Intensive Tank Production: Experimental Raceway Construction
Live Food for Aquariums/Seahorses
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| Aerial view of the farm from the NE | Hatchery and nursery warehouses | Warehouse view from the south | Back of upper warehouse | My dad and my generators |
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| Trailer rig for transporting juveniles | CAD drawing of the upper warehouse | The hatchery room | Tubs for acclimating PL's | An old tank, no longer in use |
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| One of the nursery rooms | Me and some nursery tanks | Closeup of a nursery tank | The main office | Nursery tanks with filters in the back |
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| The packing and shipping room | Me and the shrimp | Early photo of me and some strawberry baskets | Brood stock tank with substrates and heaters | Lower warehouse tank with filters |
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| Tank with plastic cover pulled back | Brood stock tank with substrates in action | Closeup of brood stock tank and substrates | Brood stock tank being filled | Substrates hanging on pulleys |
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| Outdoor tank used to grow brood stock | Closeup of a substrate | Closeup of substrate frame | Exit for grow-out pond drainage system | Customer's grow-out pond with aerator |
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| Grow-out pond being drained for harvest | Series of small grow-out ponds | Pig barn converted for growing shrimp | Catch basin used to trap shrimp during harvest | Shrimp being caught and removed from catch basin |
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| Blue Claw male on harvest day | Shrimp being netted from catch basin | People showing up for harvest day | Net used to hold shrimp for weighing | Shrimp being sorted and weighed |
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| Shrimp being weighed for harvest customers | Sample of shrimp cooked and prepared for harvest customers | Harvested shrimp, ready for the scale | Harvested shrimp being sorted for weighing | Closeup of harvested shrimp |
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| A tasty dinner, ready to take home and eat! | A couple of big `ol shrimp | Closeup of several pounds of shrimp | Farm gate customers having fun at the harvest | Customers selecting their shrimp |
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| Shrimp being iced for customers | Sample tent to tempt hungry customers | Catch basin and weighing/icing station | Weighing/icing station in action | Happy customers waiting for their purchase |
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| A nicely configured harvest processing station | People sampling variously prepared shrimp dishes | The Wichita Falls Shrimp Festival, serving up fun! | Crowds enjoying the Wichita Falls Shrimp Festival | Processing station in action |  |
| Shrimp being rinsed and sorted for processing |