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“This feed would cost at least ?20 less per kg than the commercial fish-meal based feed and would evidently help farmers,” he said. With the adoption of the technology, aquaculture can be done indoors as well since sunlight would be required only for those using plankton. more-inIn an effort to help aquaculture farmers, the Tamil Nadu Dr.
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Jayalalithaa Fisheries University has developed a new feed that will aid in the growth of the vannamei shrimp and the tilapia fish. Using biofloc, a new technology that obviates the need for the use of plankton in aquaculture, the feed, called Nutrifloc, has been developed. The technology reduces the use of water, which earlier had to be changed on a regular basis, brings down power consumption and cuts the cost of feed..