Aquaculture, Aquarium & Zoo Consultancy Services.

With a team of experienced aquatic systems professionals based throughout Australia and New Zealand, Fresh By Design provides specialist consultancy for aquaculture, aquarium and zoo facilities, drawing on extensive design and operational experience to deliver the best outcome for your business or project.

Aquaculture, Aquarium & Zoo Consultants

Our team has extensive operational experience across commercial RAS, aquaculture, aquarium and zoo facilities, together with hands-on experience throughout the design process.

This sets us apart from other suppliers and allows us to guarantee all our work so you can ensure operational outputs are as you expect.

Our main focus areas include:

Distributors for leading manufacturers

Fresh By Design supply the world’s best aquatic equipment to aquaculture, aquarium and zoo clients across Australia and New Zealand, with an ever changing product range to suit clients needs and introduce new products and technology into the market.

Aquaculture, Aquarium & Zoo System Design, Supply and Installation

FBD have designed and installed commercial systems spanning over 20 years with several projects in the range of $5-10 million.

Our main areas of focus for design and supply are:

Custom Fabrication

For any custom plastic or steel fabrication, contact FBD for a detailed quote and information on the capabilities within our state-of-the-art factory. Custom work includes CNC routing, HDPE and acrylic fabrication as well as stainless steel welding and construction.

FBD develop many bespoke products for our systems that we fabricate in house such as:

  • Filtration systems
  • Biological Filters (MBBR and Trickle)
  • Sump Tanks
  • Egg Incubators and Troughs
  • Degassers
  • Optimal tank inlets and outlets
  • Automated oxygenation systems

Additional Specialty Services

FBD also specialise in the following areas of the Aquaculture, Aquarium, Zoo and Aquaponics industries:

  • Specialists in all Biofilter design requirements including:
    • Moving Bed Biological Reactor
    • Fixed/Static Bed
    • Trickle Filters
    • Media Filters
  • Pump sizing and application recommendations
  • Foam Fractionation and Ozone system design
  • Wastewater remediation and system design
  • Aeration and Oxygen system design including emergency backup

Featured Aquaculture, Aquarium & Zoo Projects

NSW Department Of Primary Industries – Gaden Trout Hatchery

Design and construct of four new recirculating aquaculture systems for NSW DPI's $5 million Snowy Hydro funded Gaden Trout Hatchery expansion, lifting capacity to 20 tonnes annually.

Sydney Fish Markets – Live Seafood Holding Systems

Design and construct of the live crustacean and wholesale live seafood holding systems at the new Sydney Fish Market, wet-storing rock lobster, abalone, coral trout, crabs and pipis.

VFA – Macquarie Perch Recovery Centre, Snobs Creek

Design, supply, install and commissioning of five independent RAS at the Victorian Fisheries Authority's Macquarie Perch Recovery Centre, supporting captive breeding of endangered native fish.