I sincerely do not know anything about fish farming but that is the aspect of farming that caught my admiration. I live in Lagos.
Advice please!
Thanking you in advance.

it is a pity i don't know like you. i will follow up to learn too.

You can visit our information blog www.araratnigeria..com or our website www.araratnigeria.gnbo.com.ng for guidelines, and you can check on nairaland for a lot of information about fish farming especially the topic started by rasque.

Bravo! for your great idea, am a per-time poultry farmer my self and your business aiming line hit the point with the basic human need i.e "FOOD, Shelter and clothing" so nothing is stoping you from making profit except when the whole naija stop eating fish. however no business die quicker than one you have no idea of. now that you have settle for fish farming the next step is to learn the trade before jumping into it cos burning your money is far better than venturing into business you know little of cos it will later drain you your time, labour and your capital if you dont run into debt, so I say internet forum is not the wayout its only useful when you download book that is written for this purpose, the best way is to look for people that specialize on this field and learn the practical than the forums theory. fish farming is environmental friendly than poultry cos. you can rear 50 fish inside basin in your compound without the next neighbour knowing while this dont applies to birds if they dont make noise their faeces will be smeling. do you know we often sell a matured broiler twice its cost i.e if we invest 200,000k on broiler you almost get 200,000k as net-profit, those that lays egg pay more.

search for related thread on this forum and start learning from there

[quote author=Omega44]Bravo! for your great idea, am a per-time poultry farmer my self and your business aiming line hit the point with the basic human need i.e "FOOD, Shelter and clothing" so nothing is stoping you from making profit except when the whole naija stop eating fish. however no business die quicker than one you have no idea of. now that you have settle for fish farming the next step is to learn the trade before jumping into it cos burning your money is far better than venturing into business you know little of cos it will later drain you your time, labour and your capital if you dont run into debt, so I say internet forum is not the wayout its only useful when you download book that is written for this purpose, the best way is to look for people that specialize on this field and learn the practical than the forums theory. fish farming is environmental friendly than poultry cos. you can rear 50 fish inside basin in your compound without the next neighbour knowing while this dont applies to birds if they dont make noise their faeces will be smeling. do you know we often sell a matured broiler twice its cost i.e if we invest 200,000k on broiler you almost get 200,000k as net-profit, those that lays egg pay more. [/quote
Thank you for your advice well detailed. But you can as well recommend a place for me. Thank you once again.

fm7070: search for related thread on this forum and start learning from there

I'm doing just that but you can help me with some. Thank you.

aquatic1: You can visit our information blog www.araratnigeria..com or our website www.araratnigeria.gnbo.com.ng for guidelines, and you can check on nairaland for a lot of information about fish farming especially the topic started by rasque.

I just did visit your internet addesses. They are good but not enough. I think we will have to meet.

Well, to be a fish farmer, u really need an environment that fit their habitat i.e somewhere near river, stream or swamp then you will dig up an artificial lake to the size that hold your scale, you dont need to fill the semi-hole with water as the environment is water lodge it will be water fill in no time. sure if you mean it this big you dont need to be asking these except when the business is proposed to the next 2 yrs and the forum is just for basic tips. Nevertheless if you mean it in a small scale you will need cool and shady environment, a water basin/big round water reservoir and you will be watchful cos a frog can finish thousand of your baby fish in a matter of days. i bet u know that fishes take drugs when there is need. note that fish will not survive in a 4 angle/square container as it will stop on reaching one end of the container and settle/rest in the bottom untill it drain the oxygen around and dies, this is due to their body is made to swim and twist so their back bone cant form a shape like one that will make it move on plus they are not intelligent so round countainer but plastic.

Omega44: Well, to be a fish farmer, u really need an environment that fit their habitat i.e somewhere near river, stream or swamp then you will dig up an artificial lake to the size that hold your scale, you dont need to fill the semi-hole with water as the environment is water lodge it will be water fill in no time. sure if you mean it this big you dont need to be asking these except when the business is proposed to the next 2 yrs and the forum is just for basic tips. Nevertheless if you mean it in a small scale you will need cool and shady environment, a water basin/big round water reservoir and you will be watchful cos a frog can finish thousand of your baby fish in a matter of days. i bet u know that fishes take drugs when there is need. note that fish will not survive in a 4 angle/square container as it will stop on reaching one end of the container and settle/rest in the bottom untill it drain the oxygen around and dies, this is due to their body is made to swim and twist so their back bone cant form a shape like one that will make it move on plus they are not intelligent so round countainer but plastic.

Nice one, I'm ready to start as soon as I learn as much as I will need to survive first time pressure and avoidable mistakes. I just learnt a lot now. Good luck and thank you sooooooo much.

Thank God the farm is in place now. Thank you all for your contributions.

@fortyfeet what is d development on your farm?how is your farm doing?