Jurus Budidaya Lobster Air Tawar
"Don't just stare at the results, but first look at the process, learn the characteristics of lobsters"
Freshwater lobsters are nocturnal animals that move actively at night. Just like humans, these lobsters easily break down the food around them. Cultivation of lobster is certainly one of the profitable business opportunities. In addition, this lobster is easy to cultivate on a small scale.
Mauda Irvan Hakim, owner of BSD Lobster Farm which is located on Jl. Statistics, Pagedangan District, BSD, South Tangerang City. He said the cultivation of freshwater crayfish is the same as the cultivation of consumption fish.
“In general, freshwater crayfish cultivation is the same as consumption fish. What makes the difference is that there is less feeding, and the water treatment takes a much longer time to change," said Irvan, to Jagadtani.id , when met at his farm.
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Furthermore, Irvan explained, “That's because he (freshwater lobster) rarely eats, eats sparingly and lives at the bottom. So, less dirt is removed, so the water treatment is also rarely carried out, about once a month,” he explained.
Irvan started cultivating freshwater crayfish since 2019. Starting with making 4 cement ponds and 1 tarpaulin pond on a home scale. The man who was born in August takes advantage of the existing vacant land. In starting the cultivation of this species, he admitted that he had begun to be interested in the fisheries business. For him, when a farmer wants to master something, we must love his field first.
“Because when we are in love, we can know and it is easier to learn many things about it. We can also easily convince other people to be interested in the business we offer,” he said.
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When starting cultivation, Irvan suggested providing several containers for the seedling. Whether it's using an aquarium, cement pond, tarpaulin pond, plastic tub and so on. For the size of the aquarium, it reaches 1 meter in length, 0.5 meters in width and 0.4 meters in height, the water size is 30 centimeters with the number of parent packs of 3 males and 5 females. However, before that this Betawi blood man suggested to know the characteristics of the lobster.
"It's better for beginners, don't just stare at the results, but first look at the process, learn the characteristics of lobsters. If you really like the field of fisheries, whatever the obstacles and as long as the cultivation is certainly not a problem. Because it's like, we like something that we are passionate about and moreover it is paid for, of course it is very profitable,” said the man who was born in 1995.
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In addition, in hatchery freshwater crayfish, friends of Farmers also need supporting tools to help their success, using paralon pipes, pieces of bamboo, roof tiles and others for hiding holes as well as an aerator to increase oxygen supply, equipped with filters, both mechanical and biological filters that can maintain water quality. .
