{"id":8147,"date":"2026-11-01T18:59:04","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T18:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rastank.com\/resources\/ras-design-basics\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T13:29:32","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T13:29:32","slug":"ras-design-basics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rastank.com\/id\/resources\/ras-design-basics\/","title":{"rendered":"RAS design basics: from output to equipment"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>1. Target output to standing stock<\/h2>\n<p>Annual output, harvest size and growth rate set how many fish are in the tanks at any time. This is the standing stock, and the tanks must hold it at a density the species tolerates.<\/p>\n<h2>2. Standing stock to tank volume<\/h2>\n<p>Standing stock divided by the planned stocking density gives the culture volume. Splitting it into tanks depends on the species, the building and how you plan to grade and harvest.<\/p>\n<h2>3. Fish to feed<\/h2>\n<p>Feed rate depends on species, size and temperature. The peak daily feed is the most important number in the design: it sets the load on every treatment stage. Extension guides describe the same order: the harvest sets the standing biomass, the biomass and feeding rate set the peak daily feed, and the feed sizes every treatment stage (<a href=\"https:\/\/avalonlibrary.net\/ebooks\/Southern%20Regional%20Aquaculture%20Center%20-%20Tank%20Culture%20of%20Tilapia.pdf\">SRAC<\/a>).<\/p>\n<h2>4. Feed to treatment load<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Amonia<\/strong> from feed protein sizes the biofilter.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Padatan<\/strong> from faeces and uneaten feed size the mechanical filtration.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Permintaan oksigen<\/strong> after feeding sizes the oxygen supply.<\/li>\n<li><strong>CO\u2082<\/strong> from respiration sizes degassing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A common rule of thumb is about 350 g of oxygen per kg of feed for the fish (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.novair-usa.com\/how-to-estimate-oxygen-requirements-in-aquaculture\/\">Novair<\/a>). The biofilter and organic matter use more on top.<\/p>\n<h2>5. Load to flow<\/h2>\n<p>The flow through the tanks must bring enough oxygen and carry waste out fast. Flow also sets the size of the drum filter, pumps, pipework and UV.<\/p>\n<h2>6. Flow and load to equipment<\/h2>\n<p>Each stage is then sized on the flow and load it carries, at the peak, with standby units where a failure would harm the fish. See <a href=\"\/id\/resources\/how-to-select-ras-equipment\/\">cara memilih peralatan RAS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>7. Check the balance<\/h2>\n<p>The last step is to check that every stage agrees: the same flow, the same feed load and enough margin at the peak. This flow balance is what we send with every first layout.<\/p>\n<h2>Fit the site<\/h2>\n<p>Building size, climate, water source and power then shape the layout, heating or cooling, and materials. Send species, target output and site size and we return a <a href=\"\/id\/how-we-work\/design-feasibility\/\">first layout in 3 days<\/a>, free.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A RAS design is a chain of numbers. Start from how much fish you want to sell, and each step sets the next. Get the first numbers right and the equipment follows.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_aseo_title":"RAS Design Basics: From Output to Equipment | RASTANK","_aseo_desc":"RAS design is a chain of numbers. Start from harvest target. Each step sets the next: output \u2192 stock \u2192 feed \u2192 treatment load \u2192 flow \u2192 equipment.","_aseo_noindex":false,"_aseo_og_image":8043,"_aseo_schema_type":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-guides"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rastank.com\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rastank.com\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rastank.com\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rastank.com\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rastank.com\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8147"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.rastank.com\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8521,"href":"https:\/\/www.rastank.com\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8147\/revisions\/8521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rastank.com\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rastank.com\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rastank.com\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}