World population is expected to grow from the present 6.8 billion people to about 9 billion by 2050. Aquaculture has become the fastest growing food-producing sector in the world, but productivity is already highly stressed by excessive fishing pressure, growing organic pollution, toxic contamination, coastal degradation and climate change.
Your challenges
As developing countries begin to adopt more sophisticated farming techniques, the downstream effects will become more pronounced. This is important across all forms of food production and, particularly, aquaculture.
Aquaculture can be an environmentally negative activity where uneaten food and waste material from the animals being farmed turns into sludge. To make this industry more sustainable, aquaculture operators need to find a way to efficiently break down these polluting sludges, as well as increase yields through lower disease and higher feed / product efficiencies.
OUR SOLUTION
Calix has developed AQUA-Cal+, a water conditioner that safety addresses disease and pollution, delivering improved feed performance and yield.
It has already begun to transform prawn and shrimp farming, as well as fin fish farming. As well as improving water conditions, it reduces stress on the animals and leads to increased harvest weight and survival rates, while reducing energy costs and protecting the environment.
Find out more about AQUA-Cal+customer stories
Feeding the Growing Human Population \ Aquaculture
Shrimp farming in eastern China, Rudong Huang Xiaohua Farm 
AQUA-Cal improves the quality of water and thereby promoting better and healthy aquatic life at Rudong Huang Xiaohua Farm, Jiangsu
Feeding the Growing Human Population \ Aquaculture
Yield Improvement in Shrimp & Prawn, IKerpan Farm 
AQUA-Cal improves the quality of water and thereby promoting better and healthy aquatic life at IKerpan Farm, Kerpan, Malaysia.
The Calix difference
People, unique technology, partners, and track record
Leading edge technology
Calix core technology makes high surface area materials (with a honeycomb-like structure), giving you a price and a reactivity advantage.
Our materials are proving to have similar properties to highly active nano-materials, without the health/safety concerns and high cost, but with all the benefits.
Faster reactivity = less costs
Manufactured in Australia
Fully integrated supply chain – from mine to customer
Calix is able to offer better service, reliability and performance to its
customers because it controls the entire production process from mining
of raw materials, processing and production.
We work together in ways others don’t, considering the long-term effect of our actions, never satisfied with the status quo.
Calix has its own direct delivery, service and support capabilities and also has an established a network of local distributors and partners that can provide the best solution for your specific needs and ensure you receive excellent customer service and support, wherever you are located.
TECHNICAL WEBINARS
June 11, 2020 \ Feeding the Growing Human Population
Webinar – Optimisation of Grow out conditions in aquaculture systems
In this webinar, we look at what are the best pond conditions for growth and how AQUA-Cal+ can help to achieve these conditions.
June 11, 2020 \ Feeding the Growing Human Population
Webinar – Control of Ammonia and Nitrite in aquaculture systems
In this webinar, we looked at the generation of Ammonia and Nitrite and the problems the farmer encounters. We then explored the role of AQUA-Cal+ in absorbing Ammonia via the Struvite reaction.
June 11, 2020 \ Feeding the Growing Human Population
Webinar – Pond sludge treatment remediation
In this webinar, we talked about sludge formation in aquaculture systems, what current treatment methods and the place of AQUA-Cal+ in a sustainable solution.
Relevant articles
June 27, 2020 \ Feeding the Growing Human Population
Understanding the global challenges we solve
The world’s population is expected to grow by over a third, or 2.3 billion people, between 2009 and 2050. This
June 11, 2020 \ Feeding the Growing Human Population
Webinar – Optimisation of Grow out conditions in aquaculture systems
In this webinar, we look at what are the best pond conditions for growth and how AQUA-Cal+ can help to achieve these conditions.
June 11, 2020 \ Feeding the Growing Human Population
Webinar – Control of Ammonia and Nitrite in aquaculture systems
In this webinar, we looked at the generation of Ammonia and Nitrite and the problems the farmer encounters. We then explored the role of AQUA-Cal+ in absorbing Ammonia via the Struvite reaction.
Calix supports WaterAid programs to facilitate access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene in the world’s poorest and most marginalised communities.
This partnership with WaterAid aligns perfectly with our purpose and the reason to why we exist “We Solve Global Challenges” and with our core value of “positive impact”.
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