Aquaculture Heat Pumps Benefits

Aquaculture Heat Pumps Benefits

Hatchery Systems and Hatching Tanks

In Aquaculture, Hatchery Systems can be considered the initial stage that is designed to produce larval and juvenile fish prior to transferring them to an Aquaculture facility where they will then grow to reach their ideal size for the market.

It is an artificial environment that creates the best condition for the early life stages of an aquatic animal or fishes in general.

Their primary goal is to support the Aquaculture industry or to work as an extension of an on-growing system such as a fish farm before the fish achieves their harvest size.

Composition of a Hatchery System

Pumps (Hatchery System)

The first item to ensure that your Hatchery System will receive enough quality water all the time thru hatching tanks, is a pump.

This constant water flow will sustain the Hatchery System, specially during their spawning and hatching process.

Proper Lighting or Artificial Light (Hatchery System)

We all know that some species of fish will need light in order to survive. We may also expect that some species will need light while being spawned in a hatching tank. There is the possibility of establishing a successful Hatchery System without natural light. In order to get the best result, if you are planning to implement an artificial light source, we recommend following some advices from professionals that can provide you the best guidance on proper wavelength for your culture, duration of artificial light and spectrum distribution of many artificial light sources. Those factors are very important to make sure that you will keep the proper artificial environment inside your hatching tank. Light is sometimes a crucial factor and it will be directly related with your productivity. We suggest the "Home Power" magazine - www.homepower.com - to get some more information about artificial lightining. To be exact, on the issue 155, you can get a closer look on the subject of Artificial Light and its spectrum distribution in depth.

Oxygen (Hatchery System)

Hatching tanks require extra oxygen that can be generated on site or introduced in the form of liquid cold oxygen. Before pumping the water into the hatching tank, there is the need of saturating the water with pure oxygen that can be pumped from the atmospheric air through "oxygen cones" or "air stones". There is also the technique of introducing oxygen stones that will bubble pure oxygen into the hatching tank. Most commonly, oxygen is introduced into the hatching tank in a liquid form. You can choose the best option in order to get the necessary oxygen supply in the water for your fish, but it is imperative that you pick one.

Water and Tanks (Hatchery System)

The size of the tank to be used in a Hatchery System can be very different from one culture to the other. It can drastically vary from a huge tank using several gallons of water or just a small culture that can be called a hatching jar. We have the perfect solution and the best assistance for any Hatchery System.

Ultraviolet Purification (Hatchery System)

Ultraviolet can be damaging to the Hatchery System and water must be filtered to prevent diseases and contamination inside the hatching tank. There is the possibility of using a Ultraviolet Purification System or a Ultraviolet water filter prior to pumping water into the hatching tank. We must disinfect the water prior to pumping it directly into the hatching tank or hatching jar.

Biofilter and Biofiltration (Hatchery System)

In order to keep the Hatching Tank balanced and sustainable, some special micro-organisms and bacteria can be introduced into the culture to filter unwanted debris and toxic chemicals that will be present in any hatching system. The general idea is that we need to properly clean the hatching tank or hatching jar from Ammonia and toxic nitrites. Those toxic chemicals will then be transformed into hydrogen and also a nitrite that is less toxic than the original composts. The "Biofilter" will go further on those necessary reactions and it will transform the nitrite, which is yet toxic, into a nitrate. This way, we can ensure that our Hatching Tanks will be always clean and safe.

Removal of Solid Wastes (Hatchery Systems)

Some solid wastes will be produced inside your Hatching Tanks and Hatching Jars as a result of fish detriments. There are many options for the removal of solid wastes from an Hatching Tank, but using sedimentation, swirl separators or screen filters should be enough to get your hatching tank rid of solid debris and solid wastes.

Water Temperature Control (Hatchery Systems)

In a Hatching Tank, the most important factor to determine a healthy development, safety of eggs being hatched and readiness to spawn, is to maintain the proper water temperature depending on the species that will be spawned and eggs being hatched. The most efficient way to keep the water temperature constant inside your hatching tank is using a heat pump. This wonderful piece of machinery will not generate heat or directly heat the water inside your hatchering tank, but it will smartly induce the movement of heat from an air source or a water source to perfectly adjust the water temperature inside your hatchering tank and avoid any heat variation or sudden temperature changes that can be damaging to your culture. The traditional natural gas and element heating habits are are still being used for some people, but a heat pump is introducing a new better way to maximize results in Hatchery Systems and improve development without the need of an electric resistance coil or any combustion at all. The biggest advantage brought by a heat pump is that you can achieve the best result for heating and cooling with a 1/7th of the costs that you would have using those old combustion solutions or even an electric resistance heating.

In Hatchery Systems, the best and simplest solution to keep the water inside a hatching tank at a constant and ideal temperature is a Heat Pump. There is the Heat Pump solution, but there is a Hydro Royal Heat Pump solution which is much better than any other option ever invented. The Hydro Royal Heat Pump has the technology that will ensure that an hatching tank will always maintain the correct temperature all year long. The Hydro Royal Heat Pump intelligence does not heat the water, as you may expect, The Hydro Royal Heat Pump will control and keep the ideal water temperature no matter the season and no matter the external temperature surrounding your hatching tank. Forget about gas fired combustion systems. They can only heat the water. Without the intelligence of a Hydro Royal Heat Pump, you will never be able to simply use air or water for automatically heating and also cooling the water inside the hatching tank when needed.

Hydro Royal to improve your Hatchery System and lower your cost

Our Hydro Royal Heat Pump unit is very efficient and guarantee a tight temperature control all year long. Hydro Royal Heat Pumps are very simple to handle and easy to operate. Together with the Hydro Royal Heat Pump unit comes the Hydro Royal Heat Pump team that is well known for being the best support team in the market and we will give you the best assistance any time you need us.

Not to mention that our line of Hydro Royal Heat Exchangers is very efficient dealing with regular fresh water and also when it comes to handling salt water as the source water or the main component inside your hatching tank. The Hydro Royal Heat Exchanger can operate with a source water that has salt water as its main component.

Hydro Royal units are proudly made in the USA and is used in spas, Aquaculture, Aquaponics, the Aquarium industry and pools. Hydro Royal is a successful story in the Heat Pump industry. The commercial and industrial Heat Pump sector is not new to our brand. We view Hatchery Systems as an extension of our job as a leader in the swimming pool field. Hatching Tanks have the same important requirement to keep the water temperature stable, but the only difference is their overall purpose. A Hatching Tank can be seen as a big swimming pool for eggs and juvenile fishes. We are proud to be the best brand to keep the temperature of any possible swim pool as its best.

Choosing a Hydro Royal Heat Pump for your Hatchery System

We just mentioned that temperature is crucial inside a hatching tank. Having that in mind, we can say that the right Hydro Royal Heat Pump Model is also very important too. Some factors may determine which Hydro Royal Heat Pump to use in your Hatchery System, specially depending on your geographical location and regular conditions of the weather surrounding your hatching tank. You will be choosing between a Water / Geothermal source Hydro Royal Heat Pump or an air source Hydro Royal Heat Pump. Those two types of Hydro Royal Heat Pumps are very efficient for a Hatchery System and, not to mention, a great energy-saving Heat Pump option.

Geothermal Versus Air Source Hydro Royal Heat Pumps

We help you choose your Hydro Royal Heat Pump unit since a Hydro Royal Heat Pump can last as long as 30 years and have an expected lifespan of 10 to 20 years. A Hydro Royal Geothermal Heat Pump is used both to heat and also to chill the water in your Hatching Tank. For the purpose of a Hatchery System, we may agree that a Hydro Royal Geothermal Heat Pump is more efficient than a Hydro Royal Air Source Heat Pump because, in most cases, water will be a very good energy source while the air has a lower Coefficient of Performance or C.O.P. Depending on your region and specific climate, you can also successfully introduce a Hydro Royal Air Source Heat Pump for your Hatchery System, but you have to consider that you will need enough outdoor space for your Air Source Heat Pump unit to be placed as well as enough room to provide the unit with the necessary amount of air to heat and cool down the water when needed. We are explaining those factors because the Air Source Heat Pump is undoubtedly a better choice than any conventional heat alternative ever made, but there are some details to be considered prior to installing your Heat Pump. First of all, since the Air Source Heat Pump will be placed outdoors, it will be exposed to many natural and environmental variants that will inevitably make its lifespan shorter than the Hydro Royal Geothermal Heat Pump that can be placed indoors. The ideal environment to place an outdoor Air Source Heat Pump is the one that can provide air constantly remaining at 48°F or above to guarantee that the water temperature required and the desired temperature to keep your ideal Hatchery System working will be ensured.

Conventional Electric Resistance, Natural Gas Combustion and Propane Combustion VERSUS Hydro Royal Heat Pump

You can consider either using a water source Heat Pump or an air source Heat Pump, but both are better than the conventional way to heat water has traditionally been heated. A Hydro Royal Heat Pump has the technology to pump much more energy than it consumes. A Hydro Royal Heat Pump, first of all, is environmental friendly, and it leaves a very small environmental footprint, despite of being a trouble-free system that is very easy to handle with an extremely low operating cost. We already know that a Heat Pump have a long life span and are incredibly durable. We also have to mention that a Hydro Royal Heat Pump is Energy Efficient.

The idea behind the Hydro Royal Heat Pump is very simple and it was built purely to pump and to move heat from the source (in our case Water or Air) into the Hatching Tank. The Hydro Royal Heat Pump will transfer the energy from the source to the water into the tank while keeping the water temperature inside the tank ideally constant.

The idea behind the Hydro Royal Heat Pump is very simple and it was built purely to pump and to move heat from the source (in our case Water or Air) into the Hatching Tank. The Hydro Royal Heat Pump will transfer the energy from the source to the water into the tank while keeping the water temperature inside the tank ideally constant.

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