
Learn how water quality variables drive aquaculture success by constantly monitoring to protect ecosystems. Prevent stress on aquatic species and reduce disease across extensive to intensive systems.
Define total solid as the residue left after water evaporates, and differentiate total dissolved solid from total suspension solid, where TDS are dissolved ions and TSS are suspended particles.
Explore multi-parameter equipment that measures pH, dissolved oxygen, and temperature in one device, plus TDS meters and salinity; turbidity via a secchi disk, and ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate with tests.
Prevent water pollution in aquaculture by avoiding and properly managing chemical and drug waste, and controlling metabolic waste such as uneaten feed and excretion to prevent eutrophication and oxygen depletion.
Understand essential amino acids balance aquaculture proteins, why fishmeal dominates, and how sustainable animal and plant sources (poultry by-products, insect meal, and soybean or corn meals) fit in aquaculture diets.
Determine the dietary protein to balance amino acids for growth and health while avoiding excess that raises costs and nitrogenous waste, considering protein quality, energy, age, size, and feeding rate.
Learn how fat-soluble vitamins A, D, E, and K, and water-soluble vitamins, support growth and health in fish by pre-mix delivery in aquaculture feed to prevent deficiencies.
learn feed and feeding strategies in aquaculture, focusing on feed cost as a major budget factor and the role of feed type, feeding practices, and nutrient efficiency in growth.
Learn to culture artemia as live zooplankton feed for larvae, including decapsulation, hydration, and hatching, and optimize early feeding in 25–30 °C, 30–35 ppt salinity for four to six days.
optimize feeding activities to improve growth performance by ensuring all aquaculture species access feed, preventing under or overfeeding, and adjusting feeding rate and frequency based on body weight and temperature.
Implement first in, first out inventory and regularly track expiry dates of 90–100 days, monitor pests, and use older feed first to prevent spoilage from heat, sun, and moisture.
Explore feed and feeding strategies in aquaculture, from live feeds like microalgae and zooplankton to determining feeding rates by species size and water temperature, and evaluate performance using calculated data.
Becoming Aquaculture Expert (Part 2) is the next step (after 'Becoming Aquaculture Expert (Part 1)' course that I've initiated previously) into realising your ideas to become a sustainable aquaculture producer. It is designed specifically to provide an overview of aquaculture as the way to farm seafood economically and sustainably.
Since the demand of seafood is increasing, aquaculture industry is growing endlessly to keep a consistent supply of aquatic species for human consumption, pets, medication, recreation, etc and limit the harvesting from wild population. It put a relieve in wild species which would allow them to naturally populate and bring lives back to our ocean.
This 2 hours course contains 36 lectures which include detail explanation videos, supplementary articles and quizzes in each section to help you test your understanding along the way.
To help you grasp the knowledge efficiently, I've included 3 supplementary articles for every section to support what you have learn through the videos.The articles will includes references and links of additional resources of related knowledge and will be updated from time to time.
The content of this course is backed by 100% of research from experts in the leading field of aquaculture. Through learning this course, you will become better at managing the most important aspect of your aquaculture system; water and feed respectively. As I will continuously update the content of this course over the time, you will be equipped with the latest research, technology and skills available in aquaculture business.
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You will be able to access this course anywhere, anytime at your own pace. If you are already an aquaculturist for a living, learning specific knowledge from a researcher point of view such as in this course will bring you to another level.
If you are a student or beginner in aquaculture field, this course is perfectly crafted for you. Those completing the course will have strong understanding of basic aquaculture concept and general principle involved in aquaculture system.