Okay I have been away for Long been working on our transition from foreign to local feed with the help of a Nairalander here @Ttalk who is a specialist in formulating local feeds we have acquired the machine and the skill required to be producing our feed inhouse.

The cost of buying foreign feed aquamax for example is #6,500 6mm for a 15kg bag which means 1kG = #433.33 if my fishes eat 10 tonne of feed which means I would spend 10,000 X 433.33 which is 4,333,000 that is what I would have to spend to hit that amount.

Now with reduced cost we can actually make local sinking feed at #250 naira per kg which means if my fishes eat 10 tonne of feeds I would spend
10,000 X 250 = 2,500,000 which is relatively fair. even though it has its disadvantages.

Kaykaymil:
Okay I have been away for Long been working on our transition from foreign to local feed with the help of a Nairalander here @Ttalk who is a specialist in formulating local feeds we have acquired the machine and the skill required to be producing our feed inhouse.

The cost of buying foreign feed aquamax for example is #6,500 6mm for a 15kg bag which means 1kG = #433.33 if my fishes eat 10 tonne of feed which means I would spend 10,000 X 433.33 which is 4,333,000 that is what I would have to spend to hit that amount.

Now with reduced cost we can actually make local sinking feed at #250 naira per kg which means if my fishes eat 10 tonne of feeds I would spend
10,000 X 250 = 2,500,000 which is relatively fair. even though it has its disadvantages.

My Oga, you dey make my head swell o. But i need to give it to you for your commitment and dedication. I have learnt so much from you as well.

Do you mind sharing some of the disadvantages. Do you use the waste water from your pond for anything?

Kaykaymil:
Okay I have been away for Long been working on our transition from foreign to local feed with the help of a Nairalander here @Ttalk who is a specialist in formulating local feeds we have acquired the machine and the skill required to be producing our feed inhouse.

The cost of buying foreign feed aquamax for example is #6,500 6mm for a 15kg bag which means 1kG = #433.33 if my fishes eat 10 tonne of feed which means I would spend 10,000 X 433.33 which is 4,333,000 that is what I would have to spend to hit that amount.

Now with reduced cost we can actually make local sinking feed at #250 naira per kg which means if my fishes eat 10 tonne of feeds I would spend
10,000 X 250 = 2,500,000 which is relatively fair. even though it has its disadvantages.

Disadvantages:
1. You dont get to see the fish eat so You might not know when they are saturated as the feed is sinking some might go to waste.
2. If the feed is not all that compact it would dissolve before reaching the bottom and pollute the water, thereby reducing dissolved oxygen.


The waste water can be used for irrigation for crop farming but currently I do not use it for anything.

lanre2009:
Do you mind sharing some of the disadvantages. Do you use the waste water from your pond for anything?

SInce we switched to local food at two months we have been feeding only two times daily so as to reduce water pollution and local feed takes time to digest. we feed early morning and at night during the afternoon we give them a snack to nibble on which is an alternative to feed.

Offal: This is the most important of all complementary feed for catfish. It is one of the foremost feed used by catfish farmers in late nineties to feed their fishes. Sometimes in early nineties, offals and other internal organs of poultry are treated as waste product and often dumped at the outskirt of the town where they are produced. Following the discovery of this waste as an alternative feed for catfish, value was placed on offals and it became an important complementary feed for catfish. Sometimes they are sold above the price of pellets.
You can feed your fish with offals and other internal organs of chicken just like we do, but do not buy when the cost is too much (above N70 per kg). Be careful not to feed your fishes with other waste like gloves disposed alongside with offals to avoid mortality and also try to boil it so as to reduce transference of disease from cattle or poultry to fish.

Thanks for taking your time to respond.....Cheers and God bless you.

Kaykaymil:
Disadvantages:
1. You dont get to see the fish eat so You might not know when they are saturated as the feed is sinking some might go to waste.
2. If the feed is not all that compact it would dissolve before reaching the bottom and pollute the water, thereby reducing dissolved oxygen.


The waste water can be used for irrigation for crop farming but currently I do not use it for anything.

please i need someone who can help me build a small fish pond in my compound in Abuja,my phone number is 09037550915

Earthen or concrete pond?

oria007:
please i need someone who can help me build a small fish pond in my compound in Abuja,my phone number is 09037550915

Kaykaymil:
Earthen or concrete pond?

You could also construct an industrial pond or trampoline pond, which can be dismantled and set up whenever you want to change location

Please contact this guy for your catfish/fish smoking chamber, he is good. Follow the http:// www.nairaland.com/3113347/doctor-ovens-stoves

Hello Kaykamil kindly plz send me the material kasimullah01@gmail.com. Thank You!!

Hi Kaykaymil, my email is ija2k@yahoo.com, kindly send me the materials and the video link

Kaykaymil:


Okai I can send You materials and video link on how to substitute so that Your fishes weight 1kg and not look like they would weigh 1kg.

Sent check Your mail

ijababa:
Hi Kaykaymil, my email is ija2k@yahoo.com, kindly send me the materials and the video link

so Far so good fishes has been doing good inspite os the draught of rain for over 2 weeks but God has been faithful. Just taking a eye sample my fishes are weighing on the average of 0.7kg per fish I intend to sell at the end of the month when they are four months Old by then a whole chunk of them would be weighing 1Kg and the current price the farm beside me sold in Abuja here was N650 for 1k -1.3kg and N560 for melange I would soon update the current size of my fishes just watch out. It has been God all the way inspite of several challenges thank to @ttalk He was Godsent

Kaykaymil:
Okay I have been away for Long been working on our transition from foreign to local feed with the help of a Nairalander here @Ttalk who is a specialist in formulating local feeds we have acquired the machine and the skill required to be producing our feed inhouse.

The cost of buying foreign feed aquamax for example is #6,500 6mm for a 15kg bag which means 1kG = #433.33 if my fishes eat 10 tonne of feed which means I would spend 10,000 X 433.33 which is 4,333,000 that is what I would have to spend to hit that amount.

Now with reduced cost we can actually make local sinking feed at #250 naira per kg which means if my fishes eat 10 tonne of feeds I would spend
10,000 X 250 = 2,500,000 which is relatively fair. even though it has its disadvantages.

How much was the equipment?

Please send the materials to moveyourdream@gmail.com
And kindly add your phone number because I want to call you later today.
Thanks in advance and have swell day

Kaykaymil:
so Far so good fishes has been doing good inspite os the draught of rain for over 2 weeks but God has been faithful. Just taking a eye sample my fishes are weighing on the average of 0.7kg per fish I intend to sell at the end of the month when they are four months Old by then a whole chunk of them would be weighing 1Kg and the current price the farm beside me sold in Abuja here was N650 for 1k -1.3kg and N560 for melange I would soon update the current size of my fishes just watch out. It has been God all the way inspite of several challenges thank to @ttalk He was Godsent

@Kay Kay any updates on this please

Kaykaymil, Good day, please i will like those videos and materials sent to my mail: biggie1o2@yahoo.com. My fish farm was flooded in Asaba and i lost almost all my fishes. any way this was due to the negligence of the farm caretaker. i intend to start anew and i will need to equip myself with the vital info necessary because i oversee this farm remotely as i am based in lagos.

Thanks so much for the useful info you have helped us with in this thread

Kaykaymil:
so Far so good fishes has been doing good inspite os the draught of rain for over 2 weeks but God has been faithful. Just taking a eye sample my fishes are weighing on the average of 0.7kg per fish I intend to sell at the end of the month when they are four months Old by then a whole chunk of them would be weighing 1Kg and the current price the farm beside me sold in Abuja here was N650 for 1k -1.3kg and N560 for melange I would soon update the current size of my fishes just watch out. It has been God all the way inspite of several challenges thank to @ttalk He was Godsent

Please I will need the materials too. Wanna stock any moment from now.
aadeoluoluwatobi@gmail.com Thanks

Kaykaymil:
Sent check Your mail

Pls I own an earthen pond with over 800 catfish I would appreciate the material for cost effective feeding as my pond is draining my resources email is Piiko4u@yahoo.com. thanks

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Kaykaymil:
Sent check Your mail

Hello sir, I would love it if you send me the materials and videos too.
Also, I plan to go into this project in either Abeokuta or Igboora (where I see correct land sha). I don't know why, I think I prefer the concrete and movable ponds to the earthen pond.
Sir, what are the advantages and disadvantages of these ponds? I plans to start small with about 4000 juveniles to learn the rudiments of fish farming actually.
Thanks and regards.

Pls I need the materials.. aminumuritala@gmail.com


Thanks

Kaykaymil:


40 ft by 40 ft, 4ft deep and we are doing smoking size if You do the calculation each fish would still have a 2 square meter spacing which is necessary for their growth. Thanks and fear not bro Jesus is Lord

Please to clearify sir. Is the 40 ft by 40ft, 4ft deep earthen pond #40,000? I am confused about the cost of earthen ponds. Thanks

Kaykaymil:
I weighed my fishes before transitioning today I weighed about 30 and too the average at two months and they weigh 0.3kg on the average after eating foreign food for 8weeks I stopped at 6MM because they were draining a borehole in my pocket

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@ Kaykaymil, thanks for sharing your experience with us, my first farming wasnt successful because of some mistakes in the cause of renting a earthen pond (i.e not told the truth about the pond area during raining season) which makes flood to swept away close to 3700 fishes out of 4000pcs after 1 and half month from Fingerlings. (wasting money on Coppens and skretting before changing to local feed).
Your assistance will be highly appreciated if the material can be sent to me (gloriousfarms@hotmail.com).
Thanks in advance.

OP where art thou.
Bn a longgg while wt ur updates.
Hw ar d fishes, u must hv sold by now, so hw did it go

Whenever I see agricultural topics like this am just too happy, I will post a local feed formula for fish this week on this platform but I will also advise interested farmers to join my Agro allied whatsapp group through this invite link

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or add message me on whatsapp with this number 08070872196.

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Thank you sir for thisit. Good luck and God bless.

Hello kaykaymil.I am impressed with what u are doing sir. I am a young farmer in Shagamu.I just started. I would also need the material. My e-mail is aluko20115@hotmail.co.uk. thanks for sharing your experience with us.stay bless

Good afternoon kaykaymil iwould also need the material
my mail is musaabdulwadud@gmail.com
thanks in anticipation

@ Kaykaymil, thanks for sharing your experience with us, please also help send the materials to andrewedu@yahoo.com and video links. God bless you sir for all you do.