Farming fresh water PRAWNS (shrimp) in the U.S.A 

Bubba would be very grateful and be talking about it all day long.

if you find a fertilized female with orange eggs: move her into a brackish aquarium tank so that when she releases her eggs the juveniles don’t die. (The larva need brackish water for the first 35-ish days of their lives or else they die) by brackish i mean that: the salinity needs to be 10-14 PPT (aim for 12) and that’s it. KT Prawns on youtube has a tank breeding guide. I bought some breeders and I am going to experiment growing them in Pennsylvania. on our homestead we have a 4 quarter acre ponds for bluegill, hybrid stripe bass, fathead minnows and pond snails (great supplemental protein and calcium for laying hens). One of our ponds has an aerator and solar heater so I think it would be ideal to experiment with. can’t wait try to this!

Fresh water prawn is one of the tastiest prawn in the world. They really popular and cheap in Southeast Asia. I am glad to see we can farm them here in US. I personally think they are better than crawfish. I think weather and temperature in the Florida would be better for the prawns to grow faster, since their weather condition similar to Southeast Asia.

Thank you for sharing! I had no idea this was done in Kentucky. That's Awesome!!

on a school visit to the marine resources center we got to see freshwater shrimp they are breeding to see if they could be farmed and while I have never seen these shrimp available in groceries stores I have often wondered if anyone was farming them. The freshwater shrimp they were working with are huge! The breeding females weighed as much as 5 pounds. They looked bigger than most of the lobsters I see in tanks in the stores. They probably take longer to grow that big, which might be why you don't see them in the stores. Just one of these big shrimps would probably feed my family of four!

Looks like hard work. Thank you for sharing. Love the video

It would be great if 99% of the shrimp in the United States weren't "farm raised" in in SE Asia. I honestly have no problem paying more for anything if it's not raised in countries that have zero oversight when it comes to seafood farming. Hopefully more people get involved domestically with production, good job 👍

Wow, very nice place and a lot of shrimp, thank you for sharing 🎉❤

Already excited for next year!

We have these In Singapore for recreational prawn fishing ponds aka prawning. Tasty buggers, Chinese call them 大头虾，big head prawn. We usually just stick a bamboo skewer through them and BBQ them

Thanks for sharing and explaining!

This is the best prawn I have ever tasted.

I hope these guys and those like them really blow up! Man I wanted some of those. Much rather buy prawns from U S waters and standards vs those from who knows where and raised who knows how.😁👍💯

The holes made by the shrimps is normal in the wild.The hole serves as its nest to hide into; at times it feels any disturbance around them. It also provides safe haven to stay away from aggressive other shrimps.

thank you for sharing have a great week ahead 🙏

Great Product. Tom Yum Guk would be epic, little garlic chopped within sauteed/ pan fried prawns is my fav

I would love to get into something like this!! Plus that looked good coming off that grill!!!

Never knew about KY shrimp. Great video.

Amazing work.

Interesting video thanks

Making me hungry . . . 😮🤤👌

Loved the video. Would love to speak to you sometime about jog this for myself and my small farm in my backyard pond

Love the video

Great video

Just fried it whit white onion Then dip it on sambal kicap @ soya souse n green chill Wow..... Salam dari Malaysia

you should try fishing for this prawns its super fun...we still do it in Malaysia

Hello my friend new subscriber her and love the the video of yours.Love shrimping in hood canal Northwest.Too

Ran across this video. Me and my father are raising prawns in Minnesota. Wondering if we could get put in touch with this farmer. We would love to chat with them. Not many of other prawn farmers to "talk shop" with. Thanks

In Australia we have them in the tropic areas In rivers and streams, They are called Cherabin and look almost the same, and they grow pretty big. Tasty AF!.

What a great migration of industries.

Looks yummy

Grilling "shell on" makes a really nice shell/chip texture, for the lazy chef, (Moi) even better.

the head is the best part on those prawns

In my country(Thailand) We call them “river prawn”. They occurred naturally by riverbanks exits to the ocean. They can grow up to 30-40 cm in size. I think they can grow better in the US southern states with warmer climate like Florida, Louisiana, Texas. I like to eat them but I preferred Tiger shrimp better.

Macrobrachium Rosenbergii is a good candidate in Freshwater prawns. It grows to 200 grams in 8 - 10 months at stocking density of 1 / square meter. If there is a big dam then it can grow upto 500 grams (1 pound) in 6 months with stocking density of 1 / 10 square meter. Since they are highly cannibal in nature they need places like waste tyres, pipes, coconut shells etc to hide after moulting.

The best tasting shrimp fresh and salt water....the heads would make shrimp amazing stock..

These are hard to find for sale. Try an Asian market. Even the frozen ones are as good as a saltwater shrimp. Sustainable and no by-catch.

this tiger prawn is from our home town at Malaysia... wow now farming in Kentucky... awesome !!👍👍👍

Yall makin me want shrimp now.... 😋

Thank you 😆from Singapore Toa Payoh Town 👍Jesus Christ love ❤️ you and USA.

Malaysia has the highest quality prawn i see so far.

I get my shrimp from GA wild caught. I absolutely love them. I support this however for sustainability

I've been wanting to try tiger prawns for years

We catch them now and then here in south Texas canals but I never thought they could be farmed .

Kept a prawn for a min. It’s name was Godzilla. Not named by me but the pet store I got it from. Amazing creatures.

I would make our BBQ Shrimp that we do with the fresh shrimp here in Louisiana and I guarantee that those would be delicious because we leave the heads on for the dish and that’s how you get a lot more flavor from them. 😁👍

Wow

Great video. I noticed you didn't remove the mud line from the whole shrimp that you cooked on the barbecue. Or, does it come out with the head and body when you twist it off? I've always been taught that they won't have a good taste if you don't remove the mud line. Sure wish you were closer to me in southern ontario, Canada. I'd buy your shrimp for sure!

How do you replenish the pain from year to year when you take the shrimp with eggs

Oooh crap, a brackish shrimp 10:13 similar to Amano shrimp. No wonder you gotta keep buying babies and growing them out. Been looking into aquaponics Recently

Really nice prawns. I like to try to breed them here in Minnesota. Do you sell a breeding set?

Could you please explain how you would farm in an above ground pool (or couple of them) for your family farm or maybe a small community farm? I am not able to find much info on how to properly or where to source spawn. (I am in TX so nowhere near competition 😉)

You should try indoor farming on this prawn to have a better control on temperature. What i seen on your video, the are relatively small compared to what it should be. Those prawn are cannibal and kinda practice hierarchy lol where only a few among many will fully grow. So i suggest in indoor farming, you create a small space for them. That my opinion based on what i have studied.

they can grow to a one pound each , easy to raise and delicious full-grown take about two years they are plentiful in South East Asia

3:14 up down wiggle wiggle 🤣

It's very famous in bangaldesh and in west bengal which is a state of india... It's famous dish malai chingri ♥️

Operations like this one are easier to do if done in a State or region closer to the coast. Even areas in the desert where the ground water is brackish. Algriculture made easy and convenient is better for economics and the environment!!!

Do you guys make freeze dried bait for fishing also. ?

I remember reading a William Gibson story where one of the characters visits an arcology that has a geothermal tap for power. They raised shrimp in a cistern on the roof that collected the warm water and cooled it for re-circulation. This isn't quite so cyberpunk, but still pretty cool! Has the drought effected you much?

I’ll have to look for them if they’re sold in my local stores.

Cool vid, I reckon they make holes because there's no other structure in the pond😁😂👍

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When I was in college in the early 90’s I bought one of these at a local pet store in AZ. The fish was 2”…1yr later is was 6” with big long blue claws. One morning I woke up to discover a Frontosa missing…next morning I woke up to see the shrimp holding the largest fish by the head eating him alive! I was pissed so that shrimp became dinner for a raccoon!

Nice video! What was the name of the farm in the video? Thanks!

Awesome. I wish I could do the same. Do I need any training? I would like to replicate it in Northern California

That is freaking awesome. And 14 pounds per basket!!!! Wonder if they are good cat bait, asking for a friend.

Tiger shrimps fr Maui❤

Wonder if you should have something around the pond’s to stop them from becoming an invasive species! Cool video!

The best part about this prawn is the head. Very tasty

Do you have a video on how you prep the pond bottom for the next harvest?

They are tasty fresh... not so much frozen.

Sushi restaurants will buy life tiger prawns by the lake-full. They serve the tail end still twitching and deep fry the heads. Craziest thing you've ever seen.

10:10 wow

what is the temperature of the water?

Lucy, you've got some seining to do!!!

I bet those turtles are eatin' good lol

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Do you guy clean out the silt?do praws burrow into the silt?

They look the same as our “cherrabin”Australian fresh water shrimp.

So where are you located in KY?

Question, if you get all the prungs, or shrimp and drain the pond in a day, what are you going to do the next day 🤔? You must have many ponds?

Great video! I have a catfish farm in Africa and I am wanting to get into the fresh water shrimp farming business as well there. You said in your video that it cost a lot to get them from eggs to a size big enough for the pond. Is the feed cost to get them to market size also high? I actually have a ton of questions but don't want to blow up your comments section.

Please where can I do this in USA Iam in NEW YORK and I have intrest

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Time for a cast iron pan you have consumed most of the cancer non stick in the one you used. This was great to watch.

Ok,,,,, sooooo,,,,,, How are they reproduced? Is there a batch of babies you buy every year???? Also,, how small are they to begin with and how long to grow to harvest size? Do they make it through winters and frozen ponds? tons of questions. these are just a few...

Hello Jamie’s,,, When can I purchase some ?? What city you live in ?????

How much would it cost to set up a small operation like a large pond (natural) or something? I was thinking about mussel farming myself, but maybe I can do both.

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The holes or craters are probably where they are bedding.

where to buy these

KFS Kentucky Fried Shrimp.

Really tricky to grow. They are an indicator species, sensitive and die to small changes in environment. The ones in the video are pretty small so I'm guessing it's difficult to grow them past this size in Kentucky.

I am interested in trying this at home. How/where do you get the starters ?

I visited many of these farms in Thailand, big money and tasty. I may add in Thailand they grow to the size of your forearm

aren't they tropical? how are they surviving the cold weather in Kentucky?

If you can get it to the 6oz, you can easily get $15 a pound in Coastal cities.

Where it's location? My favorite shrimp

One can make a fortune harvesting these prawns in Florida ,Texas : Rio Grande ,Hawaii, and Puerto Rico in the USA