How to Start a Freshwater Shrimp Farming Business
Freshwater Prawn And Shrimp Farming One of the fastest growing business niches today is freshwater shrimp farming. Many people are ...
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
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Freshwater prawn production occurs in three stages—hatchery, nursery and grow-out. In the hatchery stage, fertilized adult female prawns produce 10,000 to 20,000 eggs, which hatch into prawn larvae in 3 weeks. Newly hatched larvae are kept in brackish water where they need protein- rich feed such as zoo plankton. After 22 to 30 days, post larvae can be stocked in freshwater.