Still raining, still cloudy. Been a long spell of unusually bad weather for here.
Somewhat depressing, but also a very good test of our system's ability to hold the water temperatures.
So far, it is performing perfectly.
Shrimp starting to grow very nicely. I think once we get a juvenile rearing facility "on line" and we can head start our post larvae to 5 grams before we actually stock the grow out ponds (which is what our protocol requires) we will exceed both weekly growth averages and densities of those we achieved in South Africa.
One reason is we have a much better husbandry team running the operation and the second reason is that I am starting to think the waters from the Gulf are richer in bio-floc composition and provide a more nutrient rich environment for the shrimp.
Pulled a few for lab testing yesterday. First group we stocked are now averaging over 11 grams. And they are very good looking shrimp, fat, unblemished, and over all, very healthy looking.
Also, added new water testing equipment to our small but growing lab.
Starting to think about actual dates for our first small but highly anticipated harvest.
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