Chloramine is a mixture of chlorine and ammonia and is being used more often in the UK to disinfect tap water. We are aware of customers in London, Birmingham and St Abbs in the Scottish Borders where the local water authority add chloramines to the water for disinfection and we are sure there are other…
A filter is essential on your lobster tank. Â It keeps the water clean and clear and removes waste, bacteria and toxic ammonia. We are aware of many fishermen (and a few merchants) who try to keep lobster in aerated tanks and keep changing the water rather than put a filter on their tank. Â Unless you…
We are delighted here at Todd Fish Tech to have received another order! As our blog fans will know we are currently manufacturing a Lobster Hatchery for Amble Development Trust in Northumberland. Â This will keep us very busy until the end of March. Â We only have enough room in our workshop to manufacture one other…
Our unique Lobster Pod shellfish storage systems have many advantages over traditional Lobster Tanks. That being said the tanks have a place and are right for some people which is why we also sell them. If you have plenty of space (both floor space and headroom), are new to holding shellfish and like to spend…
We have several shellfish holding systems and supply them either with our triple filter or an integrated filter but many of our customers already have tanks and just need a filter. If you are looking to add filtration to your lobster tank make sure it has all of the following: Mechanical Filter – this is…
For your shellfish holding system to operate successfully it needs to have a mature filter. When you buy a new system (or when you start your system up again after it’s been empty for a while) it takes time to mature the filter. Â There are no shortcuts and you need to have patience. Â We hope…
At this time of year many fish merchants bring in Canadian lobster (Homarus americanus) as the native UK lobster is harder to get a hold of and more expensive. Although our systems are capable of storing these shellfish there are a number of challenges that operators should be aware of. Usually the Canadians are imported…
A massive 2 tonne capacity Lobster Pod system is our biggest order yet. We have recently installed ten Lobster Pod systems to condition brown crab prior to export to the Far East. Exporting live shellfish can be tricky. Â To ensure the best survival rates it is important to firstly grade your stock. Â Our systems can…
Which is better? Â The Lobster Pod versus Traditional Lobster Tanks. Firstly, I’d like to be clear that we always recommend a filter which at the absolute minimum has an ultraviolet steriliser, a mechanical filter, a biological filter and a protein skimmer. Â Why would you risk having any quantity of lobsters or crab in a tank…
Todd Fish Tech has a range of standard lobster tanks ranging from 40Kg capacity to multiples of 1 tonne but we also manufacture bespoke systems. Sometimes our customer’s have specific requirements and we can accommodate these. Â Today we got an order for our standard 250Kg shellfish holding system but the client wants to hold his…