Aller Aqua launch new feed for Atlantic RAS salmon
ALLER Aqua have launched a new feed called Aller Flow, which is specifically for Atlantic salmon in recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS). It has been created to optimise performance in terms of both water quality and the health of rapidly growing fish.
Production of Atlantic salmon in
RAS is gaining popularity across the globe with steadily rising production volumes each year.While technically advanced and requiring large investments, RAS also calls for highly sophisticated and advanced fish feeds.
Following the increasing trend of large-scale production of Atlantic salmon in RAS across the world,
Aller Aqua introduced Aller Flow as the best choice for farming
Atlantic salmon in this sophisticated environment. Thoroughly tested and developed at the trial station at Aller Aqua Research in Buesum, Germany, Aller Flow has been created considering the impact of the feed on the entire production system whilst maintaining focus on fish health and growth.
Dr. Robert Tillner, Product Manager at Aller Aqua, said:
‘Aller Flow has been developed to enable the highest feed efficiency, not only in terms of growth but also feed conversion. Every digit in improved feed conversion means fewer nutrients to be handled by energyconsuming filtration units in RAS.
‘Keeping this in mind, we were able to improve the FCR by no less than 4% in Atlantic salmon fed Aller Flow compared to a competing RAS feed.That is a huge difference when producing several thousand tons of salmon!
‘We have also significantly improved the faeces structure from fish fed
Aller Flow compared to a competing RAS feed, meaning that the more compact and stable faeces are efficiently transported through and removed from the system by filtration units.This will make a big difference for the efficiency of the RAS as well as the economic result.’