Aquaponics Digest - Mon 01/19/98
Message 1: Fwd - spirulina information
from S & S Aqua Farm
Message 2: Re: Fwd - spirulina information
from "Ted Ground"
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Subject: Fwd - spirulina information
From: S & S Aqua Farm
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 11:30:46 -0600
Received the following information on spirulina today from a spirulina farm.
Since we've been discussing ways to provide alternative organic feed for
aquaponics, I'm asking for comments on the following "facts".
Would this possibly be a way to provide necessary protein levels without
using fish meal as a base? Opinions welcome on any points.
Paula
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>Spirulina Benefits for Fishes
>Spirulina Contains all natural high quality protein, vitamins, minerals,
>phytonutrients, enzymes, antibiotic for healthy and colorful
>fishes. Fish feed containing 1 to 10% spirulina provides the best
>natural color enhancer for the robust and colorful fish.
>It increases resistance to parasites, viral and bacterial diseases due
>to enhanced cellular immune system function, increases survival rate
>and growth rate, reduces medication requirements, improves fertility
>rate, stimulates feeding, reduces waste in the effluent without costly
>water treatment systems. Spirulina improves the cost / performance ratio
>of fish feed. Spirulina is fed to fish by experts as natural color
>enhancer and antibiotics.
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>Facts of Spirulina
>1. All natural, raw food, the earth's first plant, food foundation
>for all lives.
>2. Highest and best protein ( Min. 58% ) with all essential amino
>acids. It is 3 times richer than fish, beef, egg; 2 times richer than
>the nearest rival soybean. Its muco-proteins enhance fish's healthy and
>shinning skin.
>3. Highest beta carotene source, the natural antibiotic and immune
>systems booster. Its rich carotenoids enhance the brilliant colors of
>fishes.
>4. Rich source of all vitamins and biochelated minerals needed by
>fishes. It has higest source of biochelated iron. 58 times richer than
>spinach. It has higest source of B-12 which provide energy for play and
>growth.
>5. Rich source of Chlorophyll which is a blood purifier.
>6. Richest source of Gamma Linolenic Acid that lowers blood cholesterol
>and high blood pressure. Fatty acids are essential for organs
>development.
>7. Over two thousand of raw enzymes that help fishes break down food,
>absorb nutrients, and improve digestion. Phycocyanin reduces obesity.
>8. United Nations says " Spirulina is the most ideal food for mankind."
> It is a super food for your fishes too. Weight for weight, no food
>provides more nutrients than spirulina!
S&S Aqua Farm, 8386 County Road 8820, West Plains, MO 65775 417-256-5124
Web page http://www.townsqr.com/snsaqua/
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Subject: Re: Fwd - spirulina information
From: "Ted Ground"
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 19:26:58 -0600
Hello, everyone, I am an aquatic biologist, and I am submitting this
comment to Spirulina as my first posting to this group. While I think that
Spirulina is a very attractive fish feed ingredient, and should be actively
encouraged as an ingredient in fish diets, I also want to point out that
aquaponics growing systems can make use of the recirculation and ebb and
flow aspects of their systems by installing algal turf scrubbers to
supplement their fish diet, by allowing nutrient rich water to flow across
a plate or screen as it returns to the water tank, then periodically
"harvesting" algal turf biomass and feeding it to the fish. I highly
recommend that ya'll read "Dynamic Aquaria", written by folks who developed
model ecosystems such as those displayed at the Smithsonian, etc. Algal
turf scrubbers are one of my favorite water quality tools and design
principles, and they are fairly easy to do. Ebb and Flow is very important
to such systems.
Talk to Ya'll Later,
Ted
S&S Aqua Farm, 8386 County Road 8820, West Plains, MO 65775 417-256-5124
Web page http://www.townsqr.com/snsaqua/
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