Ttalk:


I envy your passion and commitment and i pray success will be yours at the end of the day.

Now to your question, your harvest period will be 5month and 2weeks, dont you think it will affect your profit margin because of the additional feeds for that long period?

On the use of formulated feed, i think it can be used if you are using earthing pond that requires less management and attention compare to concrete pond that water management has become the prerequisite to bumper harvest.

Most of local formulated feeds either by Nigerian company or local feed miller are rich in protein but there shortcoming is that they pollute water easily compare to foreign feed. Once the water is polluted the feeding rate of the fish reduces thereby increasing your overall management cost without corresponding increase in weigh gain unless you are able to provide good water management system.

My submissions are:
1. You can use local feed provided you are using earthing pond and good water system.
2. Since your fish are already 4month they required less intake of protein and more of fat and energy food
3. Since your ultimate objective is to maximise profit, i think you should prepare to sell your fish the moment the average weight of your fish clock 1kg

robonski15:
Water Quality Monitoring and Management for Catfish Ponds. PART 1

Any fish farmer that wants to record a high survival of fish and better growth in record time in their ponds must endeavour to pay good attention to pond water quality.

Understanding and predicting fish performance in ponds can be relatively difficult without the prior knowledge of how water parameters influence fish behaviour.

In the last couple of years, I have observed that most farmers that operate good ponds, stocked with the right quantity of fish seeds, still recorded huge losses even though they fed their fish very well.

This is due to poor knowledge of fish water chemistry.

Fish, unlike other animals, feed and defeacate inside the same water where they live and the quality of the water inside which they live directly affects feed efficiency, rate of growth, survival and the state of health of the fish.

When water quality depreciates, consumed feed is not properly converted into body flesh. Poor growth is recorded, fish survival is affected and ultimately massive fish kills may occur.

In fish production, key water quality parameters which need to be continually monitored are temperature, dissolved oxygen, pH, and ammonia.

Due to dynamics within the ponds, these parameters could change at short notices. I desire to share my experience and observation with fish farmers concerning the various ways in which the fluctuations of these water parameters could influence fish health, fish growth and fish survival.

Dissolved Oxygen (DO)

The relevance of monitoring the level of dissolved oxygen in ponds is very important. For the African catfish, a farmer should try as much as possible to maintain dissolved oxygen levels at between 4mg/liter to saturation levels in the pond.

Gas bubble disease can happen to the fish when DO levels are consistently too high and the water is super-saturated to well above 300 per cent. When DO level is consisitently between 1.5mg/liter to 5mg/liter, fish will be alive, but feed intake will reduce.

Growth rate will also reduce and high Feed Conversion Ratios (FCR) will be recorded. When DO levels are lower than 1.5mg/liter, fish will be stressed and they will die. The periods of achieving desired weights in fish will be lengthened and ultimate loss on investment will occur.

Infact, I can categorically emphasize that with consistently low levels of DO in ponds, the use of low quality feed might even be a waste of money.

This is simply because of the fact that fish breathe in oxygen for general body metabolism. DO is needed to help breakdown any potentially harmful metabolic waste into less harmful forms, e.g ammonia (NH3) broken down into nitrites (NO2) and then into nitrates (NO3).


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noblefarm:


hmmm Oga. illiterate like me plenty here o. this is very good info but I don't know how to check this on my pond, any device to check these?

infotainment:
my visit to aquashess fish farm in ilorin

robonski15:


A nice serene for a farm.. I can see they are into hybrids specie. thanks for sharing

Fhemmmy:


Where could someone get the fingerlings for such?

robonski15:

Cross with clarias and hetero = hybrid

sleeknaija:
I so much appreciate what you people are doing here. Pls I need advice.

I intend starting a catfish farm on a small scale with 80k using tanks. How many fingerlings can I rear to table size wit dis amount and also, do d catfish reared in tanks have d same market value as dose reared in concrete ponds or eathen ponds?

Thanks

Fhemmmy:


Are you able to do such or done it before?

robonski15:


Yes.. Its the same spawning process..

Fhemmmy:


Ummmmm . . . I duff my hat to the hatchers oh . . . Kai

robonski15:


Thank you oga fheemy.. it isn't easy ooo

I know one day, i will get there too oh . . .

cross234:
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cross234:
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thks

olubankemi:
thank you so much Robonski and Ttalk.

will talk all your advises.

well and very well appreciated.

cross234:
I dey greet all my oga's in d house for d wonderful work dey are doing. I copy all d content on dis page from page 0 to 162 to Microsoft word and d no of d pages is 1482 when am tru wit d editing I will upload a copy so anybody interested in it can download it and read it at once without internet connection. Pls continue wit ur gud job.
thks

cross234:
I dey greet all my oga's in d house for d wonderful work dey are doing. I copy all d content on dis page from page 0 to 162 to Microsoft word and d no of d pages is 1482 when am tru wit d editing I will upload a copy so anybody interested in it can download it and read it at once without internet connection. Pls continue wit ur gud job.
thks

Belexy:

Hi Ma, sorry to bother you but plz can u link me up with those buyers who buy fish at N600 per kilo? I want to sell of some fish this weekend or next. Thanks.
#my number : 08023000802

Belexy:

Hi Ma, sorry to bother you but plz can u link me up with those buyers who buy fish at N600 per kilo? I want to sell of some fish this weekend or next. Thanks.
#my number : 08023000802

gowaga68:
Please can somebody help with info about where to get dried fish crumbs (crumbs), fish crumbs, dried tilapia fingerlings,catfish etc.

I need it in large steady quantity.

olubankemi:


So sorry to respond to you late.

You remember I posted last week that I fought and shouted at the guy who help me take care of my fishes for being fraudulent. He is the one with their details. And am not ready to go in good terms with him as I don't want him to stylishly make me to hand over my fishes to him again. He is proud, a thief, and a big liar.

Me myself am Contacting other buyers for my fish.

When I busted his fraudulent attitude, he told me he won't help me sell my fishes.

Belexy:


Okay... That's alright.
#its better to reconcile wt him so dat u can sell ur fishes at a good price.

cross234:
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JuveFarms:

@gowaga68, were are these items needed?. You can reach us on Mobile: 08054621673. Whatsapp: 08069150802. Tnx

robonski15:

This is wonderful, you have done a good job. thanks