Twenty years after the first publication of Avnimelech’s research, biofloc technology is
commonplace, particularly among shrimp and tilapia culture systems. Biofloc technology involves the recycling of nutrients in the water from feed. When water exchange is minimized in intensive farming systems with high stocking densities, the nutrients proliferate into a community of microscopic organisms large enough for shrimp or finfish to eat. These microorganisms detoxify waste products, primarily nutrients excreted by shrimp and finfish, and act as a source of food and resulting in reduced feed costs. Perhaps biofloc technology is garnering more attention as of late due to the prominence of early mortality syndrome (EMS), which has impaired shrimp production in Asia and recently spread into Mexico. Biofloc technology has been identified by researchers as one of the potential solutions.(Source : www.gaalliance.org/newsroom/weighingInNews.php?Biofloc-Pioneer-Calls-For-More-Education-Research-48)
I think biofloc technology in aquacuture especially shrimp culture will be an alternative method to combat aquaculture problems due to diseases, deterioriation of water quality, and poor feed efficiency
The concept is quite nice but in the practical field still has many problems.
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