Cultivation of Windu Shrimp can be done in ponds, tarpaulin ponds, houses, fresh water, brackish water and even aquarium. Windu shrimp is a very popular type of shrimp community. Especially processed into processed food sea food. In addition to popular tiger prawns also have a savory taste and delicious when compared with the type of shrimp vaname.
Many breeders cultivate tiger shrimp rather than vaname shrimp. This is because tiger shrimp are more immune to weather and make a big profit.
If sold in tiger prawn market has a higher price compared to vaname shrimp. Each tiger prawn can reach 7-8 ounces.
But in recent years the tiger shrimp population has decreased significantly. So many breeders switch to cultivate vaname shrimp though with relatively low selling price.
One of the factors that cause breeders or fish breeders to grow shrimp is related to harvest time. Tiger shrimp require a longer harvest period that reaches the age of 5-6 months.
However, the superiority of tiger shrimp is more dominant than vaname shrimp. Therefore the following we give tips to cultivate tiger shrimp to get abundant results.
A. Shrimp Cultivation Windu
B. Preparing the Cultivation of Windu Shrimp
C. Choosing and Sowing Windu Shrimp Seeds
D. Feeding of Shrimp Windu
E. Shrimp Harvest Windu Process
A. Shrimp Cultivation Windu
Place or location is the main factor of successful or not cultivation of tiger shrimp. Windu shrimp is perfect when breeding in coastal areas. The coastal area has sufficient water resources and water cycles that keep flowing well and regularly. The required temperature is 25oC-29oC with salinity composition 10-25 ppm and pH 7-8.
B. Preparing the Cultivation of Windu Shrimp
Things that need to be prepared to cultivate tiger shrimp is to provide 3 types of ponds. Where each pond has a place of entry of water. This is intended for the water circulation process to run well and regularly. The three types of ponds include tambondongan pond, nursery and enlargement.
C. Choosing And Sowing Windu Shrimp Seeds
Good tiger shrimp seeds have the characteristics of agile, free moving and no physical defect. Then if the three things were filled then the shrimp seeds are left in the bucket for about 30 minutes.
Use to adjust to ambient temperature. After that sow slowly in the pond or pond nursery.
D. Feeding of Shrimp Windu
If the tiger shrimp has looked big then the next step is to prepare a pool of enlargement which previously been sown fertilizer for the growth of plankton and moss.
Plankton and moss is later as a shrimp feed windu. Each hectare sprinkles 75 kg of fertilizer with a water height of about 5 cm. But for a satisfactory result, may add fertilizer 2 times.
To menamu tiger prawn nutrition then we can give a fish pellet made from shrimp head that has been ground smooth. Provision of these nutrients can be done every morning and afternoon.
Also can also provide fish that have been cut small. By doing this way it can stimulate the rapid and effective growth of tiger shrimp.
E. Shrimp Harvest Windu Process
The process of harvesting of tiger shrimp can be done when it is large, hard and black and heavy reaches 7-8 ounces / tail.
To achieve the above characteristics generally takes about 5-6 months. If the cultivation process is not going well and regularly then the harvest can take about 7-8 months.
Windu shrimp basically takes a long time but will produce high quality shrimp and high selling value.
Harvesting process can use the net or by throwing the nets done at night with the aim of fresh shrimp when marketed. Happy to work.
