersing out of a tank is costly.
