Artificial Feed for Shrimp

Like it already discussed before, the artificial feed for shrimp can be explained as a feed which it made on industrial scale with composition of nutrition and nutrient appropriate with shrimp need level. The artificial feed for shrimp is given to supply a feed to pond which stock level of natural feed is very limited to empty anymore. The utilizing level of artificial feed is not same between shrimp culture scale, like explained below:

1. On traditional shrimp culture, the utilization of artificial feed is not/very rarely used at feeding program implementation. The artificial feed utilization just limited on feed which made based on pond owner capability as personally. The matters that used to make artificial feed on this case are among others: brans (rice siftings), corns, fish mill or unutilized fish as a blended. This feed kind usually utilized after the shrimp come close to harvest and the shrimp population is estimated in great quantities.
   
   
2. On semi intensive shrimp culture, the utilization of artificial feed is directed to anticipate a decrease natural feed based on shrimp population estimation at that time. The using of artificial feed is not absolutely and it more incidentally.
   
   
3. On intensive scale shrimp culture, the utilization of artificial feed especially on industrial scale is absolutely as one of requisite of shrimp culture management. The intensive shrimp culture has a high density and population, so this condition is a matter why the artificial feed utilization is very important on this scale shrimp culture. Besides that, the right implementation of artificial feed on intensive scale shrimp culture can assist to estimate a shrimp condition and shrimp growth within pond.

If it considered with other kind of shrimp feed, so the industry scale artificial feed have a characteristic viewed from size and nutrient composition. The characteristic is made and determined by factory based on shrimp need within pond water.

The size of artificial feed is a size of feed granules in line with shrimp need at specific time and condition. Based on it size, the artificial feed mainly can be grouped on:

1. Crumble, it is afeed size which very small/powder granules and it usually used at fry stage.
   
   
2. Pellet, it is a feed size which small granule to coarse grained and it usually used adult shrimp to come close to harvest.

Beside size, based on nutrition contain, the artificial feed has a formulation appropriate with shrimp need. The nutrition that usually contain on artificial feed, are among others: carbohydrate, proteins, fats, fiber and other essential nutrition for shrimp growth. The nutrition composition can be different between each others depend on feed size and artificial feed factory. At specific condition, the artificial feed can be combined with supplement essence (like vitamins) to anticipate a decreased nutrition at urgently condition.

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