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Aquaculture is the activity of raising fish or all types of organisms that are all or part of their life cycle in the aquatic environment starting from preparation, maintenance to harvesting activities. Aquaculture can be divided into two activities, namely fish enlargement and fish hatcheries. Fish enlargement is the activity of maintaining, raising fish seeds or seedlings up to the size of the harvest that is accepted by the market in a controlled environment. Fish hatchery activities are fish breeding activities that include the process of raising broodstock, spawning, hatching eggs and raising fish larvae until they reach the size of seeds that are ready to be stocked in the enlargement phase in a controlled environment.  Veterinary vaccinating rainbow trout (shutterstock.com) In aquaculture activities at the stage of fish maintenance, be it at the stage of raising fish seeds to the size of fish ready for consumption or at the stage of caring for eggs to larval rearing activiti...

Amphilophus citrinellus is a type of freshwater fish. Also known as the Midas cichlid, this fish lives in the San Juan River and nearby watersheds in Costa Rica and Nicaragua. It is usually found in lakes and canals with rocky vertical sides and crevices used for spawning and protecting its young. It is rarely found in rivers but will penetrate lower river valleys where the water is slow flowing or calm. Amphilophus citrinellus (shutterstock.com) Classification of Amphilophus citrinellus fish Kingdom : Animalia Phylum : Chordata Class : Actinopterygii Order : Cichliformes Family : Cichlidae Genus : Amphilophus Species: A. citrinellus Amphilophus citrinellus has an oval and flat body shape with long dorsal and caudal fins. This fish has a body color that varies from golden yellow to pink.  When we are going to keep Amphilophus citrinellus fish in the aquarium, there are several things that need to be considered so that these fish can live and grow well. Maintenance containers, water...

Koi fish is a type of fish that lives in freshwater and can be used as a pet ornamental fish in a pond. Koi fish are famous for their beauty and variety of colors and patterns. It originated in Japan and has become a cultural symbol rich in meaning in various traditions and philosophies. Morphologically, this Koi fish has an elongated body stature like a torpedo with fins on the back, hips, a pair on the chest and tail.  Koi fish (shutterstock.com) One of the attractions of the beauty of ornamental fish is the color of the fish.  The color of ornamental fish is indeed a special attraction for ornamental fish lovers. Koi fish, for example, have amazing color combinations, such as red, white, yellow, orange and black. A quality koi fish is a koi fish that has a bright color and according to its type. Like kohaku koi fish are said to be of good quality if they have a bright red color and pure white without yellowish. Then Koi Showa fish has a solid black base color with contrasti...

The increase in population is increasing day by day, this increase in population will affect the increasing need for food products. If calculated from the increasing population, the demand for food products will also increase significantly. Tilapia is one of the food products that plays a role in fulfilling people's needs for nutritious food. However, these food products are not only fulfilled by tilapia but can be fulfilled by other similar food products such as chicken, beef, mutton and other consumable fish (catfish, gourami).  Tilapia (shutterstock.com) As a freshwater fish, tilapia is widely cultivated by fish farmers in fishery ponds. Tilapia production in Indonesia has increased from year to year. In 2021, tilapia production in Indonesia reached 1.35 million tons with a value of IDR 33.62 trillion. This number increased by 9.63% compared to the previous year, which was 1.23 million tons with a value of IDR 29.19 trillion. The increase in the amount of tilapia production is g...

Gouramy as a freshwater fish is a type of fish that is commonly consumed by the public because it has delicious meat and has good nutritional value. Some of the benefits of consuming gouramy are maintaining heart health, helping brain development, helping maintain healthy skin and helping maintain weight.  If we look at the price of fish in one kg, gouramy has a relatively high price when compared to other types of freshwater fish such as catfish, tilapia and carp. gouramy has a price of Rp50,000/kg-Rp60,000/kg, catfish Rp28,000/kg-Rp39,900/kg, tilapia Rp35,000/kg-Rp39,000/kg and carp Rp30,000/kg-Rp40,000/kg. gouramy (shutterstock.com) The price of gouramy in the Indonesian market tends to fluctuate and can go up and down. Some factors that affect the price of gouramy include:  1. Production costs. Production costs in gouramy fish farming are costs incurred to produce or costs incurred to carry out gouramy farming activities. Production costs can affect the price of goura...

With the increase in population, the need for food will also increase. In addition, the increase in population will increase the number of housing needs. The increasing number of housing needs will require land to build houses. The land needed to build a house can be in the form of fishery land or agricultural land.  Land conversion from agricultural land or fishery land to residential areas that are common in big cities will affect the decline in agricultural or fishery cultivation land. Fish farming in the yard is a solution in solving both of these problems, besides being able to be used as a business fish farming in the yard can also be used as an activity that can produce fishery products that can be used to produce fish production for daily consumption needs.   Gouramy ( shutterstock.com) There are many types of businesses carried out in the field of agribusiness, from small businesses, medium businesses to large businesses.  The fish farming business in the ya...

Water quality parameters such as pH, water hardness, temperature, dissolved oxygen and brightness are things that need to be considered in tilapia aquaculture. In order for the purpose of tilapia aquaculture to be achieved, the water quality parameters mentioned above need to be maintained and maintained to remain in optimal numbers.    In tilapia farming activities in ponds monitoring pond water temperature is an important activity that needs to be considered. Fish pond water temperature is very important to maintain the health of fish and the surrounding environment. Water temperature plays a role in helping fish metabolism. Tilapia growth will be faster if the pond water temperature ranges from 25°C to 30°C. If the pond water  temperature is too cold, which is below 25 ° C, the growth of tilapia will be inhibited because if the pond water temperature is too cold it will reduce the metabolic rate of the fish and will inhibit the fish's appetite so that its growth will b...