excelsiorfarm:
which biz doesnt have its challenges,when any claim none,know he or she is lying or not doing d biz. only a persistent person does biz

excelsiorfarm:
which biz doesnt have its challenges,when any claim none,know he or she is lying or not doing d biz. only a persistent person does biz

aquadude15:

Bros I meant I have a capacity to accommodate 100k fingerlings, its not everytime I get up to that quantity sir. Happy sunday and God bless

Belexy:


The minimum profit could be ZERO profit.
Its important you should knw dat fish farming is not an automatic instant money spinning business. Its possible for someone to dive in and come out wt fingers seriously burnt. Tread carefully, expand gradually, understand the market in ur area, minimise cost, and overall learn frm other fish farmers. Develope a passion for fish farming and dnt focus on d 'expected millions' and u wont fail.

cdoffx:
I give 3 hearty cheers to all the ogas on this thread.
Pls i need your advice as i am at a crossroad now and am finishing service next month.
last year August i started this catfish biz because i dont want to go back home idle after service. a friend who has a big farm allowed me to use two concrete tanks free. but after 4months of rearing i sold at loss. i started wit 500fishes due mortality from sickness i was only able to get 300+ and they didnt even grow big averagely about 4 makes 1kg infact some are so small that about 126pieces only weighed 20kg. it was blamed on the fish specie by my other guy who uses the farm on rentage. he said they are hollandis that they dont grow.

Nov 15 i bought 1000 post fingerlings/juvenile @30naira from this guy. a month afta there was disease outbreak whereby there tail peels till the bones is showing i lost about 400fishes but put it under control by mixing Fish Cure with their feed right now about 275 weighs around 150-250gm nd 320 weighin around 75-150gm. so far they are on the 5 and half bags. that is approximately 2 and half months now.

my question is considering the number of months, is the growth proportionate to the bags eaten. secondly is the bags eaten enough for the number so far because the guy said to get fish 1kg and above for 1000fish, one must feed 60bags in about 4months.

tank size is 6 by 15ft(500/tank), water pH is ranging from 4.5-5.5.

cdoffx:
I give 3 hearty cheers to all the ogas on this thread.
Pls i need your advice as i am at a crossroad now and am finishing service next month.
last year August i started this catfish biz because i dont want to go back home idle after service. a friend who has a big farm allowed me to use two concrete tanks free. but after 4months of rearing i sold at loss. i started wit 500fishes due mortality from sickness i was only able to get 300+ and they didnt even grow big averagely about 4 makes 1kg infact some are so small that about 126pieces only weighed 20kg. it was blamed on the fish specie by my other guy who uses the farm on rentage. he said they are hollandis that they dont grow.

Nov 15 i bought 1000 post fingerlings/juvenile @30naira from this guy. a month afta there was disease outbreak whereby there tail peels till the bones is showing i lost about 400fishes but put it under control by mixing Fish Cure with their feed right now about 275 weighs around 150-250gm nd 320 weighin around 75-150gm. so far they are on the 5 and half bags. that is approximately 2 and half months now.

my question is considering the number of months, is the growth proportionate to the bags eaten. secondly is the bags eaten enough for the number so far because the guy said to get fish 1kg and above for 1000fish, one must feed 60bags in about 4months.

tank size is 6 by 15ft(500/tank), water pH is ranging from 4.5-5.5.

ayoola190:
I just dug an earthen pond beside a stream to start a fish farming business. How do I make it flow through or is it flow through already?

Pictures attached below

ayoola190:
seems I cant post picture.

An unexpected error has occurred. Sorry about this.


*MODIFIED*
I have to reduce the size.

Johnnyessence:
try and post d pics of d tanks to us and which kind of feeds are u using hmmmmm not only that pls try and get weighing balance to be weighing d big one when it's time to be sorted u are most welcome to this thread .d consultant in d house will answer u oooooooo try and get their phone numbers for direct charting about d development of ur fish oooooo .happy farming brother.

bettymygirl:
Hello Gurus in the house, please I need your help on this as it is urgent!

Supposing I want to grow 10,000 fishes to melange size,
1. What's the size of concrete pond / ponds that'll contain the above number
2. The amount and cost of feed that'll be sufficient till that size (how many months too)
3. At maturity (in the melange size), how much is one sold for (irrespective of location, just estimate), how many pieces make up a kilo and how much it goes for.
4. If I choose to sell them dried, how many kilo will come out of 10,000 melange size of fish and how much does a kilo of dried fish go for?

Please help out a sister, thanks

olubankemi:


i rather would say you start less for experience if you are a starter however am sure the gurus will help you out.

olubankemi:
hello guys,

i promised am some questions you guys asked me.

the size of the pond is 15x50
i am going for 2000 fish.
want to grow it to table size.
he is selling the juvenile for N25
he said i might need a second pond cos of sorting
i am paying for labour cost of 6000 monthly, 3000 for borehole (monthly)
i am using zeigler feed for three months and vital for finishing (i chose this option cos of what i have learn here)
zeigler feed was calculated at 5400 (is this true?).said cos of dollar the price has increased.
i am using earthen pond (though i prefer concrete pond).

now, he said i will need more or less than 100 bags to feed them to finishing at 6 months but said if i truly maintain their feed using zeigler for three months that my fish can weigh more than 1kg at 5months. now he said for other he is helping they fail to supply their feed and expect their fish to grow in bigger sizes in a litte time.

my problem now is, he doesn't change his own fish water on time. they look dirty but they are doing well, i saw some at less than three months and they are big in fact, if na me i for don dey eat them oo. (permit me i beg, i go dey taste those fish small small before market time oo).

now, from juvenile, is it true its possible you loose 15% of your fishes? he said i should not think of getting the whole of 2000 fishes cos of mortality (though he said there are times one loose like 10 fishes but he doesn't want me to believe non will die).

i will be visiting weekly and all the sorting time will be don weekend when i am around so that i can count my fish too.

please which i most preferred? earthen pond or concrete pond?


advise also anyway you can from my post.

Johnnyessence:
waoooo women are now going to agriculture this is great.

Fhemmmy:


Yes, it is very true there will be mortality, however, he is probably losing a huge number cos of poor water management . . . I am sure your mortality wont be as high as his with good water management and listening to all the ogas on this thread . . . .Good luck

olubankemi:
one more thing, he is giving me more 100 juvenile, he said the usual practice is customers get 50 fish per 1000 so you get 1050 instead of 1000, now he will give me 2100 juvenile fish instead of 2000.

is that it? does other hatcheries give more than this?

olubankemi:
one more thing, he is giving me more 100 juvenile, he said the usual practice is customers get 50 fish per 1000 so you get 1050 instead of 1000, now he will give me 2100 juvenile fish instead of 2000.

is that it? does other hatcheries give more than this?

bettymygirl:
Hello Gurus in the house, please I need your help on this as it is urgent!

Supposing I want to grow 10,000 fishes to melange size,
1. What's the size of concrete pond / ponds that'll contain the above number
2. The amount and cost of feed that'll be sufficient till that size (how many months too)
3. At maturity (in the melange size), how much is one sold for (irrespective of location, just estimate), how many pieces make up a kilo and how much it goes for.
4. If I choose to sell them dried, how many kilo will come out of 10,000 melange size of fish and how much does a kilo of dried fish go for?

Please help out a sister, thanks

robonski15:


1.Five 10 by 10 with 5 feet depth
2.budget #120 per one for three months.
3. #350 - #380

Get more info on melange farming www.agricnetwork.com

olubankemi:
Thank you very much @ Belexy.

Hmmm, do you think he is giving me that 15% mortality for his own gain? I strongly perceive that.

Though he said that with a clause. That the most lose in fish is not greater than 15%.

olubankemi:
hello guys,

i promised to answer some questions you guys asked me when i visit the farm.

the size of the pond is 15x50
i am going for 2000 fish.
want to grow it to table size.
he is selling the juvenile for N25
he said i might need a second pond cos of sorting
i am paying for labour cost of 6000 monthly, 3000 for borehole (monthly)
i am using zeigler feed for three months and vital for finishing (i chose this option cos of what i have learn here)
zeigler feed was calculated at 5400 (is this true?).said cos of dollar the price has increased.
i am using earthen pond (though i prefer concrete pond).

now, he said i will need more or less than 100 bags to feed them to finishing at 6 months but said if i truly maintain their feed using zeigler for three months that my fish can weigh more than 1kg at 5months. now he said for other he is helping they fail to supply their feed and expect their fish to grow in bigger sizes in a litte time.

my problem now is, he doesn't change his own fish water on time. they look dirty but they are doing well, i saw some at less than three months and they are big in fact, if na me i for don dey eat them oo. (permit me i beg, i go dey taste those fish small small before market time oo).

now, from juvenile, is it true its possible you loose 15% of your fishes? he said i should not think of getting the whole of 2000 fishes cos of mortality (though he said there are times one loose like 10 fishes but he doesn't want me to believe non will die).

i will be visiting weekly and all the sorting time will be don weekend when i am around so that i can count my fish too.

please which i most preferred? earthen pond or concrete pond?


advise also anyway you can from my post.

cdoffx:
I give 3 hearty cheers to all the ogas on this thread.
Pls i need your advice as i am at a crossroad now and am finishing service next month.
last year August i started this catfish biz because i dont want to go back home idle after service. a friend who has a big farm allowed me to use two concrete tanks free. but after 4months of rearing i sold at loss. i started wit 500fishes due mortality from sickness i was only able to get 300+ and they didnt even grow big averagely about 4 makes 1kg infact some are so small that about 126pieces only weighed 20kg. it was blamed on the fish specie by my other guy who uses the farm on rentage. he said they are hollandis that they dont grow.

Nov 15 i bought 1000 post fingerlings/juvenile @30naira from this guy. a month afta there was disease outbreak whereby there tail peels till the bones is showing i lost about 400fishes but put it under control by mixing Fish Cure with their feed right now about 275 weighs around 150-250gm nd 320 weighin around 75-150gm. so far they are on the 5 and half bags. that is approximately 2 and half months now.

my question is considering the number of months, is the growth proportionate to the bags eaten. secondly is the bags eaten enough for the number so far because the guy said to get fish 1kg and above for 1000fish, one must feed 60bags in about 4months.

tank size is 6 by 15ft(500/tank), water pH is ranging from 4.5-5.5.

excelsiorfarm:
d truth is your water mgt is bad, creates diseases & such outbreak, also inhibit fishes from feeding right, worst of it is it can stop growth or make u have stunted fishes. Work on having good water mgt & when next u have such challenges, sell as melange or smoke them to minimise lose.

Fhemmmy:


Yes, it is very true there will be mortality, however, he is probably losing a huge number cos of poor water management . . . I am sure your mortality wont be as high as his with good water management and listening to all the ogas on this thread . . . .Good luck

cdoffx:

tnks so much for your response. as per water management... i run my water almost everyday because we have a steady borehole in the farm. but i jus discovered is that it seems while i run the water to keep the pond refreshed the bottom part dont get clean enough so i started flusing out the water completely before filling again like every 3days.

as per the feeding, if 250naira should take a fingerling/juvenile to tablesize meaning 250thousand for a thousand fish. is it right to say that approximately 50bags of feed is what they will consume to tablesize.

Belexy:


My goodness, why should u lose 15% of ur fishes
Dats damn too much. Moreso, u are stocking juveniles which are now more stable. Definitely u will loose some fish but definitely not 15% unless theres a disease out break or so. 15% of ur 2000 fishes is 300 fishes if na me and i hear dat, i will run abeg. Another thing, u said, he doesn't change his own fish water on time, they look dirty but they are doing well. Well d water might look 'dirty', doesnt mean its polluted. If u use vital feed or even local feed, it colours d water. Doesnt mean its 'dirty'. Try and find out the exact price of ziegler.

#since u are around, i think u shd take a more active role in managing ur pond. Dnt leave everything to d man. Theres nothing as good as running ur business urself and at d same time u will learn alot.

#and as i always say, profit is not automatic, instant and definite in fish farming so dont get to carried away by wat d man might have told u.

#i wish u success and God's favour in this endeavour. U will come back here wt beautiful inspiring stories.