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Fish farming

Of, or pertaining to the artificial mass cultivation of fish

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Fish farming

peristaltic pump

Fishing; Fish farming

A dosing pump which works by using rollers to squeeze flexible tubing.

pieces

Fishing; Fish farming

Individual items, as in the expression "two dollars a piece" . Individual fish.

power filter

Fishing; Fish farming

A filter which hangs on the side of a tank or is submerged in it, containing an internal pump to draw water through. They provide mechanical filtration, and optionally chemical or biological ...

powerhead

Fishing; Fish farming

A small submersible pump. They have only one moving part, called the impeller. They are useful to create current within a tank or to drive filters such as under gravel filters, canisters and protein ...

prefilter

Fishing; Fish farming

This is a small mechanical filter attached to the input to another filter, usually biological. It is there to make sure that the biofilter does not get clogged with gunk, decreasing its ...

production

Fishing; Fish farming

1. The total elaboration of new body substance in a stock in a unit of time, irrespective of whether or not it survives to the end of that time. 2. Yield.

protein skimmer

Fishing; Fish farming

This chemical filter, also called a foam fractionator, sends many small bubbles through a column of water to separate dissolved organic compounds from the water. They come in three varieties, ...

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