Fish Hatcheries & Intensive Fish Farming Facilities
We design, produce and install fish hatcheries and intensive fish-farming facilities, both in Israel and globally. Our deep sector knowledge and hands-on experience allow us to deliver turnkey solutions that meet both operational and environmental standards in aquaculture.
What We Offer
- Comprehensive Planning & Design: From site assessment through final commissioning, we cover fish species requirements, growth cycles, stocking densities, biosecurity, water quality, energy efficiency, and regulatory compliance.
- Fish Ponds and Tanks: We supply a variety of pond and tank types (e.g. concrete, fiberglass, plastic, or composite) sized appropriately for hatchery (egg and fry), fingerling, and grow-out stages.
- Water Treatment Systems: Including bio-filter systems for removal of toxic nitrogenous compounds, mechanical filters for solids removal, and clarifiers or sumps for sedimentation.
- Disinfection & Sterilization: UV systems and ozone equipment to reduce microbial loads, inactivate pathogens, and maintain water quality. These systems are chemical-free or minimally chemical-dependent and help prevent disease outbreaks.
- Aeration and Oxygenation: Pumps, diffusers, or pure oxygen solutions to keep dissolved oxygen at optimal levels, especially critical in high-density operations.
- Auxiliary Systems: Including water inlets/outlets, waste removal, degassing (CO₂), pH control, temperature regulation (heat exchangers or chillers), and environmental sensors for monitoring water parameters.
Key Components & Technologies
Component | Function | Importance to Intensive Fish Farming |
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Mechanical Filters | Remove solid waste and suspended particles before water enters biological systems. | Prevent clogging, reduce load on biofilters, maintain water clarity. |
Bio-filters / Biological Filtration | Nitrification, conversion of ammonia → nitrite → nitrate via beneficial microbes. | Essential for maintaining safe ammonia and nitrite levels, enabling high stocking densities. |
UV Systems | Disinfection of water by inactivating pathogens, bacteria, viruses, parasites. | Helps ensure health of fish stocks; often used after filtration. |
Ozone Systems | Oxidation of organic materials, color removal, disinfection, reducing dissolved organic compounds. | Enhances water quality, complements UV treatment, can improve growth and reduce mortality. |
Aeration / Oxygenation | Maintaining sufficient dissolved oxygen; mixing water to avoid dead zones. | Critical for fish metabolism, especially in warm water or high density conditions. |
Design Considerations
- Species-specific Requirements: Different species (trout, tilapia, carp, etc.) have different requirements for temperature, oxygen, pH, water quality, and space.
- Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (RAS): For intensive operations, RAS allows water reuse, reduced water consumption, and better environmental control (waste, temperature, pathogens).
- Flow Rates, Turnover, and Water Exchange: Proper sizing of pumps, pipes, and filters is crucial to maintain the flow and exchange rates needed to flush waste and maintain oxygen levels without stressing the fish.
- Modularity and Scalability: Facilities should be scalable (adding tanks or modules) and modular to allow maintenance, separation of growth stages (fry, fingerling, grow-out), and disease containment.
- Monitoring and Automation: Water quality sensors (for dissolved oxygen, ammonia, nitrates, pH, temperature), alarm systems, automated dosing (e.g. for pH or disinfection), and control systems help ensure stable operation and fast response to anomalies.
Benefits of Our Approach
- Improved survival rates and growth performance by maintaining optimal environment.
- Lower operational risks due to disease control (via UV/ozone/disinfection).
- Reduced water usage (especially with RAS) and better environmental compliance.
- More predictable production cycles and better quality fish.
- Turnkey installations from us minimize customer’s project management burden.
Idan B Plastics Ltd., a member of the Belsky Group