Recent progress towards the application of biofloc technology for tilapia farming

MH Khanjani, M Sharifinia, S Hajirezaee - Aquaculture, 2022 - Elsevier
Water and land scarcity are both major barriers to aquaculture. New technologies such as
intensive aquaculture with limited water exchange should be used as a way to overcome …

Recent advances in tilapia production for sustainable developments in Indian aquaculture and its economic benefits

M Arumugam, S Jayaraman, A Sridhar, V Venkatasamy… - Fishes, 2023 - mdpi.com
Tilapia is a widely cultured species native to Africa; these fish are prolific breeders and
constitute an economically important fish species supplying higher-quality protein. To meet …

[HTML][HTML] Response of Nile tilapia under biofloc system to floating or sinking feed and feeding rates: water quality, plankton community, growth, intestinal enzymes …

EY Mohammady, MR Soaudy, MM Ali, MA El-Ashry… - Aquaculture …, 2023 - Elsevier
The current study examined the combined effects of feeding rates and feeding types on the
water quality, growth performance, digestive enzymes, blood parameters, and liver …

Effects of different stocking densities on Nile tilapia performance and profitability of a biofloc system with a minimum water exchange

LG Manduca, MA da Silva, ÉR de Alvarenga… - Aquaculture, 2021 - Elsevier
The determination of an optimum stocking density should be obtained according to a
complex assessment, in which growth performance, water quality, animal welfare, and …

Effects of restricted feeding levels and stocking densities on water quality, growth performance, body composition and mucosal innate immunity of Nile tilapia …

HS Aliabad, A Naji, SRS Mortezaei, I Sourinejad… - Aquaculture, 2022 - Elsevier
In aquaculture feed accounts for more than 50% of current costs. Biofloc has the potential to
compensate for food reduction, so restricted feeding levels should be investigated to …

Sustainability of growth performance, water quality, and productivity of Nile tilapia-spinach affected by feeding and fasting regimes in nutrient film technique-based …

MS Al-Zahrani, HA Hassanien, FW Alsaade… - Sustainability, 2024 - mdpi.com
Aquaponic systems offer an innovative approach to sustainable agriculture, where the
interplay between fish and plant cultivation can be optimized. The choice of feeding and …

Effects of a zero exchange biofloc system on the growth performance and health of Nile tilapia at different stocking densities

LG Manduca, MA da Silva, ER de Alvarenga… - Aquaculture, 2020 - Elsevier
Biofloc technology (BFT) has recently gained attention as an environmentally sustainable
production system. In this system, bacteria convert fish waste into microbial biomass …

[HTML][HTML] Fish culture in biofloc technology (BFT): insights on stocking density carbon sources, C/N ratio, fish nutrition and health

LK Oliveira, W Wasielesky Jr, MB Tesser - Aquaculture and Fisheries, 2024 - Elsevier
The growth of aquaculture demands intense consumption of formulated foods, scarce
natural resources such as water and land. The increase in aquaculture production needs to …

Precise monitoring of lettuce functional responses to minimal nutrient supplementation identifies aquaponic system's nutrient limitations and their time-course

E Tsoumalakou, E Mente, KA Kormas, N Katsoulas… - Agriculture, 2022 - mdpi.com
In aquaponics, a closed-loop system which combines fish and crop production, essential
nutrients for plant growth are often at sub-optimal concentrations. The aim of the present …

Total suspended solids and their impact in a biofloc system: Current and potentially new management strategies

MR Soaudy, A Ghonimy, LSL Greco, Z Chen… - Aquaculture, 2023 - Elsevier
Heterotrophic bacterial activity generates a load of total suspended solids (TSS) in biofloc
systems (BF). This accumulation affects animal health and product quality in terms of the …