Deakin University Queenscliff Marine Sciences Centre Upgrade

In August we successfully completed the installation of a range of aquaculture systems as part of the Deakin University Queenscliff Marine Sciences Centre upgrade.
These systems were designed to accommodate a large variety of academic research and experimental designs. It includes various tank sizes with the option to operate as flow-through or recirculating systems via portable filtration units.

For this project we supplied and installed:

– 2 x 15,000L Stock Holding Systems, which included:
• Custom-built FBD Filter Sump with Moving Bed Bio-Reactor (MBBR) and Bag Filters
• Pentair Aquatic Eco-Systems 150W UV Sterilizers
• Aeration Systems
• MAT FILTRATION TECHNOLOGIES PS500 Protein Skimmers
• Waterco Limited Recirculating Pumps

– 3 x Independent Recirculated Systems, each including:
• 4 x 500L Polymaster Group tanks
• Custom-built FBD Filter Sump with MBBR and Bag Filters
• Pentair Aquatic Eco-Systems 80W UV Sterilizers
• Aeration systems
• MAT Filtration Technologies PS300 Protein Skimmers
• Waterco and UNO Mag-drive Recirculating Pumps

– 4 x Mesocosm Tanks Systems
• 800L Fiberglass Tanks with large glass viewing windows
• Designed to operate as either flow-through systems or as a recirculating system using mobile filtration skids (see below)

– 5 x Custom-built aquarium racks and 7x bunded bench systems, including:
• Acrylic tanks of various sizes to allow flexibility of experimental design
• Fluval Marine LED lighting systems with BluetoothTM app control
• Designed to operate as either flow-through systems or as a recirculating system using mobile filtration skids (see below)

– 7 x Mobile Filtration Units, each with:
• Bespoke acrylic FBD Filter sump with Bag filters, MBBR and custom Deakin University logo
• Pentair Aquatic Eco-Systems 40W UV Steriliser
• Teco TK2000 aquarium chiller
• Uno Mag-drive recirculation pump
• Schego 1200W immersion heater

All of these systems were designed in close collaboration with research staff at the University. We would like to thank Dr David Francis and Dr John Donald for their assistance in bringing their vision to life in our designs. We also had the privilege of working on this project with RP Infrastructure and Kane Constructions Pty Ltd as our primary contractors.

“The Fresh By Design team have a reputation that precedes them – they were a pleasure to work with as we embarked on a series of upgrades to our aging research infrastructure at the Deakin University Queenscliff Marine Science Centre. Fresh By Design’s ability to take our initial concepts, apply their wide-ranging expertise in aquaculture system design, and develop a series of bespoke research aquaria systems that meet a diverse array of research needs was truly exceptional”
David Francis, Associate Professor of Aquaculture, Deakin University, Queenscliff Marine Science Centre.