jam04:
Well done and I see you are really motivated to see this work out. I like this kind of energy especially from educated folks. it shows agriculture will come up and thrive very well in this country.

Having said that, let us talk straight and frankly here as this is business and I believe you put up this thread to seek clarification and recommendation(s) where necessary. I am a practising fish farmer with over 5 years experience, I have trained and consulted for people and I believe I am in a good position to make the following recommendation:

1) Your pond size can't take 1000pcs of fishes to 4 months. From your replies, you only focus on water management. Water is not the only factor considered when stocing cat fish. You consider spacing, growth rate, atmospheric air exchange and fish type. Do you know a typical fish pond is a habitat and food chain exist? If your fishes are not well spaced, they will compete for everything available inside that pond for survival including oxygen.
They will fight often as their territory clashes and this will lead to mortality. Catfishes are voracious eaters and they tend to attack one another to exhibit dominance. When they are jammed together, disease spread is quick and your fishes will suffer from weakness and inability to feed properly. We all know where this will lead to.
If you wish I can continue with the comprehensive literature on why adequate spacing is required for catfish. I haven't talk about fish type and feeding habit. there are different spacing requirement for hetero species as well. Let me know if more literature is required and I will humbly say more

2) With this kind of pond you have, your fishes CAN NOT attain 1KG in 4 months. You can only achieve that with shooters and you can only get 1000 shooters from fries stock of 50,000 and breeders know the stress and financial implication of raising 50,000 fries. This is a practically proven fact.
What you will probably stock if you a good fish farmer is mixture of shooters, runners and crawlers. Feed them with even 80 percent protein from fingerlings to adult, you can not attain 1kg in 4months with a concrete pond. And we all know the implication of a high protein fed meal for an encamped fish.
So I don't know the kind of literature you must have read, i am sorry to burst the bubble. Please accept this practical fact to avoid losses or heartbreak at the end of 4 months.

I will stop here for now as these are my observations on the thread so far. I will add more as you progress. I am a staunch advocate of earthen pond as fishes feel more at home compared to concrete or taupalin ponds. Not everywhere is suitable to raise catfish just like not every land is suitable for cassava or soyabean or rice cultivation. Farmers move to areas where these crops can be planted and grow them. Why can't fish farmers also search out lands suitable for raising catfish? We must change our mindset that since catfishes have strong adaptation capabilities they can be raised anywhere.
In all I wish you well and happy fishing

tucky200:

It's school..u that went to school (no *offense*)

MrCork:


^^^^see this homebase ROadside mechanick looookin broke Nigeria fisherman talkin to a whole LOndoner like we on the same level?.....am I yor mate? GOAT!! (no ofeinse)

tucky200:

Sharap there..bcoz ur in london so what ?..u can't write good english and someone is correcting you and yet u still insist on spewing trash....u better focus on ur cleaner job b4 u lost it

MrCork:



...bro why r u catchin fish in 2015??..... didn't u go to sckoool?(no oofeinse)

edward1984:



Are you being serious or that's just humor ? So making a fish pond means he is uneducated, or all the fishermen in Nigeria are uneducated? You prefer he carries a gun and go rob ?

edward1984:



Are you being serious or that's just humor ? So making a fish pond means he is uneducated, or all the fishermen in Nigeria are uneducated? You prefer he carries a gun and go rob ?

MrCork:



...Cooorectiion. bro a in London (place u can never been), u in that market place Nigeria.....I gots pounds sterlin, u don't....be nice to me & I will post u £10 cash to buy a suit thier in Nigeria!!!(no oofeinse)

MrCork:



..bro am in London drivin £28,000(cash) Range ROver Spot & then we have him their in Nigeria catchin fish like famer....who work as famer in 2015?...That boy is lazy & shud be areshame of himself..pirrriod!!!! (no oofeinse)

Do you eat fish ? How do you get the fish, the food you eat there in London, how do you get it? and one asked you what car you driving, no one cares, The Op is doing a very good job in a country where the unemployment rate is high and the economy is unstable. I can't even believe am replying you. you make no sense, so it's a waste of time talking to you. please go to work the rent in London is pretty high, you have to pay your rent with your other 3 roommates and stop lying.

edward1984:



Do you eat fish ? How do you get the fish, the food you eat there in London, how do you get it? and one asked you what car you driving, no one cares, The Op is doing a very good job in a country where the unemployment rate is high and the economy is unstable. I can't even believe am replying you. you make no sense, so it's a waste of time talking to you. please go to work the rent in London is pretty high, you have to pay your rent with your other 3 roommates and stop lying.

MrCork:



..bro am in London drivin £28,000(cash) Range ROver Spot & then we have him their in Nigeria catchin fish like famer....who work as famer in 2015?...That boy is lazy & shud be areshame of himself..pirrriod!!!! (no oofeinse)

edward1984:



none taken.. You are just a dumb ass, Keep doing what you doing, you will be caught and deported, then you go to Op's fish pond to work as a cleaner.

Calyb:
@Apitch, you can not tell the actual length of a pond on an image. Proper measurement was taken before digging was carried out. Don't worry, before friday, you will start to see the wonders been done. 10ftx10ft concrete pond will comfortably accomodate 1000 catfish from fingerlings to adult stage. Though, thanks for the recommendation.

Calyb:

Its more easy to handle fish in concrete ponds than in earthen pond, in terms of harvesting, sorting etc. It does not waste much in maintenance unlike earthen pond.

Joeace3000:


Am surprised you don't know who MrCork is... check his post as far back as 2013 you will understand you are talking to that guy who's built a name for himself in trolling for fun and annoying people just to have a laugh. Brother you get time plenty. Ppl like him are best avoided when not replied atall, he loves attention. In one thread i stumbled on sometime ago, i saw where he was wooing a girl with lines that you can tell he was making fun of the girl, we adviced her not to reply him, that he's trying to make her look stupid, when she realised and stopped replying, he now looked stupid, quoting and quoting her with no reply even when she responded to other ppl. He's doing same with you.

BELEXYFARMS:



Hello sir, good job you are doing there and more blessings on ur endeavours. Just thought i should also give my observations since you gave us permission to air our thoughts/observation. Your10*10*4 pond would NOT comfortable take 1000 fingerlings to adulthood u less you are doing regular/almost constant flow through. Yes, you can stock a thousand in that but you will not get optimal growth and the fishes will be stunted, not to talk of the regular illnesses that will arise because of over-crowding. A point will come that even within a day of changing water, the water becomes so polluted and saturated wt ammonia and carbondioxide that the fishes will not eat maximally yhe next day. I have bigger ponds than yours and i have experiened what i am telling you.

oc2fish:
Thanks very much for the information i strongly suggest the followings.
1. Please start with juvenile or mini fish because it takes a lot to manage fingerlings. You will face challenges of changing water if you dont have enough gradient and your outlet is made for bigfish. Perforated big pipe will kill the fish during water change.

2.Stocking density should be 550; NOTE in fish marketing the quantity is not as important as the size. Fishes are sold in weight not in numbers. 400 fishes weighing 1.2 kg will attract more price than 3000 fish weighing 300g.
Thanks