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For this institute a research facility was build in 2010 for the husbandry of different zebrafish strains. The recirculation system contained both aquaria and shelves for plastic boxes

The project for the Univerity of Groningen, a fully equiped freshwater and seawater research facility using RAS technology, is finalized on the 29th of September of 2011. The freshwater unit consists of 7 recirculation systems with aquaria . One of the aquaria is a large donut-shaped aquarium of over 3000 liters! The 9 recirculation systems in the seawater unit are equipped with protein skimmers and can be cooled using external coolers. A computer monitors waterquality parameters and guards technical equipment.

We also finalized the project Glasaal Volemdam in the 2nd half of 2011. This company wants to culture European eel, Anguilla anguilla, using techniques developped by New Catch BV. The unit consists of several recirculation systems for husbandry, spawning preparation and glass eel.

A 300 ton African catfish growout farm using RAS technology was build together with our partner PAL Anlagenbau GmbH in the Northeast German town of Altkalen. The whole facility consists of 3 identical RAS systems with a capacity of 100 tons per year each.

Special about this facility is that all the heat for the installation is generated by a biogass installation. Pig manure, waste water of the fish farm and mais silage is transferred by yeasts and bacteria into methane gas. This gas is burned in a gas turbine engine generating electricity and heat.

In 2009 a research facility was build for the Aquatic Ecology & Evolution Division of the University of Bern. The facility consists of two recirculation systems; one for freshwater fish research (Lake Victoria Cichlids) and one for marine fish research.

In 2008 we built a large fish research facility on several locations. The recirculation systems were primarily build for the husbandry and breeding of zebrafish, but also facilities were build for killi fish and even Xenopus frogs. A first for Fleuren & Nooijen was the development of stand alone breeding systems (“cupboard size”) for zebrafish with independent light and waterquality control. In the design phase we worked closely together with the researchers.

Our largest zebrafish project is the recently build project at the Hubrecht Institute in Utrecht. This Institute is one of the largest institutes using zebrafish in Europe. The facility consists of four separate recirculation system of which the largest contains 840 aquaria of 10 liters! One of the systems is purposely build for hatching and larval growth, the other three system for growth and husbandry.

This school in Belgium, providing education at BSc level, wanted to offer the possibility to the students to study aquaculture. For this a small recirculation system needed to be designed. This system only contains two tanks of 500 liters, but is very flexible. In future this system will be used in connection to a hydroponics installation, to combine fish and plant crop production. At the moment African catfish is cultured in this system.

This company is an innovative enterprise to develop products for pharmaceutical applications based on zebrafish technologies. In order to be very flexible we build a complete movable fish lab in a40 ft container. The container consists of two identical rooms. In each room a recirculation system is build. The whole facility is secured using a computer monitoring waterquality and the functioning of all electrical equipment

For this marine research facility we built these raceways for algae production. The raceways are equiped with adjustable paddlewheels. The raceways are constructed of very robust materials (polyester, PP, stainless steel), because they are under constant influence of the marine environment.

In 2008 Fleuren & Nooijen BV built a facility for the production of Claresse juveniles. Claresse is a hybrid between Clarias gariepinus and Heterobranchus longifillis. This fish has a splendid white filet and a delicate taste (www.claresse.eu).

Fleuren & Nooijen BV has designed and build the hatchery for this company (broodstock system and facilities for the production of juveniles till 2 grams in weight). The total hatchery is using RAS technology. The maximum capacity for this hatchery is 60.000 pieces per week.