Free aquaculture tools you can cite and link

How the numbers are worked out

Results are planning estimates, not quotes or guarantees. The formulas, inputs and sources behind each calculator are listed openly so readers can check them.

Project planning tools

• RAS sizing calculator

  Tank volume, flow and biofilter sizing for a target RAS production.

  https://fishmatchgroup.com/calculators/ras-sizing

• RAS cost calculator

  Indicative capital-cost ranges for recirculating aquaculture systems.

  https://fishmatchgroup.com/ras-cost-calculator

• Advanced project planner

  Step-by-step plan for a commercial fish or shrimp farm project.

  https://fishmatchgroup.com/advanced-project-planner

• Shrimp farm profile estimate

  Pond size, stocking density and harvest goals turned into a cost estimate.

  https://fishmatchgroup.com/shrimp-farm-profile

• Loan payment calculator

  Repayment schedule for aquaculture project financing scenarios.

  https://fishmatchgroup.com/loan-payment-calculator

All 62 aquaculture calculators

• Pond Volume Calculator

  Calculate gross and usable water volume for a rectangular aquaculture pond, raceway or tank.

  https://fishmatchgroup.com/calculators/pond-volume

• Biomass Calculator

  Total standing biomass (kg of live fish or shrimp) is the master input for oxygen demand, feed load, water-treatment capacity and stocking density.

  https://fishmatchgroup.com/calculators/biomass

• Stocking Density Calculator

  Stocking density (kg per m³ of water) drives oxygen risk, disease pressure and water-treatment load.

  https://fishmatchgroup.com/calculators/stocking-density

• Oxygen Requirement Calculator

  Oxygen demand in intensive fish culture follows feed: the fish need oxygen to digest what they eat.

  https://fishmatchgroup.com/calculators/oxygen-requirement

• Fish & Shrimp FCR Calculator

  Aquaculture FCR = feed given ÷ fish or shrimp biomass gained.

  https://fishmatchgroup.com/calculators/fcr

• Fish Growth Calculator

  Specific Growth Rate (SGR) is the daily % weight gain.

  https://fishmatchgroup.com/calculators/fish-growth

• Water Exchange Calculator

  Daily water exchange controls waste dilution, nitrogen load and overall water-quality stability.

  https://fishmatchgroup.com/calculators/water-exchange

• Harvest Profit Calculator

  Quick per-cycle P&L: revenue at farmgate minus feed cost.

  https://fishmatchgroup.com/calculators/harvest-profit

• Aquaculture Project Economics & ROI Calculator

  Build the economics of a fish or shrimp farm from production upward: stocking, survival and harvest weight give yearly output; FCR and feed price give feed cost; juveniles, energy,

  https://fishmatchgroup.com/calculators/project-roi

• Pump Sizing Calculator

  Pump selection is defined by required flow (m³/h) and total dynamic head (m).

  https://fishmatchgroup.com/calculators/pump-sizing

• Biofilter Sizing Calculator

  Biofilter capacity in a RAS is driven by the ammonia (TAN) the fish excrete from their feed.

  https://fishmatchgroup.com/calculators/filtration

• Shrimp Farm Calculator

  Whiteleg shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) farming economics come down to stocking density (PL/m²), survival, average harvest weight and FCR.

  https://fishmatchgroup.com/calculators/shrimp-farm

• RAS Sizing Calculator

  Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) are sized around standing biomass, feed load and target density.

  https://fishmatchgroup.com/calculators/ras-sizing

• Feed Budget Calculator

  Feed is 40–60% of aquaculture OPEX.

  https://fishmatchgroup.com/calculators/feed-budget

• Round Tank Volume Calculator

  Circular tanks are the workhorse of RAS, hatcheries and shrimp nursery systems.

  https://fishmatchgroup.com/calculators/tank-volume

• Solar Aquaculture ROI Calculator

  Solar PV can offset part of a farm's pumping, aeration and RAS electricity.

  https://fishmatchgroup.com/calculators/solar-roi

• Solar ROI & Payback (Load + Diesel + Tariff)

  Purpose-built for solar-hybrid aquaculture: enter your daily load profile, required battery autonomy, grid tariff and diesel assumptions.

  https://fishmatchgroup.com/calculators/solar-payback

• Solar Pump Sizing Calculator

  Solar-direct or hybrid pumps need a PV array sized to deliver the daily volume against total dynamic head (TDH).

  https://fishmatchgroup.com/calculators/solar-pump

• Battery Storage Sizing Calculator

  Aquaculture critical loads — oxygenation, biofilter pumps, alarms — cannot tolerate outages.

  https://fishmatchgroup.com/calculators/battery-storage

• Operating Cost (OPEX) Calculator

  OPEX drives profitability more than CAPEX for most farms.

  https://fishmatchgroup.com/calculators/operating-cost

• Aquaculture Power Requirement Calculator

  Every backup-power design starts from the same question: how many kW does the farm actually consume — and how many of those kW are critical (life-support) versus non-critical (ligh

  https://fishmatchgroup.com/calculators/power-requirement

• Aquaculture Generator Sizing Calculator

  This tool sizes a prime or standby generator for aquaculture from the farm's critical kW load, applies motor-starting headroom and site derating (altitude, temperature), and estima

  https://fishmatchgroup.com/calculators/generator-sizing

• Commercial Aquaculture CAPEX Estimator

  Rapid CAPEX for a commercial fish farm, shrimp farm, RAS plant or sea-cage project.

  https://fishmatchgroup.com/calculators/commercial-capex

• Commercial Aquaculture ROI & IRR Calculator

  Investor-grade returns model for commercial aquaculture: annual EBITDA, payback, levered IRR estimate and Debt-Service Coverage Ratio (DSCR).

  https://fishmatchgroup.com/calculators/commercial-roi

• Aquaculture Energy Cost Calculator

  Estimate electricity use and cost per harvested kilogram for fish or shrimp farms from your load list, operating records and tariffs.

  https://fishmatchgroup.com/calculators/energy-cost

• Aquaculture Water Consumption Calculator

  Water permits are a major approval risk for commercial aquaculture.

  https://fishmatchgroup.com/calculators/water-consumption

• Commercial Oxygen Demand & LOX Cost Calculator

  Convert standing biomass and your daily feeding rate into oxygen demand (about 0.25 kg O₂ per kg feed, Timmons & Ebeling), then into delivered oxygen, annual tonnage and an indicat

  https://fishmatchgroup.com/calculators/oxygen-demand

• Commercial Feed Consumption & Budget Calculator

  Feed is usually one of the largest cost lines in commercial aquaculture.

  https://fishmatchgroup.com/calculators/feed-consumption

• Aquaculture Processing Plant Capacity Calculator

  Sizes a processing plant from annual harvest input: daily throughput (t/day), gutted/HOG/filet yield, required headcount and indicative CAPEX.

  https://fishmatchgroup.com/calculators/processing-capacity

• Fish & Shrimp Harvest Cold Storage Calculator

  Every commercial aquaculture project needs a chilled buffer (0–4 °C) plus a frozen store (–20 to –25 °C).

  https://fishmatchgroup.com/calculators/cold-storage

• Aquaculture Financing & Loan Amortization Calculator

  Lender-side view of a commercial aquaculture loan: monthly and annual debt service, total interest paid, interest-during-construction (IDC) and the resulting DSCR at your projected

  https://fishmatchgroup.com/calculators/financing-loan

• Aquaculture Aeration Calculator

  Aeration is sized against peak oxygen demand, not average demand.

  https://fishmatchgroup.com/calculators/aeration-sizing

• Aquaculture Farm Expansion Planner

  Existing producers rarely expand by adding ponds alone — capacity is usually limited by water, oxygen, pumping or power long before it is limited by area.

  https://fishmatchgroup.com/calculators/farm-expansion

• Shrimp Harvest Vacuum & Pump Sizing

  Shrimp harvest vacuum (fish pump) systems are specified by live product throughput, the water carried with the product, hose diameter, lift height and the vacuum level the pump mus

  https://fishmatchgroup.com/calculators/shrimp-harvest-vacuum

• Hatchery Capacity Calculator

  Hatchery capacity is driven by target fry or post-larvae output, survival through larval rearing, cycle length and the density the larval system can hold.

  https://fishmatchgroup.com/calculators/hatchery-capacity

• Aquaculture Water Treatment Calculator

  Water treatment duty on a fish or shrimp farm is set by the flow you must treat per hour, the solids load the mechanical stage removes and the disinfection dose the incoming or rec

  https://fishmatchgroup.com/calculators/water-treatment

• Fish & Shrimp Farm Equipment Cost Calculator

  Most aquaculture budgets fail because equipment is priced as one number instead of a line-item scope.

  https://fishmatchgroup.com/calculators/farm-equipment-cost

• Shrimp Survival Rate Profit Calculator

  Survival is the single variable that decides whether a vannamei cycle is profitable.

  https://fishmatchgroup.com/calculators/shrimp-survival-profit

• RAS Water Turnover Calculator

  A recirculating system is defined by how fast the whole water volume passes through treatment.

  https://fishmatchgroup.com/calculators/ras-water-turnover

• Aquaculture TCO Comparison Calculator

  Purchase price rarely decides which aquaculture option is cheaper.

  https://fishmatchgroup.com/calculators/tco-comparison

• RAS vs Pond Scenario Comparison Calculator

  Should this project be RAS or ponds?

  https://fishmatchgroup.com/calculators/ras-vs-pond-scenario

• Shrimp Production Cost per Kg Calculator

  Cost per kilogram is the number that decides whether a shrimp farm survives a price cycle.

  https://fishmatchgroup.com/calculators/shrimp-cost-per-kg

• Shrimp Feed Requirement Calculator

  Feed is the largest single cost on almost every intensive shrimp farm, and feed volume drives silo sizing, automatic feeder capacity and working capital.

  https://fishmatchgroup.com/calculators/shrimp-feed-requirement

• Shrimp Pond Aeration Calculator

  Aeration is the largest single power draw on most shrimp farms and the main safety margin against a night-time oxygen crash.

  https://fishmatchgroup.com/calculators/shrimp-pond-aeration

• Shrimp Dissolved Oxygen Risk Planner

  Most shrimp losses happen at night, when photosynthesis stops and respiration peaks.

  https://fishmatchgroup.com/calculators/shrimp-oxygen-risk

• Shrimp Farm Energy Calculator

  Energy is usually the second-largest operating cost on an intensive shrimp farm and the first place a modernisation project finds savings.

  https://fishmatchgroup.com/calculators/shrimp-farm-energy

• RAS Bid Normalizer

  Two RAS quotations are almost never for the same thing.

  https://fishmatchgroup.com/calculators/ras-bid-normalizer

• Cost of Poor FCR Calculator

  Feed is normally the largest single operating cost on a fed aquaculture farm, so the gap between your current feed conversion ratio and a realistic target converts directly into mo

  https://fishmatchgroup.com/calculators/fcr-cost-impact

• Expansion Readiness Assessment

  Most commercial farms hit a capacity ceiling in the supporting systems long before they run out of land.

  https://fishmatchgroup.com/calculators/expansion-readiness

• Aquaculture Cost Pressure Calculator

  When farm-gate prices fall, the controllable variable is cost per kilogram produced.

  https://fishmatchgroup.com/calculators/margin-pressure

• Aquaculture CAPEX Estimator

  Planning-level CAPEX for a commercial aquaculture project.

  https://fishmatchgroup.com/calculators/capex-estimator

• Aquaculture OPEX Estimator

  Builds an annual operating budget from the cost lines that actually move: feed, juveniles, energy, labour, maintenance and overheads.

  https://fishmatchgroup.com/calculators/opex-estimator

• RAS Feasibility Calculator

  A first-pass feasibility screen for a RAS project.

  https://fishmatchgroup.com/calculators/ras-feasibility

• Shrimp Farm Upgrade Calculator

  Tests whether intensifying an existing shrimp farm pays.

  https://fishmatchgroup.com/calculators/shrimp-farm-upgrade

• Cage Farming Capacity Calculator

  Sizes a cage farm from the production target.

  https://fishmatchgroup.com/calculators/cage-farming-capacity

• Hatchery Planning Calculator

  Works back from grow-out demand to hatchery scale.

  https://fishmatchgroup.com/calculators/hatchery-planning

• Feed Mill Capacity Calculator

  Sizes an aquafeed extrusion line from annual demand.

  https://fishmatchgroup.com/calculators/feed-mill-capacity

• Feed Return Calculator

  Feed is usually 50–70% of the cost of growing fish or shrimp.

  https://fishmatchgroup.com/calculators/feed-return

• Dissolved Oxygen Calculator

  Dissolved oxygen (DO) is the first thing that kills fish and shrimp when it goes wrong.

  https://fishmatchgroup.com/calculators/dissolved-oxygen

• Biofilter Sizing Calculator

  The biofilter is the heart of every RAS: it must convert the ammonia (TAN) your fish excrete into nitrate around the clock.

  https://fishmatchgroup.com/calculators/biofilter-sizing

• Break-Even Price Calculator

  Before negotiating any contract or loan, you need one number: the price per kilogram at which the farm covers its full cost.

  https://fishmatchgroup.com/calculators/break-even-price

• Land Requirement Calculator

  How much land does a 500-ton fish farm actually need?

  https://fishmatchgroup.com/calculators/land-requirement