Chapter 234 The first batch of broodstock was found
The slippery shrimps around Xiangluo Island have actually just migrated from the deep sea in recent days, and their density is definitely not comparable to that of the shrimp season.
The two men cast a few nets, but when they saw the shrimps fleeing one after another and becoming increasingly sparse, they stopped casting nets and continued to drive the boat around the island in search of prawns.
When we had almost circled half of the island, we finally found an area of ​​water with a lot of prawns.
Shrimps hide in the deep sea in winter to avoid the cold and survive; they rush back to the shallow sea in spring to lay eggs and reproduce the next generation.
Since it is reproduction, the exchange of male and female shrimps is inevitable. Therefore, shrimps of the same species will also be relatively concentrated in groups for collective reproduction.
At present, they have found these prawns that are planning to lay eggs near Xiangluo Island. The scale is not large, but they are pure enough. They are all prawns with basically no other shrimps.
The joy of catching a few slippery shrimps was immediately replaced by the school of prawns in front of me.
In terms of the season, it is not yet the official spawning period for prawns. If they are caught and raised for a period of time, they will produce shrimp fry.
"Be gentle, try not to hurt the shrimp!"
All female shrimps that are about to give birth are called broodstock. Liang Ziqiang specifically told Zhu Tianpeng to be careful when casting and collecting the nets, and to move as slowly as possible to increase the survival rate of the broodstock.
In fact, usually there is no big problem. Catching broodstock by casting nets in the sea has always been one of the ways to obtain shrimp fry.
After the two men collected the net and caught the broodstock, they naturally could not pour them onto the deck. Instead, they filled a large basin with sea water and then put all the prawns into the basin.
Unfortunately, there were not many prawns gathered on Xiangluo Island. We used two or three nets to catch prawns, but the amount in each net was very limited. In the end, we only filled one basin, and the other large basin was still empty.
Liang Ziqiang decided to continue circling around Xiangluo Island to see if he could encounter one or two more gatherings of prawns.
We circled the entire island and returned to the starting point, but we still couldn't find any new shrimp schools.
It’s getting late, so we can’t continue looking for more broodstock today.
But to be honest, today's harvest was not small. In addition to directly catching some broodstock, Liang Ziqiang also basically set a clear idea through today's exploration:
By finding some islands with better water quality and conducive to shrimp spawning, the chances of finding parent shrimps are quite good. At least it is more efficient than blindly looking for shrimp spots in the entire vast sea!
Before returning to shore, they took some time to get off the boat and go to the reefs to pick up some ox-eye snails and horseshoe snails from the rocks.
I didn't order too many mussels and clams, I only took a little, enough for myself. I haven't eaten fresh seafood for a long time. Although mussels and clams are not worth much, they are still good to eat by myself. They are very fresh and can satisfy my craving.
After picking some snails and shellfish, we sailed directly back to the village.
After returning to the dock, they kept some of the shrimps for themselves, then put them all in baskets and pushed them to the purchasing point.
When we got to Zheng Liu's place, he was a little surprised: "How come we only got a few shrimps and snails today but no fish?"
"I miss you too, Uncle Zheng. It's not every day that we get to catch fish!"
Liang Ziqiang didn't explain much and just replied casually.
The slippery shrimps gathered on the edge of the island were not densely packed, with each net containing about ten pounds. The total weight of so many nets was not that much, so Zheng Liu felt that it was too little after seeing it.
After weighing it, the total weight was 73.5 jin.
"Seventy-three pounds and five ounces, seventy cents..."
Zheng Liu just wanted to say something this time, but he glanced at Liang Ziqiang, and seemed to remember that he had concealed the price increase when purchasing six-line fish last time. Liang Ziqiang scolded him a few times, so he became more self-conscious and quickly stopped talking: "Oh, by the way, the price of slippery shrimp just increased from 70 cents to 80 cents today! Look, Uncle Zheng will calculate it for you according to the latest price right away!"
"Really? How come we heard in Xiaolang Village that the price of slippery shrimp has increased two days ago?!" Zhu Tianpeng followed up his words seamlessly.
"..." Zheng Liu glanced at Zhu Tianpeng, automatically blocked out Zhu Tianpeng's words, hummed twice, and continued his own words, "80 cents per pound, a total of 58.80 yuan!"
Oxeye snails and horseshoe snails were only sold for a few dollars because there were fewer of them.
This time, because the total income was just over sixty dollars, less than one hundred dollars, the help fee was only the normal three dollars.
After paying Zhu Tianpeng for his help, Liang Ziqiang still had more than fifty-nine yuan left.
Seeing that Zhu Tianpeng was about to return to Xiaolang Village, Liang Ziqiang took out some of the slippery shrimps left on the boat and asked Zhu Tianpeng to take them back to cook and eat. He also asked him to take some of the coweye snails, horse hoof snails, mussels, etc. back.
Liang Ziqiang also picked up the remaining shrimps and snails and put them on the cart. In addition, the basin of prawns raised in seawater was also specially brought to the cart.
He did not rush home, but pushed the cart to the east end of the village, to the pond of several acres that he had contracted.
A pond of four acres and a pond of about three acres have both been filled with water again.
After the fresh water was drained, it was renovated and repaired, and now it is filled with seawater. This seawater was naturally pumped from the sea by Liang Ziqiang using a single-cylinder diesel engine pump.
In a corner of the four-acre pond, a small pond was specially enclosed with mud. This small pond was temporarily used to raise broodstock.
Liang Ziqiang poured all the shrimps he had caught in the basin into the shrimp pond. The shrimps were still alive in the big basin, but once they were put into the small pond, perhaps because they felt the space was open, they all started to swim.
Turning around, he took the bucket and shoulder pole from the cart, and carried them to the dozens of acres of wasteland he had contracted.
Large swarms of Artemia worms floated in the abandoned salt pans like pink powder in the water. He picked up a hand net and scooped up the densely packed ones.
With just a wave of his hand, he scooped up half a net of Artemia worms, drained out the highly salty water, and poured the Artemia worms into the bucket.
He was not worried at all that draining the Artemia worms and placing them in a bucket would affect their activity. This thing was so tenacious that it was incomprehensible that it could not be killed even by exposure to the sun.
Of course, what Liang Ziqiang may not know is that this thing will automatically generate a protective capsule and pretend to be dead in extreme environments.
If he knew that a cyst from 10,000 years ago could hatch into a living Artemia, he would probably be so shocked that he would drop the bucket...
When almost all the fish have been caught, we return to the broodstock pond and soak the Artemia slightly in the ordinary seawater in the pond to reduce the saltiness.
Then, all the Artemia were poured into the shrimp pond.
Large groups of Artemia spread out in the pond water like pink ink, or like a sudden peach blossom rain, burning in the water.
The prawns that were wandering around seemed to be violently stimulated. They immediately rushed over, rushed into the pink ink, and started to grab food.
In theory, the salinity of the sea is not enough to breed Artemia, and Artemia is extremely rare in the ocean. These shrimps must have never tasted Artemia and have no idea what it is.
But it is so strange that when faced with this completely unfamiliar bait, the prawns reacted as if they had encountered the most premium delicacies from the sky. They flocked to it and devoured it with relish! There is a reason why later experts chose to use Artemia to produce the best shrimp feed.
Seeing the shrimps fighting for food so happily, Liang Ziqiang felt more at ease as he felt that the information he had received from later generations had been confirmed by what he saw with his own eyes.
When we start breeding prawns, we will definitely need to add some other baits. It is not that eating only Artemia is not good, but we are afraid that Artemia will not be enough.
However, Liang Ziqiang does not plan to feed these broodstock with peanut bran. Instead, he only feeds them with the top-quality bait, Artemia.
With the best nutritional guarantee, broodstock will mature more easily, lay eggs faster, and the shrimp fry produced will be of better quality.
This batch of broodstock will be the first contributors to his breeding process and deserves this highest level of preferential treatment.
Liang Ziqiang has a rough idea of ​​the amount the broodstock eat, but he still needs to observe continuously to be more precise.
Some of the Artemia were eaten up on the spot, while the rest escaped, leaving enough for the shrimps to chase and eat for most of the day.
Now, Liang Ziqiang's stomach growled twice and he was hungry.
Liang Ziqiang, who was hungry, looked at the first step he had successfully taken to make money by raising shrimps, and he was full of energy and excitement...
Two chapters have been published in the early morning. Happy reading, and a healthy Dragon Boat Festival!
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