MIKE SIPES SIMPLE ONE ACRE INTENSIVE SYSTEM or “SIPE’S SIMPLE SYSTEM”

MIKE SIPES SIMPLE ONE ACRE INTENSIVE SYSTEM
The essence of this communication is to explain why THE USE OF OXYGEN improves the growing of tilapia by supplying oxygen needs on a 24/7 basis because the oxygen supports the aerobic digestion of all foods whenever the tilapia needs or wants to eat.

The supplying of oxygen to intensive growing systems has been accepted for many years, but the idea of supplying oxygen to dirt ponds I have only recently looked at, but there are ample reasons to consider it

The response of our pennyfish have to high levels levels of dissolve oxygen in our tank system suggest that the dissolved oxygen will really help the pennyfish grow faster even in a dirt pond, which has the possible contribution of acting as a vast biofilter..

Will use the system of u-tube injection of oxygen in the pond instead of a tank. We pioneered the use of the very first u-tube more than 30 years ago. I have continued to improve them so that instead of 35 ppm of oxygen which we were able to get from thirty-five foot u-tubes to 300 ppm in deeper u-tubes. We built different styles, depths and sizes and were able to improved the efficiency of each one in terms of the percentage (which now has 99% of the oxygen delivered to the tanks the fish are grown in.) and total oxygen moved and dissolved.

The total square feet in one acre is 43,560  square feet.  If we place enough  pounds of pennyfish in cages in the lake to equal an average of one pound per cubic foot we will be using the biomass of these 43,560 pounds of tilapia to produce a daily production of 1.765% times the total stocking density which will be grow in correct systems at approximately 766 pounds of weight must be distributed .

the fact is that the total weight of biomass of growable tilapia in the system means that the poundage is much higher and more controllable in this system because the increased oxygen system is needed care for this increased load. The total pounds grown can be extended to much higher numbers because of the constant steady supply of oxygen from the u-tube and in fact we have maintained without difficulty stocking densities between 6-7 pounds with our system.

we have been able to stop almost every difficulty that we got into to because we had a dependable highly efficient u-tube that delivered over 100 parts per million of dissolved oxygen when it was needed and distributed it almost instantly throughout the fish tanks. The ease if distributing oxygen evenly thrughout each tank has proven to be very reliable.

The stoking density calculated for each cubic foot can safely be 1, to 7 pounds of pennyfish  per cubic foot.

Each pound of all sizes can add new weight at just under 2 % per day of the weight on the previous day or 1.76% of growth per day of the total previous days previous days weight.

I have a sort of algorithm that helped me come up with this growth perception.

So using these numbers and figuring the total biomass of the pond we can get a good idea of how many pounds of each size pennyfish are needed to be included in the total biomass to get the best return from each new project. Just figuring the pounds in each cage(as it is stocked) from day one to day 112. and at day 238(16 weeks) per cubic foot a day and day 347(34 weeks)

At a  weight of one pound of pennyfish per  cubic foot , we will have a total weight of 43,560 pounds of pennyfish per cubic foot of this dirt pond.   The size of each pennyfish in the pond can be from one ounce up to two  pounds per pennyfish,  to make up the total weight of pennyfish stocked to reach a total of one pound per cubic foot we have to divide the total .  

If we have clean water and the appropriate pounds of feed we will see a growth of 1.76% of that total biomass each day. That is 766 pounds a day, or 5,366 pounds each week of live pennyfish.
the total pounds of pennyfish that are in the lake will grow on each day of growth at the rate of just under 2% or 1.76% per day of the previous days total weight.

the total number of pounds stocked in the whole lake to achieve a stocking density of one pond per cubic foot is then 43,000 pounds per pound per square foot of the lake

so, if we stock one pound of pennyfish per cubic food the will have a total of 43,560 pounds times 1.76 % per pound which will be 767 pounds per day for the first day and approximately seven times 767 pounds for each consecutive day.  in a week (once we pass the magic day) we should be able to harvest 5,369 pounds of pennyfish each week.

we have grown enough pounds of fish in systems for over 10 years to understand and utilise these numbers, but it has taken me most of that time to take a look at the revenant numbers and draw some interesting conclusions.

an Intensified one acre pond set up in a system kept at 85 degrees F. where you can feed and oxygenate 50,000 pounds of pennyfish will produce 5,369 pounds a day provided the temperature is right *85-88 degrees farenheigt, the water quality is good and the feed is at least 32% protein wth no animal fat. At least 9,000 pounds of this feed are fed to the pennyfish over the previous weeks. Nine thousand pounds of dissolved oxygen must also be produced, dissolved and utilised by the fish to grow.

We have put as many as 7 pounds of pennyfish per cubic foot in intensive tanks and have seen the fish really grow out that speed, so stocking one pound of pennyfish per cubic foot should be easy in comparison. Go to you tube and type in the words “cherry” and “snapper” in the search area and view my intensive farm, built and run 10 years ago, this was an intensive tank where the o2 level is maintained by a u-tube designed by us and supplied with sufficient oxygen to maintain this stocking density should be able of producing over 475,000 pounds per year which will bring in at $3.00 per pound  or about $1,423,858 each year.  
Spread sheets exist included which estimates the cost of construction, management cost at under 50% of the total estimated cost.

$1,423,858 is the projected income from a one acre pond with a stocking density of one pound per cubic foot .

At a stocking densiy of five pounds of pennyfish per cubic foot the revenues from a one acrepond are significantly higher at  $7,119,294 per year.

I hope this is a little bit hope clearer than my last articlr, but if you want anything explained, please-mail me at miketsipe@gmail.com for further questions.
sincerely,

Mike Sipe

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MIKE SIPE

I am 70 as of August 4th 2010.  I have spent over 41 years Breeding tilapia, improving tilapia gene lines creating Red tilapia, and improving the body form of "pennyfish" from 24% in 1963 to 50% in 2009. I have pioneered and installed high oxygen intensive aquaculture production  systems.   We (TILAPIA AQUACULTURE INTERNATIONAL) built the first u-tube used to control oxygen and co2 levels in aquaculture.   We can dissolve up to  800 parts per million parts of water and thereby control oxygen levels in growing situations. ( THIS IS WHAT MAKES OUR INTENSIVE CULTURE SYSTEM WORK SO WELL) We have designed hatchery systems to produce thousand of pennyfish fingerlings a day using breeder cages.   We have helped to establish the production of over two billion pounds per year of our tilapia in over 50 locations in North America, Mexico, South America, Central America, Kenya Africa, and Saudi Aribea in the Middle east.  Our goal is to help people with the production of tilapia necessary to *feed everyone* in the world a well balanced nutritious* diet, and to restore the forest of the world. If you wish to talk with me my phone number is 877 217 7006. Please feel free to call me during normal Eastern daylight times. At this particular time I believe that I have more hands on experience in building , designing and running u-tubes to lower the cost and risk for growing all kinds of Aquaculture by 10% - 20% and the cost of dissolving oxygen in an intensive system by 50- 85%. The safety issue is by far the most important issue because having complete control over the oxygen level in a tank helps to assure he safety of the crop and the cost. Another area where I have extensive experience is on what is required to create new characteristics in a gene line. We can take a tilapia that is black and turn it to a brilliant red or take a gene line and select for various body form changes or various internal genetics needed needed to manufacture certain expensive biochemical products..such as Heparin which is an important molecule in haemoglobin that plays a role in clotting blood. A good breeding and selection system could virtually increase the production of almost any biological chemical system in the tilapia.

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