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2. Copper alloys in aquaculture - Wikipedia

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   Section of a fish net on a salmon farm near Puerto Montt, Chile. The copper alloy woven mesh inside the frame has resisted biofouling whereas PVC (i.e., the frame around the mesh) is heavily fouled. Copper–zinc brass alloys are currently (2011) being deployed in commercial-scale aquaculture operations in Asia, South America and the US (Hawaii ...

3. Rain chain - Wikipedia

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   Rain chain with copper cups. Rain chains (Japanese: 鎖樋, kusari-toi or kusari-doi, [1] literally "chain-gutter") are alternatives to a downspout. They are widely used in Japan. Their purpose is largely decorative, to make a water feature out of the transport of rainwater from the guttering downwards to a drain or to a storage container ...

4. Copper rockfish - Wikipedia

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   They are a long-lived fish reaching ages of over forty years old with the oldest known individual being 55 years old. Copper Rockfish are a modest fish reaching a maximum size of 58 centimetres (23 in) TL and a weight of 2,740 grams (6.04 lb). [1] Juveniles are almost exclusively found in kelp beds and shallow rocky areas.

5. Copperband butterflyfish - Wikipedia

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   Copperband butterflyfish can grow to 8 inches (20 cm) but in a home aquarium are usually half that size. [citation needed] They do well at a normal reef temperature range of 75 to 84 °F (24 to 29 °C), with a tank size of at least 75 gallons and plenty of live rock to graze on.

6. Sweeper - Wikipedia

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   Sweepers are small, tropical marine (occasionally brackish) ray-finned fish of the family Pempheridae. Found in the western Atlantic Ocean and Indo-Pacific region, the family contains about 26 species in two genera. One species (Pempheris xanthoptera) is the target of subsistence fisheries in Japan, where the fish is much enjoyed for its taste ...

7. Fish farming - Wikipedia

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   Fish farming or pisciculture involves commercial breeding of fish, most often for food, in fish tanks or artificial enclosures such as fish ponds. It is a particular type of aquaculture , which is the controlled cultivation and harvesting of aquatic animals such as fish, crustaceans , molluscs and so on, in natural or pseudo-natural environments.

8. Rain gutter - Wikipedia

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   There were used on domestic properties in the 1950s and 1960s, as a replacement for cast iron gutters when there was a shortage of steel and surplus of concrete. [ citation needed ] They were discredited after differential movement was found to open joints and allow damp to penetrate, but can be fitted with an aluminium and bitumastic liner. [ 32 ]

9. Copper redhorse - Wikipedia

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   The copper redhorse (Moxostoma hubbsi) is a North American species of freshwater fish in the family Catostomidae. It is found only in Canada . Its extremely small range, which is restricted to a few rivers in the lowlands of southwestern Quebec , has contracted significantly in the past few decades.