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RAS Facility Planner

RAS Facility Planner is a free, vendor-neutral calculator for professional aquaculture planning. Species-aware RAS sizing: tanks, biofilter, oxygen, water treatment. Use it to size equipment, validate supplier proposals, and prepare a defensible technical specification before you go to market. All computation runs locally in your browser — no sign-up, no data leaves your device.

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Who this is for

  • Aquaculture investors sizing a new fish or shrimp project.
  • Engineering consultants preparing bank-ready feasibility studies.
  • Procurement managers issuing an international RFQ.
  • Hatchery, RAS and processing plant operators evaluating expansions.

How it works

  1. 1Enter your project parameters — species, capacity and site conditions.
  2. 2The tool applies industry benchmarks and returns dimensioned outputs.
  3. 3Export or copy the numbers straight into your specification and RFQ.

Why it matters

  • Independent of any supplier — outputs are neutral engineering figures.
  • Removes guesswork before you request quotations.
  • Aligns budget, engineering and procurement teams on a single number.
  • Turns straight into an RFQ line item or financing input.

Frequently asked questions

Yes. Every Planning Center tool, including RAS Facility Planner, is free and runs entirely in your browser. Buyers pay no fee, and suppliers cannot pay for ranking or shortlist position.

No. RAS Facility Planner requires no sign-up. Your inputs never leave your device.

RAS Facility Planner produces industry-standard engineering figures suitable for feasibility studies and RFQ documents. For financial close, pair it with the CAPEX, OPEX and ROI calculators and a stamped detailed design from a licensed engineer.

Yes. RAS Facility Planner covers the aquaculture systems FishMatch Group specialises in — shrimp, tilapia, salmon, sea bass, trout, hatcheries, RAS and processing.

Copy the output into the RFQ Builder or the Technical Specification Template. FishMatch Group forwards the confidential brief to project-matched international manufacturers only.

Benchmarks are curated by the FishMatch Group aquaculture engineering team. Always validate against site-specific conditions and licensed engineering review.

Related tools

Fish Farm Capacity Planner
Tons/year → tanks, biomass, feed, water & O₂ demand.
Shrimp Farm Capacity Planner
Vannamei pond / raceway / RAS sizing by target harvest.
Hatchery Planning Tool
PL / fingerling output → tank volume, water, biosecurity zones.
Seafood Processing Planner
Throughput → line speed, cold storage, water & effluent load.
Expansion Planner
Bolt-on capacity: incremental tanks, feed, aeration, financing.
Utility Requirement Planner
Power (kW), water (m³/day), oxygen (kg/day), backup fuel.

Related guides

RAS Project Planning
Sizing land-based recirculating aquaculture systems end-to-end.
Shrimp Farm Design
Vannamei pond, raceway, biofloc and RAS design fundamentals.
Fish Farm Design
Species, systems, water, energy and site selection.
Hatchery Engineering
Broodstock, larval rearing, biosecurity zoning and water flow.
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Short answer

What is the fastest way to get quotes for RAS Facility Planner?

Submit one structured request for RAS Facility Planner. FishMatch Group translates it into a technical RFQ, runs a confidential sourcing round with project-matched international suppliers, and returns comparable quotations. No fee is charged to the buyer, and your identity and project details stay private until you choose to proceed.

How it works:
One structured request, human-reviewed before any supplier outreach
Typical turnaround:
Depends on scope and site data; no turnaround is guaranteed
Confidentiality:
Supplier names are never exposed during evaluation
Cost to buyers:
No fee charged to the buyer

Before you request quotes

Equipment scope

What equipment does a commercial aquaculture project actually need?

A grow-out project typically needs holding infrastructure (tanks, ponds or cages), water movement (pumps, piping, valves), aeration or oxygenation, water treatment appropriate to the system, feeding equipment, grading and handling gear, monitoring and alarms, and backup power. RAS adds mechanical filtration, biofiltration, degassing, disinfection and tighter process control. Hatchery and processing scopes are specified separately.

Which equipment should be specified before requesting quotes?

Specify the items whose sizing changes everything downstream: design biomass and stocking density, water exchange or recirculation rate, oxygen demand at peak temperature, and installed pumping head. With those four fixed, suppliers can quote aeration, filtration, pumps and power on the same basis. FishMatch calculators produce these figures and attach them to the RFQ.

Can equipment be sourced in stages?

Yes, and phased procurement is common. The usual sequence is water supply and holding infrastructure, then aeration and treatment, then automation and monitoring, then processing and cold chain. Staging works when interfaces and capacity headroom are defined at the start; otherwise later phases force replacement rather than addition.

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