Integrated culture of Nile tilapia and Amazon river prawn in stagnant ponds, using nutrient-rich water and substrates

Rodrigues, Caio G.; García, Baltasar F.; Verdegem, Marc; Santos, Michelle R.; Amorim, Rafael Vieira; Valenti, Wagner C.

doi:10.1016/j.aquaculture.2018.12.073

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“…Similarly, curimbatá did not affect the prawn's performance. All species developed well in stagnant earthen ponds using nutrient-rich water, corroborating previous results [31,32,36]. The total annual high-value biomass produced increased from 9 t ha −1 in lambari monoculture to 16 t ha −1 in integrated culture, using the same space, amount of freshwater, feed, and other resources indicating a tremendous increase in system efficiency.…”

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“…The present study corroborated that the Amazon river prawn can be raised with pelagic fishes in stagnant ponds filled with eutrophic or hypereutrophic water. Rodrigues et al [36] demonstrated the feasibility of combining Amazon river prawn with Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus), and Dantas et al [32] demonstrated the same, combining the prawn with tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum). All these studies used nutrient-rich water in stagnant ponds.…”

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“…All these studies used nutrient-rich water in stagnant ponds. Nevertheless, the yield of the Amazon river prawn is about 0.5 t ha −1 cycle −1 , when eating only diet residues and wastes of a pelagic fish, which is half of that obtained when prawn is fed with a specific commercial diet in densities below 40 prawns m −2 [32,36,40]. In the present study, the use of inlet water rich in phosphorus and nitrogen led to suitable pond water quality during the entire experiment and consequently did not impact the yield.…”

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Improving the Efficiency of Lambari Production and Diet Assimilation Using Integrated Aquaculture with Benthic Species

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A single farmed fish species assimilates about 20% of the nutrients in the supplied diet. This study evaluated if the culture of complementary ecological-function species can recover nutrients dispersed into water and transform them into high-valued biomass. A completely randomized experiment was designed with three treatments and four replications of each production system: monoculture of lambari (Astyanax lacustris); integrated aquaculture of lambari and Amazon river prawn (Macrobrachium amazonicum); and integrated aquaculture of lambari, Amazon river prawn, and curimbatá (Prochilodus lineatus). Fingerlings of lambari (0.8 ± 0.8 g) were stocked in twelve earthen-ponds (0.015 ha) at the density of 50 fish m−2. Eight ponds were stocked with juveniles of Amazon river prawn (1.1 ± 0.2 g) at the density of 25 prawn m−2. Four of these eight ponds were stocked with curimbatá fingerlings (0.2 ± 0.1 g) at a density of 13 fish m−2. Only lambari was fed twice a day with an extruded commercial diet. The experiment lasted 60 days when lambari attained commercial size. The inclusion of prawn increased the total species yield from 1.8 to 2.4 t ha−1 cycle−1 and reduced the feed conversion ratio (FCR) from 2.5 to 1.8. The inclusion of prawn and curimbatá increased the total yield to 3.2 t ha−1 cycle−1 and reduced the FCR to 1.4. Therefore, the integrated culture of lambari, prawn, and curimbatá improves the use of space, water, feed, and benthic species to recover the large quantity of nutrients accumulated in the bottom of lambari pond production, converting them into high-nutritional and monetary-valued biomass.

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“…Food supply in South American countries is mainly based on monocultures; aquaagriculture-integrated food production systems are not yet widespread (Rodrigues et al 2019;Liu et al 2018). Monocultures are one of the causes of the overexploitation of both the soil and natural resources (Hampf et al 2020;Joyce et al 2019;de Castro et al 2014) and, in the long run, are inefficient in supplying the local population with healthy food.…”

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South American fish species suitable for aquaponics: a review

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Tilapia and catfish are the most popular fish species in aquaponics. However, they are not well-accepted in all markets, and finding alternative species is important in order to increase the variety of food products and meet market demands. South America has several potential fish species for aquaponics systems. Encouraging the implementation of integrated aquaculture systems by providing information about the production of South American species can help to increase the supply of high-quality food and aquaculture diversification. Thus, data for five South American fish species with potential for aquaponics were compared with existing data for the main traditional warm water species in this system, tilapia and catfish. Moreover, the degree of suitability of the novel species for these systems in terms of zootechnical performance, tolerance to water quality and nutritional composition of fish flesh were discussed. The South American species considered were jundia or silver catfish (Rhamdia quelen), yellowtail lambari (Astyanax lacustris), pacu (Piaractus mesopotamicus), tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum) and snook (Centropomus spp.). Their description and the tabular comparison with the most traditional aquaponic-cultured species show they are suited for this production system. How suitable they are will depend on the system design, as well as the regional characteristics of the market where they will be produced.

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“…However, this approach has been carried out in freshwater systems for over 2000 years in China as the integration of fish with vegetable crops and is currently practiced worldwide as the integration of fish and prawns in rice paddies (Chopin, ). Recent studies in freshwater systems include Rodrigues et al (), Rodrigues, Engle, Garcia, Amorim, and Valenti (), which assessed the technical and economic feasibility of integrating Nile tilapia ( Oreochromis niloticus ) and Amazon river prawn ( Macrobrachium amazonicum Heller) in ponds; Kibria and Haque () tested the feasibility of integrating carps, snails, catfish, and aquatic plants in earthen ponds and Pereira et al () showed that artificial diet was optimized when integrating the culture of rainbow trout ( Oncorhynchus mykiss ) with South American catfish ( Rhamdia quelen ) in tanks. The results obtained by these authors are very promising.…”

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The budget of nitrogen in the grow‐out of the Amazon river prawn ( Macrobrachium amazonicum Heller) and tambaqui ( Colossoma macropomum Cuvier) farmed in monoculture and in integrated multitrophic aquaculture systems

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This work determined the nitrogen inputs, outputs and accumulation in compartments of stagnant earthen ponds for the monoculture and integrated multi‐trophic aquaculture (IMTA) of the Amazon river prawn (Macrobrachium amazonicum) and tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum), using recycled hypereutrophic water. A completely randomized experiment was designed with four treatments and three replications: PM–monoculture with 30 prawns/m2, FM ‐ monoculture with 3 fish/m2, IMTA ‐ polyculture with 30 prawns/m2 and 30 fish/m2 free, POLY‐CAGE ‐ polyculture with 30 prawns/m2 free and 40 fish/m3 in net‐cages. Animals, rain, water, feed, soil, gas, accumulated sludge, and suspended sediments were collected throughout the experiment to determine their nitrogen contents and to calculate the nitrogen budget. Results showed that much of the nitrogen available escapes to atmosphere as N2 (~40%–56%) after denitrification or accumulated within bottom sludge (~14%–42%). The remaining nitrogen was converted in animal biomass (~5%–21%) or was discharged to receiving waterbodies in the outlet water (~11%–13%). Feed management appeared to influence the major biological processes in the aquatic nitrogen cycle, such as photosynthesis and denitrification. The fish‐prawn IMTA systems converted approximately 53%–75% of feed nitrogen into harvestable products, which is more efficient than the 19%–46% of feed nitrogen converted in the monocultures. However, a large amount of nitrogen is accumulated in the pond bottom in all systems. An increased prawn density or the addition of a mud‐feeder species to the culture may enhance the incorporation of this material in harvested biomass, improving the efficiency of the systems.

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Integrated culture of Nile tilapia and Amazon river prawn in stagnant ponds, using nutrient-rich water and substrates

Cited by 28 publications

References 39 publications

Improving the Efficiency of Lambari Production and Diet Assimilation Using Integrated Aquaculture with Benthic Species

Improving the Efficiency of Lambari Production and Diet Assimilation Using Integrated Aquaculture with Benthic Species

South American fish species suitable for aquaponics: a review

The budget of nitrogen in the grow‐out of the Amazon river prawn ( Macrobrachium amazonicum Heller) and tambaqui ( Colossoma macropomum Cuvier) farmed in monoculture and in integrated multitrophic aquaculture systems

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