Filtration in aquaculture is vital to the health of the fish and other inhabitants of the pond. Every aquaculture operation needs an aquaculture filtration system to keep the water clean and oxygenated. Many aquaculture operations use a combination of submersible filters, external filters, aerators and skimmers to keep the water in the pond clean.

Making sure that your business carries a full line of aquaculture filtration systems and components allows you to accommodate the needs of every aquaculture operation, regardless of size or specialty. Take these suggestions into consideration when you stock your store:

1. Meet the needs of small aquaculture operations that specialize in bottom dwellers by stocking submersible aquaculture water filters.

2. Appeal to larger aquaculture operations by offering external filtration for aquaculture.

3. Give your customers the most efficient aquaculture filtration system possible by offering appropriate accessories.

Action Steps
The best contacts and resources to help you get it done

Stock submersible aquaculture filtration systems

Submersible aquaculture filtration systems work best in ponds, tanks and live wells that house bottom dwellers, such as catfish. Offering fully and partially submersible filtration systems allows you to accommodate the needs of almost any aquaculture professional or hobbyist.

I recommend: Western Outdoor Aquatics offers aquaculture filters that can use multiple media such as carbon or polyester. These filters connect to a pump and are fully submersible. These aquaculture water filters provide chemical, biological and mechanical filtration. Doctors Foster and Smith carry over 20 submersible pond filtering systems. Some of these are single unit filters. Others are multi unit aquaculture filtration systems.

Offer external pond filtering systems

For large ponds, fish farms or aquaculture farms, external aquaculture filters work better than submersible filters. Aquaculture sand filtration and bead filtration systems are two of the most popular types of external filter systems. Offer different types of external filter systems, including pressurized, to meet the needs of large aquaculture operations.

I recommend: Aquatic Eco-Systems has a good selection of aquaculture sand filtration systems and bead filters. This company has aquaculture system technology that combines chemical, biological, mechanical and UV filtration in a single unit. That Fish Place/That Pet Place has a wide variety of external aquaculture filtration systems. They specialize in pond filters, which is ideal filtration for fish farms.

Sell appropriate accessories to aid aquaculture filtration systems

Aerators and skimmers help filters keep the water cleaner by removing large debris, circulating the water and providing more oxygen. Offering aerators and skimmers to your customers who purchase aquaculture filtration systems gives you the opportunity to upsell while giving your customers the most comprehensive aquaculture filtration system possible.

I recommend: Memphis Net & Twine offers aerators from six companies. These can be combined with almost any aquaculture filter system. You can find filtration for aquaculture projects including live well, marine and pond operations. Pond-O-Mania has surface and floating skimmers. Many of the skimmers this company sells can be used alone or in conjunction with most aquaculture filtration systems.

Tips & Tactics

Helpful advice for making the most of this Guide

• •  Sell replacement media and filter sleeves for the aquaculture water filters you sell. This will help to ensure that customers keep coming back to your business.