JuveFarms: Success tips for aspiring fish farmers.

Your overall goal in the fish farming business should be to supply fish to the market at competitive prices that still allow you to make a good profit. However, most small-scale catfish farmers make a poor return on their investments because of the presence of several intermediaries and middlemen who tend to offer very low prices for your fish.


A good way to increase the profit potential of this business is to sell directly to consumers. Using this strategy, you can sell your fish at the general retail market price (which is usually much higher than what the middlemen offer), and keep all the profits that the middlemen would have taken off you. The downside to this strategy is that you will only sell a smaller volume of fish at a time compared to the high volumes the middlemen buy.


Should you successfully get a consistent customer base for your fish, this strategy will prove to be very profitable and the scale and cost of running your business will be much smaller. Households, hoteliers, restaurants and catering service businesses are good niche targets and are very likely to become loyal customers as long as your supply is steady and reliable.


In addition, your prices must be competitive and the quality (size) of your fish should dwarf your competition’s. Most entrepreneurs can make a decent living from this business if they focus less on selling volumes and aim for quality (large sizes) which command higher retail prices.



Another good strategy is to improve the value of the fish through processing. A common form of fish processing is drying (smoking). Smoked fish commands much higher prices in the market than its fresh forms and has a longer shelf life (will not spoil easily). Smoked fish has become a popular export commodity due to rising demand from Africans living in the diaspora.

Before you decide to invest your time and money in fish farming, you must first be sure that you have a target market that allows you to achieve profitability. Tnx

excelsiorfarm: let him do peppersoup with d sick one

robonski15:

Bro Help the fish by smoking it, fry it or boil with spice

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excelsiorfarm: let him do peppersoup with d sick one

velly001: ok i hear o. . . So no remedy once injured. . . . U dey joke abt ds abi

AdeoyeAdekunle: Am previledge 2 meet one of d boss in d hous yestadey mr AYOSAT in is farm, very simple & humble man. i rily apreciate is kind gesture 4 spending its tym wit me......i rily gain alot....Tanx boss

velly001: HELP HELP HELP
WOKE UP THIS MAWNIN AND NOTICED ONE OF MY FISH BEING PURSUED ABOUT TRIED TO PICK IT OUT BUH U NO HOW THEY CAN BE. . . AN HOUR LATER, CAME BACK AND NOTICED THAT THE PURSUED FISH WAS ALREADY INJURED IN THE STOMACH,ITS SKIN HAS BEEN BRUISED. . .SO I HAD NO CHOICE BUH TO BRNG IT OUT BY ALL COST, ABEG WAT TREATMENT CAN I USE ON IT FOR QUICK RECOVERY
P:S ITS ARND 4MONTH
i saw this in my inbox. . . Dint no hw to help him so pls guys. . .

biggyblazzy: :oPlease house :I am in a big mess right now my fries are dying as a result of the artemia ni had been using I had try all d artemias :inve artemia,Coppen artemia,ocean nutrition artemia .please I need new artemia or feed dat I can feed my fries please help me house .I need your help house !!!!!!

ayosat: the best you can do is to isolate the injured fish into a separate vat. if the injury is too severe it will die anyway. but if it is a minor injury isolating it may save it, with good water management. but to guide against reoccurrence, feed the fish immediately even before the water level gets to the top, it will stop the fish aggressiveness.

sweetpickles:

Excellent!!! Points noted.
Thanks juve

velly001:
thnks jawe ayo. . . . I did dat already. . . any drug to be administered?

kasid: Sir, pls since u r in osun i will like to meet u in person. Pls ur contact.

biggyblazzy: :oPlease house :I am in a big mess right now my fries are dying as a result of the artemia ni had been using I had try all d artemias :inve artemia,Coppen artemia,ocean nutrition artemia .please I need new artemia or feed dat I can feed my fries please help me house .I need your help house !!!!!!

ayosat: I don't really use drugs on the injured fish. all I do is good water management. when they start to eat, u know they are on the path to full recovery.

DBounty: @Ayosat,where is ur location? Guess u fully into hatchery. Wil like to meet u 1/1

ayosat: @Dbounty. I'm located at ABULE Egba. lagos. 08035193433. it will be my pleasure

Tbagwell1: Top of the morning to you all, To all the gurus in the house, How does One identify A GOOD broodstock ? Or how does One know if d brood stock been used is Good or will produce quality seed? Thanks.

ayosat: I don't really use drugs on the injured fish. all I do is good water management. when they start to eat, u know they are on the path to full recovery.

mymoniker: hello house,
who has patronised kingdom aquarium and fisheries limited recently? maybe for tarpaulin vats or another fishery equipment? whats your review of your business r/ship with them? thanks

robonski15:

Choose only male and female fishes that weigh above 1kg so that the fries will also grow into big fishes. some hatchers use brood stock of less than 1kg which is not good because the fries may tend not to grow well.

Make sure the male organ “crosses” and its pink at the dot end.

When pressing out the female eggs for “inspecting” choose only the female fish that have eggs that separate from each other and are golden in colour

make sure that the tummy of the female fish slightly protrudes out, when placed flat-faced down

Make sure that the outlet where the egg of the female fish will come out is slightly dark in colour.

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Tbagwell1:
Boss, thanks for answering this question, the brood stock I usually use to hatch are from 5kg above the females in particular, as for the male I use from 1kg -2kg, I ve also use 800gram male to hatch, it d same result I usually get. D eggs are sometimes green in nature. Boss am nt trying to say yhu are wrong. Thanks

robonski15:

chairman the green eggs are good but the golden/light brown are better to me i prefer using them.. If u notice that there are some light brown catfish in colour not pure black, they tend to grow faster. Boss you spawn with females weighing 5kg? How do u manage to handle such broodstock for stripping considering the size.. I will prefer the male for that size because of the milt, but later changed my mind when i saw the tiniest milt twice in males above 4kg, i later realized its not by size.

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robonski15:

If u notice that there are some light brown catfish in colour not pure black, they tend to grow faster.

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Belexy:

Infact u just confirmed wat i av always observed. Dey are usually bigger and fatter dan d others.