Please, what's going on in the house? Can we please not go off track. Bosses, where are you all?

Oga Ab1x, its been a while, I hope you are doing great? I would like you to please review this formula; finisher for catfish of 4 months and above
Fish meal (72%) 10kg
Blood meal 6kg
Soybean meal 20
kg
Groundnut cake 15kg
Broiler starter 25kg
Flour 9kg
Biscuit 10kg
Molasses 5kg
Lysine 0.1kg
Premix 0.5kg
DCP 1kg
Methionine 0.2kg

Anyone who is interested in feed formulation can also drop comment/review on this formula. Besides, I would appreciate if gurus and members alike in the house can drop various feed formula and lets learn new ideas. Regards.

Please this thread is for catfish and not for cassava etc. Any more posting of articles, comments not related to catfish will have you banned. Be warned.

This medium has been serving a great deal & of help to many but let's do things decently because I (sure not to be only) can see some statement that are coloured with ulterior motives. Robonski started d tread with a good intention but if it will cont'd we must be careful. Ppl are watching us.
To encourage many to partake we need to be straight forward.
Feed formula above is full of abbreviation & I am finding it difficult to understand. Pls be explicit. Thank you.

Hello Everyone I Have Cat Fish For Sales in Large Quantities.I Have Medium And Big Sizes And I Didnt Sell In Small Quantities.I Have 2 Kg And Above For Sale At Ilorin.To Talk More About It Call My Number:08030703224 No Scamming What U Are Buying Is Visible......Thanks

@Teepompey.
What is the age of the fish you want to feed with this formula? I think SBM is Soya Bean meal?

Hello everyone, I been a reader of this thread since 2013, I have met personally with @abx1 in his farm almost met @robonski but the guy run go yankee, didnt know when he came back. I think this is my first comment ever. you'll hear more from me.

hi, everyone in the house, is there any Zeigler feeds seller in Ibadan? his or her phone number pls?

@ ajoo17 where is your location?

@ ajoo17 and atanda2001uk, I hope I have been able to provide necessary adjustments as requested. My sincere apology. Just wants us to share ideas on feed formulas that meet catfish diet. I am looking forward to seeing formulas that have been tested and trusted with good results.

@soft777 please let me have your number so we can talk about the peletizing machine. thanks for your help.

A very big thank you to everyone who has contributed to this thread especially the ogas in d house. My fingerlings are 6 weeks today and ready for sale. I counted 18000+ which is a big success to me after trying for 6 months. But the problem now is I don't have any buyer yet, was so eager to get them to 6 weeks
For any interested buyer,my farm is in Ilorin. You can contact me on whatsapp or call 07032248525..thank you

IBBG:
thank u so so much.God bless u.

Oga softie 777, which topic do you use to put ur post on agricnetwork.com?

soft777:
good day bro what is the issue with my arithmetic

No, chairman what I meant was that those that claim that they are changing our people/country should come and learn from the likes you in this thread on what real change is all about. May God bless you all for selling you knowledge without money.

lagbaja:


When I say 1kg of melange, I do not mean a single table size catfish. When buyers buy, they buy per kg ( 3 or 4 fishes makes a kg of melange) so it makes business sense to estimate cost per kg of melange instead of unit cost of melange. It is erroneous to estimate a unit cost of melange as you did because no 2 persons sell melange at same average size.

Hello chairman, please you once mention a certain kind of pump when you discussed about recirculating aquaculture system and it's advantage over other methods in a 2013 post...Resun pump with capacity to pump 13,000ltrs/hr, if you recollect, please where can i get the pump,i find it appropriate for my RAS based on the low energy requirement. I have looked around Ibadan and none seem close to that. Thanks

Lorjes:


No, chairman what I meant was that those that claim that they are changing our people/country should come and learn from the likes you in this thread on what real change is all about. May God bless you all for selling you knowledge without money.

thank you brother today tonight will update from where i stoped thank you

lamude23:


Oga softie 777, which topic do you use to put ur post on agricnetwork.com?

10pm today you will see my continuation topic on both here and agricnetwork ....GODBLESS

barby008:
A very big thank you to everyone who has contributed to this thread especially the ogas in d house. My fingerlings are 6 weeks today and ready for sale. I counted 18000+ which is a big success to me after trying for 6 months. But the problem now is I don't have any buyer yet, was so eager to get them to 6 weeks
For any interested buyer,my farm is in Ilorin. You can contact me on whatsapp or call 07032248525..thank you

Very good job this the stories we pray to see here often very encouraging ,more grace to your elbow ..You will deffinately see buyers by GODs grace ... please dont leave them like that in the picture you just showed they are too compacted try to shear them in different vats ... for less stress , fast growth and sickness free.... GOODLUCK

soft777:
10pm today you will see my continuation topic on both here and agricnetwork ....GODBLESS

Kindly contact me asap thanks

Hmmmm... My advice for fish farmers here dont go buying every ingredient u see in every ones formula ..i have seen people paste formula containing maize, indomie and cassava flour together.....some containing molasis and flour together ... and some containing .. palm kanel cake and cotton seed cake together...Well i want us to know that, in fish and other animal production , is all just about converting one form of protein as in feed to another form of protein as in our fish product . So we should always try to make sure the cost of feed protein is not costlier than the actual fish itself, or else, we run at a lost . there are no stories about it ... How can we use maize indome and cassava flour together ..this is wrong, cause they are all starch, i mean carbohydrate its same nutrient , they all give to your fish . Its like eating eba ,fufu , and amala they may taste different ,but , they give same starch or energy to the body so why waste money buying 3 different ingredient with same end product .As a business man or profit making fish farmer , just check out of the 3 ingredients the one that is cheapest in your loccality and use it ...They practically give the same. Important is all other factors are done well like feed quality quantity , time of feeding to get the best fcr , temperature and water quality . its same result lets not break our heads over formula lol........... What we should do is that , ,both 3 ingredients are good , so as wise fish farmer we will compare the 3 prices in our locality cause feeds varies in prices depends on, what your locality have in bulk and see which is cheapest per kg and use it. Dont just mix every ingredient in the feed mill because u see mr A doing it and so you want to do the same .One ingredient to serve a source of nutrient is ok ... so dont use molasis and flour both are good binding agent dont use pkc and cotton seed cake they are both source of oil : use only the cheapest one nutrient source at a time ..it will reduce your cost of production. Why do u think some people buy fingerlings from same source and 1 person makes profit and the other finish all his money making ambigious feed , there by finishing there profit on feed .. We replace fish meal with soya meal and other source of protein because of the high cost of fish meal but we cant replace fish meal 100 percent cause there source are different ...fish meal is animal protein while soya is plant protein .. They are not totally thesame; thats why we use both fish meal and soya meal together . Soya can reduce the use of fish meal but not totally . Its still good to leave some percentage fish meal in your feed composition... like me , if i tell you in some stage of my feed production i dont use fish meal at all but i balance the animal protein with another cheaper animal protein and i get same result .Some people will raise eye brow and ask if its possible but yes very possible, its just to add what is called an attractant, a topic for another day stay tuned i will give the continuation of my write up 10pm today GOOD LUCK ...

my ogas in d house.im about to start 8 10by10 by 5 feets concrete ponds.now the question is it necessary os compulsory to roof my pond with iron sheets(woods,workmaoship.nail and iron sheets)does that mean i will roof half plot of land.or any alternative?thanks in advance

biyibd:
Hello chairman, please you once mention a certain kind of pump when you discussed about recirculating aquaculture system and it's advantage over other methods in a 2013 post...Resun pump with capacity to pump 13,000ltrs/hr, if you recollect, please where can i get the pump,i find it appropriate for my RAS based on the low energy requirement. I have looked around Ibadan and none seem close to that. Thanks

You can use Bioforce Revolution 14000uvc: 1354

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Suitable for ponds up to 14000 litres
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No fuss cleaning system - No more dirty hands simply turn the handle to activate the internal cleaning blades that separate solids from the Cypricube foams.
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http://www.hozelock.com/aquatics/filters-and-uvcs/pressurised-filters/bioforce-revolution/bioforce-revolution-14000uvc-1354.html

murshid09:
my ogas in d house.im about to start 8 10by10 by 5 feets concrete ponds.now the question is it necessary os compulsory to roof my pond with iron sheets(woods,workmaoship.nail and iron sheets)does that mean i will roof half plot of land.or any alternative?thanks in advance

It depends on your funds available ..you can buy tapolin and cover each of your ponds .it will serve almost just the same as roofing

Hello all, I quite appreciate the good work you guys are doing on this thread. Please I urgently need assistance on my hatching journey so far. Its been so frustrating and annoying to go through the process of hatching and watch my fries die just from day 5. That has been my experience so far. I ensure that all parameters are on point. My water ph is 6.8 and I run a flow through system. I take time to syphon all dirt and feed left overs and maintain a high level of hygiene. However, I notice that my fries start to die in large quantities from day 5 till I have nothing left. Please what can be the cause and how can I resolve this issue.

heartbitmi:
Hello all, I quite appreciate the good work you guys are doing on this thread. Please I urgently need assistance on my hatching journey so far. Its been so frustrating and annoying to go through the process of hatching and watch my fries die just from day 5. That has been my experience so far. I ensure that all parameters are on point. My water ph is 6.8 and I run a flow through system. I take time to syphon all dirt and feed left overs and maintain a high level of hygiene. However, I notice that my fries start to die in large quantities from day 5 till I have nothing left. Please what can be the cause and how can I resolve this issue.

Exactly the same problem I had then...I was feeding them with artemia which I later found out to be fake after lots of loss..so please check your feed first...If not,it might be the weather or something...

@barby008 thanks for the response. but please what feed did you have to change to? and where u able to conquer the problem? somone also told me its probably the artemia i use. as i speak i have lost all fries and its really painful. as per weather, i am quite sure its in control. my hatchery is an indoor one. thanks

heartbitmi:
@barby008 thanks for the response. but please what feed did you have to change to? and where u able to conquer the problem? somone also told me its probably the artemia i use. as i speak i have lost all fries and its really painful. as per weather, i am quite sure its in control. my hatchery is an indoor one. thanks

I started with coppens 0.2mm and few days ago, I recorded 18000+ fingerlings after 6 months of trial.

@barby008.
I would have loved to buy from your fingerlings but for the distance. Currently I need about 2-3,000 fingerlings.

kudos to all the gurus in the house.
Please, I need a practical training on hatching. A place where I can learn all the pros and cons of hatching with adequate practical exposure. My preference is Ikorodu

heartbitmi:
Hello all, I quite appreciate the good work you guys are doing on this thread. Please I urgently need assistance on my hatching journey so far. Its been so frustrating and annoying to go through the process of hatching and watch my fries die just from day 5. That has been my experience so far. I ensure that all parameters are on point. My water ph is 6.8 and I run a flow through system. I take time to syphon all dirt and feed left overs and maintain a high level of hygiene. However, I notice that my fries start to die in large quantities from day 5 till I have nothing left. Please what can be the cause and how can I resolve this issue.

Too many fake artemia in the market right now which is the major problem for the deaths.. Try using 0.2 or squeezed 0.5..

www.agricnetwork.com

Shehas:
kudos to all the gurus in the house.
Please, I need a practical training on hatching. A place where I can learn all the pros and cons of hatching with adequate practical exposure. My preference is Ikorodu

We are stilling setting up our school of spawning which will be beneficial to those who wants to major in production of quality seeds.. For now you can contact ayosat lagbaja for training...

www.agricnetwork.com

atanda2001uk:
@barby008.
I would have loved to buy from your fingerlings but for the distance. Currently I need about 2-3,000 fingerlings.

Where is your location?