Nzeudo:
Please gurus in the house how can I treat and prevent crackhead disease in my farm.

BELEXYFARMS:


It is NOT easy at all... You need to gradually build your customer base. Sometimes the fishes will stay on d farm beyond the time u av stipulated for harvesting and d farmer will now panick and sell at a give away price. Happens a lot to newbies. Start doing ur market survey now. Walk around ur area and check for major markets and see if there are catfish sellers there. If u av lots of peppersoup joints around u, start telling dem dat in a few months time u will av catfish for sale.
By the way, where is ur location? It would be nice if u can hook up wt other farmers around u. They will share the contacts of buyers wt u if dey are nice guys.

Dank1u:
Gurus in this lovely thread, @ Robonski15, please where can I get Artemia at best price in Lagos, intend selling in quantity. Thanks

OmoOshodi:
Step 1:Stop there feeding for 48hrs
Step2:Decongest the pond and serve them fresh water(if you use concrete pond- buy VitaminC reduce their water to barest minimum then add it to the water for 45min before filling the water up) if you use earthen pond you will need to harvest them and treat them in a small container as above.
Step3: Check if the feed is not stale or not well formulated(avoid use of blood meal etc. )

Note: Crack head are genetic and hereditary diseases. How to prevent it is early detection (blood stains on the fish head) increase Vit. C input in your feeds. .... Oya my other Ogas... Come and help this farmer o

atoleybaba:
In ikd...1kg goes for 480naira d least a farmer can go....my dad uses aqua feed from 2months(it gives them big shape or makes them fat) then 3days to harvest, he uses ziegler.(damn that feed normally works wonder as it gives d fish mad weight strong and sturborn) the buyers are always asking my dad's manager that " Isaac shey u dy give DX ur fish ogogoro" another thing that works for DX biz is that buyers loves long fish with big heads. Then another thing I noticed is that u make ur complete money if ur fish weigh 1-2kg....the 2kg(big fish) buyers normally clear ur pond. I think d biz is interesting Buh u must be ready to make sacrifices Buh physically and materially....and op I must say for d past 4years my dad has been in dx biz we av not come across any juju buy Buh we av seen many dubious ones. Is either dy claim ur weight is not good or wheen dy find out u are not paying attention to them they steal fish. My own advise is if u know u are a young guy and u can't go thrru d financial stress of monitoring fish to 6 months d best thing u should do is learn how to hatch and sell fingerlings...I swear there is money there. And I also agree with d op. The best way to make ur money is by hatching urself ooo. In fact u will only run into lost if u are careless with ur handling of d fish. There ntn as good as hatching ur fish urself

atoleybaba:
aquafeed mixed with vita feed.....then d Ziegler we use the highest mm..

cross234:
please who knw any store dt I can get digital PH tester in either Lagos, Abeokuta, Ilorin or Ibadan. pls I need it very urgently. thks

Johnnyessence:
AFTER FEEDING THEM WITH CHICKEN LIVER IT WILL REDUCE THE PURCHASE OF 6MM FEED I DO FEED THEM WITH MULTI-FEED WITH CHICKEN LIVER.

robonski15:


You can try Agege.. Poultry support

@kemi,
Each time I see your posts, I feel so so excited.
How are your fish doing? Is this your second breeding?

Can you rank/rate your feeds used so far?

For me, I've used durante, multi and aqua.
Durante is better than aqua which is better than multi.
In my nex breeding, i will stick to aqua cos its cheap and good compared to others.
Durante here is 5600 for 15kg, multi 5000, the aqua I bought is 4600. I don't know if the aqua is that cheap cos of where it was bought. My neighbour and colleague helped me buy it at ihiala. My fish eat the aqua as they eat durante.

My fish will be 4months by month end. I may sell when they finish this bag of feed or may add extra 1month for them.

olubankemi:


oh yes, thank you very much. you guys give me much inspiration.

my fishes are doing well. this is my first.

i have not used Durante and Aqua before but i have used Multi feed.

i have used Zeigler, multi feed, vital and top feed.

Zeighler really gave them a faster growth rate before the guy who feeds my fish start giving them different feeds i never bought or asked for.

multi feed? i cant really say much about it as i dont see any significant change.

Vital and Top feed gave me immense result. my fish size doubled in two/three weeks i used top feed. maybe this result was also because i changed my fish feeder to someone else who feed them regularly and in the right quantity. top feed is sold for 4000 here in lag while vital is 4300.

i experienced minimal mortality. my fishes will be five months in two days. will sell them off soon. some are more than 1kg and some below that.

i will appreciate if you visit ooo. thank you dear.

robonski15:


Always treat your vat before spawning, wash first use salt, formalin, in fact i add a little quantity of iodestiryl in the water with the eggs.. there is a pro bio-tic artemia i saw at an agro store in atlanta which gives the fries resistance to diseases i am planning on trying it soonest.. Abeg carry on my boss i dey enjoy your updates.

www.agricnetwork.com

dkings101:
Vital feed = uac food
Top feed = flour mill nig plc

Soon dangote would introduce his own feed...this business is gaining ground, respect and exposure.

Tbagwell1:

It bulk sales, funny enough they average weight was btw 800gram - 1kg, those weighing 1.5kg above was sold @ 1200 but it was sold to a joint lady. Their is ds woman I have that usually buys fish from ibadan evey day a bus full of fish come to her place and she sells to d market women. They very big ones #17,250 per basin and each basin contains 25kg Dats like 690 per kg.

ab1x:



The length does not really matter in catfish business, what matter most is the weight. A fish that eat regularly (balance diet) weather the feed has maize or not will have weight. Too much maize/koko garri may reduce the amount of feeds they eat. Much a times, they eat the feed and go to the bottom of the water to vomit it thereby polluting the water. Just ensure they eat well and you give them the right local feed formula. In this part of the world that I am, 1.1KG is a small fish.

saheyijide:
Crisis alert!!!! I have almost lost more than halve of My post fingerlings stocked(3300), recorded morality is 1,400 as at this morning. Have been treating them with tetracycline, chlorophenicol and salt for the pass three days without feeding but I was told the issue might just be the water difference from where I got the fingerlings(Ipaja) and where my farm(Offin in ikorodu) is. Am planning to use a water test kit today to test the water and also restock later this week but getting the post fingerlings from a farm few km from my farm. Pls advice and contribution is need. AM WORRIED BUT NOT DISCOURAGE

OmoOshodi:
Step 1:Stop there feeding for 48hrs
Step2:Decongest the pond and serve them fresh water(if you use concrete pond- buy VitaminC reduce their water to barest minimum then add it to the water for 45min before filling the water up) if you use earthen pond you will need to harvest them and treat them in a small container as above.
Step3: Check if the feed is not stale or not well formulated(avoid use of blood meal etc. )

Note: Crack head are genetic and hereditary diseases. How to prevent it is early detection (blood stains on the fish head) increase Vit. C input in your feeds. .... Oya my other Ogas... Come and help this farmer o

robonski15:


Dont be did couraged its a learning process.. Test the water and give us feedback.. What type of pond are using??

Nzeudo:

Oga robonski15 please do u know how possible it is for me to get my dried fish to UK ? A friend of mine visiting said it's not allowed at the airport but he buys them over there .

OmoOshodi:
Over Stressing of the fishes!!!
When transporting from far if you are not using oxygen filled bag... Then you must transport very early in the morning and make sure you get palm kernel (eyin ope) or red oil with you to reduce stress on your way.
Finally don't feed them 24hours when they arrive at ur pond. This will guarantee you 90% survivability

robonski15:


Good one bro..

robonski16:


My chairman firstly i have said it times without number that buying fingerlings/juvenile to melange is not feasible you hatch yourself, stock and sell the rest to buy feed.. more so spending #150 to get an average weight of 350grms after three months is NULL, their average weight should be half a kg that is 500grms, some farmers don't spend up to #150 in raising their melange.

500grms x 5000= 2500kg

2500kg x #400= 1million profit

#150 to raise one fish plus miscellaneous.... #150 x 5000= 750,000

#100,000,000 - #750,000 =#250k (net profit)

If you read my write up on melange i said 5000 to me is the least you can stock and you have to continue a cycle before harvest. you can be harvesting every month.