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Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by Aleshyto(m): 5:46pm On Nov 13, 2013 |
ab1x:i stocked 2300 fishes, can i buy 15kg salt to treat them, tank u sir im very greaful. |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by TOKUGAWA(m): 6:27pm On Nov 13, 2013 |
@abx1, check ur mail |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by ab1x: 6:53pm On Nov 13, 2013 |
Aleshyto: i stocked 2300 fishes, can i buy 15kg salt to treat them, tank u sir im very greaful. Yes, you can. TOKUGAWA: @abx1, check ur mail Reply sent |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by yemiakeem: 6:59pm On Nov 13, 2013 |
DBounty: Veery urgent!!! Helo house,anyone who can supply juveniles 40k pcs NO RUNTS PLS!. Contact 08150762813. ASAPI only av abt 2k. |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by majralph: 8:02pm On Nov 13, 2013 |
Good evening house, i know this thread is strictly for catfish farming but i want to know the reason y catfish is more preferred than tilapia in fish farming |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by ayosat(m): 9:46pm On Nov 13, 2013 |
Aleshyto: i stocked 2300 fishes, can i buy 15kg salt to treat them, tank u sir im very greaful.please Aleshyto,be very carefull with the use of salt. As it is been use to cure, it can also kill your fish fast.For treatment, especially for preveting diseases, you dont need too much of salt. All you need to do is to drain your water, fill it with fresh water, when it just cover the fish, stop the water. then mix up some salt and any good antibacteria drugs in water solution, but 15kg salt is way too much. then sprinkle this on the fish for like 2hr. then you can drain the water and replace with new fresh water. with this your fish will have a jolly ride to table size. also i have mentioned this before, if you buy fingerlings or even juvenile, try to disinfect it before stocking. in doing this you avoid so many things for yourself. if for on reason or the other your fish refuse to eat, please this is a bad sign that some has gone wrong. solution must be sorted for in days and not even a week must go by with that problem still on. first change their water. if it persis then disinfect and also give them multivitamins. anyway thats all i have for now, i hope to login often. God bless us all. |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by Ijobaorun(m): 9:48pm On Nov 13, 2013 |
ab1x:Thanks for your support on dis tread. Pls, I want you to explain d meaning of TS, DCP nd also, is d biscuit d normal type and whc one can I use precisely? How many kg can I make 4 dem and for how long? Thanks. |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by ab1x: 6:48am On Nov 14, 2013 |
Ijobaorun: The formular is 100KG. TS means Toasted Soya, DCP _ sorry I don't know d meaning but it is meant to make d fish agile and give them strong bone. The biscuit is the normal biscuit we eat but the one they use at the feedmill is the industrial one. I mean, waste from the factory but I see guys working at the feedmill eating it. For how long they will consume 100KG depends on ur fish eating habit 1 Like |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by Ijobaorun(m): 9:48am On Nov 14, 2013 |
ab1x:Thanks so much. God bless you richly. |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by mickyfish(m): 5:11pm On Nov 14, 2013 |
Market 4 catfish is readily available unlike tilapia(catfish is a prefered specie)in nigeria. maj ralph: Good evening house, i know this thread is strictly for catfish farming but i want to know the reason y catfish is more preferred than tilapia in fish farming |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by omode2(m): 5:18pm On Nov 14, 2013 |
ab1x:. I cant get biscuit or indomie what do i use as alternative. |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by excelsiorfarm(m): 6:53pm On Nov 14, 2013 |
DBounty: Veery urgent!!! Helo house,anyone who can supply juveniles 40k pcs NO RUNTS PLS!. Contact 08150762813. ASAP30K pieces in two weeks |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by ab1x: 7:06pm On Nov 14, 2013 |
omode2: . I cant get biscuit or indomie what do i use as alternative. Make use of flower |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by DBounty(m): 7:26pm On Nov 14, 2013 |
30K pieces in two weeks @excelsior how old ur fish. Location. |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by TOKUGAWA(m): 8:44pm On Nov 14, 2013 |
I want all participants on this thread to be aware of people that only comes around or contributes occasionally,or are not active here and comes around whenever they have fishes to sell. They are mostly fake and here to sell their left overs .i.e runts. By their names we shall know them. 1 Like |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by excelsiorfarm(m): 9:03pm On Nov 14, 2013 |
DBounty: 30K pieces in two weeks @excelsior how old ur fish. Location.the fishes are at egbeda lga,idea farm after ibadan,d owners produces even for some big name,if u want to visit their farm,u welcome & even best u check them. |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by LankyBrosMedia(m): 9:03pm On Nov 14, 2013 |
Nice post. Please is it possible to overfeed catfish? And how often should one change their water? |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by excelsiorfarm(m): 9:14pm On Nov 14, 2013 |
when i have my fishes,i will make my offer, i was at a village at surulere LGA in oyo st day b4 Yesterday,d owner has a mini river as his fishfarm aside various earthen ponds, bought fish seeds from one of d very best in Nigeria,yet no tangible result aside d ten of thousands of poultry layers,reason poor mgt. 1 Like |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by ab1x: 9:19pm On Nov 14, 2013 |
LankyBrosMedia: Nice post. Please is it possible to overfeed catfish? And how often should one change their water? Overfeeding can kill fish when they are still small but not when they've matured. You are to change their water(if it is concrete pond) every 3 days. |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by excelsiorfarm(m): 9:22pm On Nov 14, 2013 |
LankyBrosMedia: Nice post. Please is it possible to overfeed catfish? And how often should one change their water?overfeeding is mostly critical with smaller fishes,d bigger fishes can choose to ignore when they are full, changing of water can be in 3 or 4 days,but d most essential is d stocking populatn,it can even be a week if stock aint much & u havnt polluted d water with overfeeding |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by oscarvicto(m): 10:06am On Nov 15, 2013 |
@house whats the meaning when your fishes cluster around a particular area i also recorded three mortality in my post juveniles. just noticed them floating on the top of the water. their bodies looks whitish in color |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by ayosat(m): 12:38pm On Nov 15, 2013 |
oscarvicto: @housewhen your fish cluster together it could be the water is bad, that you need to change fast or it could also be that the pond is already infected. This second suggestion is often the case when it comes to clustering of fish and recording of death. By this, if you have a free pond you can transfer the fish there asap or if you dont have empty pond, you need to change their water, and apply salt and antibiotic solutiom on them when the water level is low. This might need to be done everyday for 3 to 5 days for total cure. |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by excelsiorfarm(m): 2:17pm On Nov 15, 2013 |
agreed with ayosat,possible water polluted & fishes infected by bacteria,also temp can be d reason |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by yemiakeem: 2:35pm On Nov 15, 2013 |
TOKUGAWA: I want all participants on this thread to be aware of people that only comes around or contributes occasionally,or are not active here and comes around whenever they have fishes to sell. They are mostly fake and here to sell their left overs .i.e runts. By their names we shall know them.D major problm is nt buyin 4rm hatchers. wen u buy 4rm hatchers nt agents u're sure u'r nt buyin runts. n i dnt tink any hatcher wl sel runts 2 any farmer wen his reputatn is at stake |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by excelsiorfarm(m): 2:51pm On Nov 15, 2013 |
yemiakeem: D major problm is nt buyin 4rm hatchers. wen u buy 4rm hatchers nt agents u're sure u'r nt buyin runts. n i dnt tink any hatcher wl sel runts 2 any farmer wen his reputatn is at stakemy bro let me say something in reference to this issue,anyone that has good fishes should make their offer,i met a young guy tepebo farms in ijebu,recognise by FG,known by minister,agric ministry,will u say because e never came on this thread,he isnt good,lets not fool ourselves,this isnt a cult |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by excelsiorfarm(m): 2:56pm On Nov 15, 2013 |
excelsiorfarm: my bro let me say something in reference to this issue,anyone that has good fishes should make their offer,i met a young guy tepebo farms in ijebu,recognise by FG,known by minister & agric ministry,will u say because he never came on this thread,he isnt good,lets not fool ourselves,this isnt a culthere is one fellima i also heard about & a hundred with one others,no man will rubbish himself for a biz he lives on |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by TOKUGAWA(m): 3:56pm On Nov 15, 2013 |
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Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by robonski16: 4:49pm On Nov 15, 2013 |
yemiakeem: D major problm is nt buyin 4rm hatchers. wen u buy 4rm hatchers nt agents u're sure u'r nt buyin runts. n i dnt tink any hatcher wl sel runts 2 any farmer wen his reputatn is at stake Some useless hatchers also sell runts, years back I bought runts unknowingly from a hatcher, Not once or twice but later on I got to realise it and I lost heavily.. But today he is no longer in business.. One thing they don't realise is that when u keeping selling runts and the farmer keeps feeding and loosing he will surely go somewhere else and the hatcher tends to loose his customers gradually till he folds up.. I have even seen some hatchery presently using fishes of 0.5 grms both male and female for spawning.. Like I said earlier on u have to know the hatchery.. Go to their farms and see for urself... Also u have to still use ur discretion to still identify the runts.. I can identify runts just by looking at the fishes inside water maybe because I am into hatching.. A fish farmer contacted me some months back pleading just to see me..I gave him an appointment and when I met with him he complained bitterly about all he has gone through in fish farming.. I felt pity for him coz I could feel his pains.. Luckily for him I had done some hatching with first class shooters still intact, I gave him a thousand first class shooters for free and some tips on management... 5 months later when he harvested none of the fishes were below 1.5 kg he made profit for the first time since he started fish farming.. He brought the biggest fish of them all to my farm as appreciation... I guess all these agents and hatchers that sells runts will be exposed with time.. 3 Likes |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by robonski16: 5:00pm On Nov 15, 2013 |
TOKUGAWA: http://www.flameville.com/2013/09/the-young-agropreneur-of-tepebo-catfish-cottage-adeniyi-adenuga/ Very inspiring!!! |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by excelsiorfarm(m): 5:44pm On Nov 15, 2013 |
my advise to aspiring & fishfarmers is be wise,either understudy someone or learn d rudiment of d basics,which fishes size is ok,how to know sick ones,mgt etc,dont be carried with human words,examine every motives & be discrete,even u can ask someone to help,but essential u also know |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by practicalclass: 6:39pm On Nov 15, 2013 |
excelsiorfarm: aquapro & livestovit, there are many others too, your water mgt is v important also @Mr excelsior: thank you. I used livestovit which you prescribed for me then when I wanted to buy juveniles. but next time I think I'll use it from day 1 when I purchase the fish for better result. Anyways, the fishes I got then from the friend you referred me to are now abt 5 months and looks promising, in fact, harvest time is near. |
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