🦞 Shellfish Check-In: Why Health on Arrival Matters When it comes to holding live shellfish in a recirculating system like the Lobster Pod, success starts at the very beginning — with the condition of your stock when it arrives. No matter how advanced your system is, it can’t reverse damage already done to weak or…
Todd Fish Tech’s guide to Holding Temperatures for Shellfish When it comes to holding live shellfish like lobster, crab, or langoustine, water temperature isn’t just a detail — it’s a key factor in the health of your stock and the performance of your filtration system. At Todd Fish Tech, we recommend maintaining your Lobster Pod…
Why Salinity Matters: A Practical Guide to Shellfish-Safe Water In the world of shellfish holding systems, water quality isn’t just important—it’s everything. And when it comes to water quality, salinity is one of the key factors that determines the health and survival of your lobsters, crabs, or langoustines. Whether you’re using natural seawater or creating…
How to Carry Out a Water Change on Your Lobster Tank Maintaining optimal water quality is essential for the health and vitality of your lobsters. One of the key maintenance tasks in operating a Lobster Pod system or any lobster tank is performing regular water changes. Once your system is fully matured, we recommend a…
Shellfish Capacity in a Lobster Tank When it comes to storing live shellfish, particularly lobster and crab, capacity isn’t just a matter of volume—it’s about ensuring optimal conditions for animal health, water quality, and operational efficiency. At the core of our system design philosophy is a deep understanding of stocking density, tank surface area, and…
Setting Up Your Todd Fish Tech Lobster Pod: An Expert Step-by-Step Guide When your Lobster Pod arrives, it marks the beginning of an exciting venture into sustainable fisheries. Each system is thoughtfully packed to ensure it arrives in perfect condition. Now, as you prepare to set up your Lobster Pod, here’s a professional guide to…
Although we often refer to our shellfish systems as Lobster Tanks they are are also excellent at storing crabs and langoustine. Crab have slightly different requirements to lobster. They can make the seawater in the tank very mucky so we tend to have a larger mechanical filter. Â They produce more physical waste so we ensure…
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…
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…