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| Very Easy Way of Green Shellfish Cultivation |
Green mussel cultivation is now a promising business opportunity and can be done in the coastal areas of the sea. The resulting profits are estimated to be far greater as well as the effort carried out is easier than catching fish into the sea. The business capital to start it is fairly economical and does not require too much equipment. This is the cause of the growing glance of green shellfish cultivation.
Green mussels are a favorite seafood menu for the community because of their high nutritional content and affordable prices, which are widely sold in various seafood shops or restaurants, so market demand is high. In this opportunity the author will describe 13 ways of cultivating green mussels certainly as a new insight that is useful for you and also as a guide if you want to try this business luck.
1. Characteristics of Green Shellfish
Before knowing how to cultivate green mussels, it must be known in advance what and how the characteristics of green mussels are marine animals that have two green shells found in the depths of the sea between 1 to 7 meters. The distribution is evenly distributed in almost all beaches in Indonesia so that it becomes a great opportunity to be cultivated. (Also read about how to deal with mushrooms in catfish).
2. Site Selection
For the cultivation of green mussels, the best location must be chosen and able to become a location for survival, the location is an area that is protected from strong currents and does not have a high salt content. Site selection is important because the environment is a basic factor for green mussels to be able to develop quickly and avoid stress. (Also read about corydoras fish cultivation).
3. Water Requirements
The required water conditions must also be considered, the best water conditions are muddy and sandy areas, in such locations will facilitate farmers because green mussels can independently find nutrients and nutrients needed during breeding so that the potential for growth is faster. (Also read about how to fish with biofloc systems).
4. Keep away from pollution
The method of cultivating green mussels which is also related to site selection is that they seek to free them from waste, pollution and pollution. That is free from toxic waste such as copper, zinc, mercury, lead, and so on. The location must also be far from the river that is related to the household to avoid detergent waste, bath soap, and the like.
5. Understand Risk Factors
Perform maintenance as best as possible and avoid risks from the beginning such as choosing a location, find a location that is truly free from hazardous waste materials or pollution and pollution because the location near the waste has the potential for the emergence of salmonella and echericia coli bacteria which can trigger danger for humans who consume it .
6. Proper Temperature and pH
Every animal certainly has an original habitat that influences its cultivation process, farmers must adjust the new location that is best in accordance with its natural habitat, for the best temperature and pH of 27 to 27 degrees Celsius and pH 6-8, try to be able to be in these conditions so that the growth of green shells will run optimally.
7. Collect Seeds
The most important way of cultivating green mussels is to collect seeds for cultivation, namely by inserting a collector rope made with simple materials such as coconut fibers. Look for spat green mussels in their natural habitat while still using natural methods that do not damage the environment or the original population.
8. How to Catch Seeds
The collector rope that you have prepared is put into the water which has a lot of green clam seeds, let stand for a while then the seeds will naturally move and stick, do not shake or put pressure because it can interfere with the natural population of green mussels and other fish around it.
9. How to breed
To be able to cultivate optimally, it must be known and understood in advance how green mussels develop so that the cultivator can develop it maximally. The way green mussels breed is that they are external fertilization that is removing sperm and egg cells in water until they are mixed, within 24 hours the eggs will hatch and become larvae which later grow into spat at the age of 15 to 20 days and grow into mature green mussels in age 5 to 6 months.
10. Cultivation Method
The method of cultivating green mussels is called the fixed raft method, that is by plugging bamboo into the prepared bottom of the water, the location of the raft must be prepared according to the high and low water when tidal so that the raft does not experience drought as it is known that green mussels are marine animals which certainly will not can live if the environment is dry.
11. Daily Day Care
Raft collector ropes that have been prepared and filled with spat developed and plugged into must be taken into account the distance, which is about one meter between ropes so as not to interfere with each other and make it easier when daily care, monitor the growth of green mussels in daily life, make sure their nutrients fulfilled either through natural nutrition in the location directly or additional feed provided. Care and observation is carried out for around 5 to 6 months.
12. Pest and Disease Control
Pests that usually attack green mussels are types of barnacles such as starfish and crabs. Keep green mussels from crabs because crabs can eat green mussels up to a dozen each day. For protection from diseases is carried out by protecting the location of cultivation from hazardous wastes such as water and household waste pollution.
13. Harvest Process
Within 5 to 6 months, the treated green mussel can reach a maximum size of 6 to 8 cm and has become a measure of demand for the market. Harvest when the green mussels are in the resting phase by scraping or shedding the shells from the rope, slowly doing so to minimize the wound so that the green mussels have a longer survival during the marketing process.
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