The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Wildlife and Fisheries Department has recently developed apps for use by producers. These apps are now available in the
iTunes store for iPhone, iPad, iPad Mini, iPod Touch, MAC, & PC. We invite you to check them out.
AquaCide – $2.99
The Aquatic herbicide selection, effectiveness, and restriction guide is a
tool for recreational pond managers as well as aquaculture professionals. This
comprehensive visual guide helps you select the most effective herbicides for
all aquatic vegetation classes, including the most common North American algae
and floating, submerged, and emergent aquatic vegetation. Only herbicides that
provide good or excellent control are provided for each species. AquaCide
provides the environmental restrictions of all aquatically labeled herbicides,
such as restrictions for human use (drinking, swimming, and fish consumption),
livestock watering, irrigation (turf and crops), and other general comments
pertaining to restrictions and differences in formulation.
Keywords: AquaCide,
herbicide, pond management, aquaculture
AmmoniaCalc - $1.99
The un-ionized ammonia calculator is an invaluable resource for on the go
aquaculture producers and managers as well as home aquarium hobbyists. Ammonia
is the major end product in the breakdown of proteins in fish. Total ammonia
nitrogen (TAN) is composed of toxic (un-ionized) ammonia (NH3) and nontoxic
(ionized) ammonia (NH+ 4). Over time the buildup of ammonia within the fish
system, combined changes in pH and temperature causes fluctuations in the
concentration of toxic un-ionized ammonia. AmmoniaCalc allows the user to input
simple, easily measured water chemistry measurements such as pH and temperature
to instantly calculate the un-ionized ammonia concentration.
Keywords: ammonia,
calculator, aquaculture, aquarium, fish, toxic, water quality
AquaPlant - $5.99
AquaPlant is
designed to help pond owners and their advisors in the identification and
management of aquatic vegetation. Aquatic vegetation management can be a
perplexing problem. The first part of that problem is proper identification.
Management of most aquatic plant species depends on properly identifying the
desirable or nuisance plant. After identification of the aquatic plant is
achieved with the visual index and description pages of AquaPlant, the user can
then use the management section for each species to learn the correct treatment
options including biological, mechanical, and herbicide controls.
Keywords: aquatic,
vegetation, management, plant, identification, herbicide, grass carp
AquaRef – The aquaculture and pond manager quick reference guide
is an inclusive set of tables and conversion factors for aquaculture
professionals. Conversion factors range from the weight of chemical units that
must be added to water to achieve particular concentrations to temperature
conversion to volumetric water conversion factors to metric-English conversion
for chemicals. This guide is packed full of useful information including pond filling time,
pumping rate equivalents, discharge rates from standpipes, net mesh sizes for
grading fish, length/weight relationships for fish, oxygen saturation points,
pounds of fish that can be hauled at temperature, egg development stages,
stocking guides, fertilization rates, and much more. Texas A&M AgriLife
Extension’s AquaRef is credited in large part to Larry Dorman with the
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, as he developed many of these materials
for the quintessential Aquaculture Producer’s Quick Reference Handbook. Tables
were reproduced with permission.
Keywords: aquaculture, pond, reference, guide, conversion, fish
PondCalc is a comprehensive tool for
recreational pond users as well as aquaculture producers. One of the most
common problems in pond management is over-estimation of pond size. This tool
allows the user to quickly and easily calculate the surface area of any shaped
pond and then calculate the number of acre feet, all without having to do any
math. These calculations allow the user to determine accurate pond area and
volume for the application of chemical treatments and herbicides.
Keywords: pond, area, volume, acre-feet, calculator
