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BernAqua

BernAqua is a hatchery feed company that is exclusively dedicated to the development, production and distribution of specialized, high quality feeds and solutions for a healthy growth of fish and shrimp.

Aquaculture is the fastest growing animal farming business today. Hatcheries are the foundation of the aquaculture industry, and feeds are at the heart of their success. Therefore, our main focus is helping our customers to achieve the best results while delivering healthy and tasty seafood.

BernAqua’s commitment is to invest in the future. Providing the aquaculture industry with the best products is not only our aim and motivation but also our duty.

BernAqua

  • Fish Hatchery Feeds
    • Caviar

    Caviar

    Each capsule is filled with small peptides and low MW soluble proteins, nucleotides, EFA based phospholipids, a balanced profile of chelated trace minerals, etc. Caviar is recently formulated with frozen krill mince (Euphausia superba) as its main ingredient. This Krill is fished in the pristine waters of the Antarctic sea. This key ingredient is giving to Caviar a better palatability, increased performance and extremely low levels of contaminants such as heavy metals and dioxins. The agglomerated product is classified in different sizes to match the different stage of the fish larval development.

    Benefits

    • Microencapsulated diet highly stable in water with easily digestible particles
    • High quality ingredients ensuring healthy larvae development and higher survival rates
    • Different sizes available matching different life stages of fish larvae

    Available Sizes

    • 50-100µm
    • 100-200µm
    • 200-300µm
    • 300-500µm
    • 500-800µm

    Packaging

    • pouches of 1.0 kg for sizes below 200µm (6 pouches per carton)
    • buckets of 4.0 kg for sizes below 100µm
    • buckets of 5.0 kg for sizes above 100µm

  • Prawn Hatchery Feeds
    • Royal Caviar

    Royal Caviar

    Royal Caviar is formulated and produced to mimic the basic features of live food.

    • Microcapsules ensure low leaching rate and nutrient loss
    • Outstanding digestibility ensuring highest performance
    • Neutrally buoyant. Always available in the water column
    • Exceptional palatability
    • Perfectly water stable. Low pollution of tank water

    Available Sizes

    •  5-50µm
    • 50-100µm
    • 100-200µm
    • 200-300µm
    • 300-500µm

    Packaging

    • jars of 400 g for all sizes (10 jars per carton),
    • buckets of 4.0 kg for sizes below 100µm
    • buckets of 5.0 kg for sizes above 100µm

  • Nursery Feeds
    • MeM Prime

    MeM Fish

    MeM Prime is a feed that has been produced by an adapted micro extrusion process followed by marumerization. The goal pursued by this innovative technology is ensuring a full water stability of soluble and insoluble nutrients in the feed while avoiding the use of chemical binders:

    • Sealed against physical and chemical nutrient loss in water (leaching)
    • Retains its palatability and nutritional quality in water for more than 12 hours
    • Does not contain harmful chemical binders

    Benefits

    • Micro-cold extruded product preventing the denaturation of essential nutrients
    • Homogeneous and tiny particle size facilitating catching
    • Highly stable in water reducing leaching and preserving water quality in nursery tanks

    Instructions for use

    • Feed 4-6% of the fish biomass per day.
    • Divide into frequent times per day.
    • Spread all over the tank.
    • Adjust fed amounts according to local conditions.
    • Product based on natural ingredients. Variation in colour is possible but does not affect the performance.

    Available Sizes

    • 200-300µm
    • 300-500µm
    • 500-800µm
    • 800-1200µm

    Packaging

    • buckets of 5.0 kg
    • bags of 20.0 kg
    • MeM

    MeM - Prawn

    MeM is a feed that has been produced by an adapted micro extrusion process followed by marumerization. The goal pursued by this innovative technology is ensuring a full water stability of soluble and insoluble nutrients in the feed while avoiding the use of chemical binders:

    • Sealed against physical and chemical nutrient loss in water (leaching)
    • Retains its palatability and nutritional quality in water for more than 12 hours
    • Does not contain harmful chemical binders

    Benefits

    • Nutritionally complete for super intensive culture conditions, micro cold-extruded product not denaturing essential nutrients with a high level of protein
    • Full water stability of soluble and insoluble nutrients avoiding the use of chemical binders
    • Homogeneous and tiny particle size facilitating catching the feed by shrimps

    Instructions for use

    • Feed 4 – 6% of the shrimp biomass of MeM per day.
    • Divide into 4 to 6 times per day.
    • Weight the feed according to the dosage and mix well with clean water, then spread all over the tank.
    • Adjust fed amounts according to local conditions.
    • Product based on natural ingredients. Variation in colour is possible but does not affect the performance.

    Available Sizes

    • 200-300µm
    • 300-500µm
    • 500-800µm
    • 800-1200µm

    Packaging

    • buckets of 5.0 kg
    • bags of 20.0 kg

  • Artemia
    • Artemia Cysts

    Artemia Cysts

    Artemia Cysts are Brine Shrimp eggs with an excellent hatching rate. Artemia Cysts nauplii are well-known as the ideal live food for the first stages of larval shrimps. It is important to feed Artemia nauplii as soon as possible after hatching to take full advantage of the stored reserves found in freshly hatched nauplii.

    Benefits

    • High eclosion rate
    • High efficiency ensuring the best NPG/CPG ratio
    • Cost reduction and time saving with no decapsulation required

    Packaging

    • Cans of 454g
    • Vitellus

    Vitellus

    The cysts have been opened and their content extracted. The content of the cyst can be called the vitellus of the egg. The extracted vitellus is processed with the most modern techniques which guarantee the total preservation of the unique nutritional qualities of the Artemia cyst. Vitellus is the perfect natural food for early stages of aquatic organisms.

    Benefits

    • Quality artemia replacement elaborated from Artemia cysts
    • Preventing bacteria contamination and lowering risk of carrying diseases thanks to gamma irradiation sterilization
    • Optimized work and space in hatcheries with no decapsulation or hatching required

    Available sizes

    • Small (50-125 microns): suitable for Zoea 3 and Mysis sizes
    • Standard (125-400 microns): suitable for stage PL1-PL12
    • Large (400-800 microns): suitable for stage >PL12, Transport and acclimatization

    Packaging

    •  jars of 454 g (10 jars per carton)
    • Buckets 4.0 kg

  • Rotifer & Artemia enrichments
    • Red Pepper

    Red Pepper

    Red Pepper is not only formulated with essential fatty acids but is containing well balanced important nutrients often lacking in yeast based diets or lipid emulsions. Red Pepper is containing the most important vitamins having an impact on immunity and development of collagen tissues. The levels of Vitamin C included are unique on the market and ensure the highest vitality of live food and subsequently of the fish larvae. Red Pepper is also containing chelated trace minerals, immuno-stimulants, … Red Pepper is a product which easily disperse once placed in water. The nutrients present in the product are well protected and do not leach in the enrichment tank, hence reducing water pollution and excessive bacterial development.

    Benefits

    • Phospholipids containing fatty acid omega3, essential components of fish nutrition
    • Rich in vitamins vital for fish immunity and collagen tissue development
    • Unique technology preserving essential fatty acids improving feed efficiency, reducing leaching and preserving water quality

    Instructions for use

    • Rotifer enrichment cleaned rotifers should be enriched at a density up to 1,000,000 rotifers per liter, for a period of 6 hours. Red Pepper is added in 2 rations of 180 gram/m3/ration. Rotifers are harvested after 6 hours and rinsed to remove all traces of the enrichment medium.
    • Artemia enrichment incubate Artemia nauplii at densi-ties up to 500,000 nauplii per liter, at a temperature of 25-30ºC while maintaining an oxygen concentration of more than 4 mg oxygen per liter. Red Pepper is added in 2 rations of 750 grams/m3/ ration, 12 hours apart for a standard 24 hour enrichment. Harvested Artemia must be rinsed to remove all traces of the enrichment medium. Adjust fed amounts according to local conditions.

    Packaging

    •  bottle of 1.0 kg (10 bottles per carton)

    W3Algae Dry Enriched Chlorella sp.

    • Excellent product developed to produce high quality of Rotifers
    • PURE product; not blended with yeast cells and without any chemicals additives, only composed of Chlorella algae

    Benefits

    • Stablility: Chlorella cells are dried virtually minutes after their harvest thanks to unique and proprietary technique ensuring the inactivation of autolysis (enzymatic) processes, the preservation of all nutritional characteristics and the total elimination of all bacteria and viruses.
    • Growth: there is nothing like pure micro algae to guarantee a high quality culture.
    • Easy: out of the shelf, easy to blend. The operator can reach complete cell separation in just a few minutes of blending.

    Instructions for use

    • Rotifer cultures: A feeding rate of 0.6 to 1.0 g of ω3Algae per million rotifers is suggested. Feed 4 to 6 rations per day. Best growth will be obtained at temperature close to 29.5°C.
    • Green water technique: 5-10 g/m3/day. Adjust fed amount according to local conditions.

    Packaging

    •  Jars of 500 g (8 jars per carton