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Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by Johnnyessence(m): 1:59pm On Jan 27, 2015 |
bro excelsior av say it all water in d pond can be polluted through overfeeding d fish.if they are still small try and be giving them little feed like if it's 500 pieces try and be giving them half of a peak milk tin for 1-2 weeks Cos' they are still small and u just stock them early .and if it's for 1000 pieces try and be feeding them full cup of peak milk tin like 1-2 weeks .feed them in one spot. don't pollute d pond by over feeding them with floating feed ooooo.happy farming. |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by bettymygirl(f): 3:27pm On Jan 27, 2015 |
bettymygirl: Please, farmers do respond. How many melange size fishes is in a kilo? |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by princemolak(m): 3:38pm On Jan 27, 2015 |
bettymygirl: dat depends on the individual size of the melange, but i fink 2 or 3 melange shld gv a kilo 1 Like |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by Nobody: 3:41pm On Jan 27, 2015 |
thank you everyone for all your responses. @ Belexy, i wont be having total control over it cos of work but will go there every saturday and mysister stay very close there she will also be going to check for me. will send pics as we move on. |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by robonski15(m): 3:49pm On Jan 27, 2015 |
bettymygirl: The least you should is three making 1kg your aim should be getting 0.5grms i.e two making 1kg. |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by robonski15(m): 6:20pm On Jan 27, 2015 |
olubankemi: Hmmm my bro you have to close mark the man, sometimes go to the farm unannounced, don't show that you are a total novice. have a record of all the farm operations. Keep us updated. www.agricnetwork.com 1 Like |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by bettymygirl(f): 6:40pm On Jan 27, 2015 |
Ok, thanks to u all. You just save a life! 1 Like |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by Belexy(m): 8:30pm On Jan 27, 2015 |
olubankemi: robonski15: Yes oh... As Oga Robonski said, u av to do proper close marking It is well. |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by hisableplc(m): 8:43pm On Jan 27, 2015 |
i love d growth of my stocks is visible each day feed.only twice stocked fingerlings n wil b a week tomoro dey like post someone bought recently though i had droppings bt i gave dem aquacure n its reduced just counted 2 dis evening |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by Fhemmmy: 9:25pm On Jan 27, 2015 |
hisableplc: Show us pix |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by hisableplc(m): 1:24am On Jan 28, 2015 |
Fhemmmy: hope u can see dis
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Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by Fhemmmy: 2:30am On Jan 28, 2015 |
hisableplc: Lovely. ..Thanks |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by hisableplc(m): 3:12am On Jan 28, 2015 |
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Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by hisableplc(m): 3:12am On Jan 28, 2015 |
Fhemmmy: uwc |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by ufoskomo: 3:58am On Jan 28, 2015 |
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Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by ufoskomo: 4:03am On Jan 28, 2015 |
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Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by hisableplc(m): 7:56am On Jan 28, 2015 |
@ family is there any special attention or medication ought for my earthen pond dat flows through any negative implications |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by jaz(m): 9:23am On Jan 28, 2015 |
so guys, what advice do you have for a friend thinking of leaving his paid employment for fish farming |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by Belexy(m): 10:07am On Jan 28, 2015 |
jaz: A good advice cant really be given bcoz there are no details of his current job and his farm. If for instance he works 9am to 5pm and is earning just like 30K and theres no hope for promotion or he sees no future in his current job etc and maybe his fish farm is generating much more dan dat and he has the opportunity to expand if he focuses fully on it, then ur guess is as good as mine on what to do. Dats just an illustration. As i said, we need details before any good advice can be given. Note dat fish farming is not an automatic money spinning business. I keep on saying this. Dnt get carried away by eBoooks and blogs dat claim u can make millions instantly. If it was dat easy to make the millions, those guys will not be aggressively trying to sell their eBooks bcoz dey will be damn too busy making the so called millions on their farms. #im not saying u cant make good money frm fish farming, but its not child's play. It requires alot of sacrifice and patience and hard work. 2 Likes |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by jaz(m): 10:23am On Jan 28, 2015 |
Lets say its an 8am to 10pm job with sat and sun inclusive. and ur paid #200k. |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by Belexy(m): 10:31am On Jan 28, 2015 |
jaz: He has a fairly well paid job; though very hectic. Saturday and sunday are not issues bcoz in my profession saturdays, sundays and public holidays are not work-free depending on the duty rooster and the unit i am in at d time. As i said, it depends on so many factors. Can his farm meet up wt wat he is being paid now? Does he av a dedicated land for the farm? Wats d capacity of his fish farm now? |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by jaz(m): 10:38am On Jan 28, 2015 |
so what level of production should i be considering |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by Belexy(m): 11:03am On Jan 28, 2015 |
jaz: Abt 1500 fishes harvested monthly or 7500 fishes harvested at 5months. If all goes well wt d farm and fishes, diz will give u more dan 200K monthly. #making money is not definite unlike ur fixed paid job. Sometimes there can be huge loss of stock, bad sales etc and atimes u can make more than 100% profit.. |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by jaz(m): 11:13am On Jan 28, 2015 |
thanks. im considering production of 5 tonnes a month |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by Belexy(m): 12:22pm On Jan 28, 2015 |
jaz: Okay dats gud but will require alot of finances, space/ponds, farm hands, hard work and alot of experience. 1 Like |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by jaz(m): 12:35pm On Jan 28, 2015 |
thanks bro. |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by hisableplc(m): 1:32pm On Jan 28, 2015 |
hisableplc: still waiting for response |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by Johnnyessence(m): 7:38pm On Jan 28, 2015 |
Belexy:waooo I just arrive this thread this evening welldone this is great .this advice bro belexy said here is good ooooo. |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by Apitch(m): 7:40pm On Jan 28, 2015 |
jaz:I'm guessing ur friend has saved enough money to go into the biz so I would advice he sets up the farm first and then plan his resignation cos for me it's not about the 200k, but his health. 8am-10pm everyday is a killer that will pop his ugly head after some years and he will spend serious money fighting it so if the farm can give him 100k monthly and then he grows from there 1 Like |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by bambeezu: 9:46pm On Jan 28, 2015 |
Belexy: Thanks Belexy, though i intend to start with juv eniles and also i came across a system of using floating cages to rear catfish in a river can it be done here and how feasible is it? |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by Belexy(m): 12:05pm On Jan 29, 2015 |
bambeezu: I av seen pictures of such abroad. I dont knw if its practiced in diz country, but i doubt it is. |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by excelsiorfarm(m): 1:36pm On Jan 29, 2015 |
Floating cages is great, challenges are cannibalism(high since u cant really do sorting) and d few experiment i knew was carried out in lagos, they got large fishes, but d stocked density was greatly reduce. In biz, u dare & see if it works for u. I will see if i can upload a pic(though it was uploaded sometime ago) |
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