bibelo: @ op I appreciate the good job you are doing,I was once into catfish biz but made losses when I expanded and I have since dumped the idea,though the ponds are still on ground.am contemplating going into poultry (broiler) on a low key for now and I have interest in the Ugwu biz, I have a secured land with water but the soil has been seriously depleted.Please help with viable advices.thanks in anticipation of your reply

aquatic1: @excelsiorfarm, thanks for your post on this thread, but please, in all we do, let's not take ourselve up, it only God take gives one success without stress, so please any grudges u have with orweseta, please let it go, you are a gem, and am proud of you. @ayosat thanks for your post also. @wolexx and ab1x thanks for your post, I know you are all trying to make the fish farm industry successful. @integrityfarm I told you the solution to your farm when I came to your place, and if you don't take that as a piority, my brother, its up to you then oooo, but also smoking is a good biz you can consider. @orweseta thanks for voicing out you mind, pls forgive and forget anything excelsiorfarm said, we are all one.

excelsiorfarm: i blieve there is nothing lacking in Nigeria,depending on capacity bought,i can say yes,even if not available d world is so small now because of technology that when u find a suitable one,it can be delivered to u,all d noise of recirculatory is to use d water over & over,go to

excelsiorfarm: Still on our W-O-N-D-E-R-S,Now on letter N,N stands for newness,u cannot continue to do d same thing & expect to get d same result,more than five years back in my farm in lagos i have been using aerator for my fishes,many wonder d idea behind it,but i know d hidden secret of d use,some are still talking of recirculatory systfm construction,when u can buy/import bio filters for your pond,To be relevant in today's biz innovatn is key.

africkmart:

Thank you. I will contact integrityfood. I did not get the phone number though, my email address is africkmart@gmail.com. Thanks again, you have been very helpful.

orweseta: @excelsiorfarm I don't get it, u're speaking from the two sides of your mouth, in one breath u're castigating Aquatic1 for rendering his help for a fee, and was boasting about ur accomplishments! Now u're saying u want money for the manual... You should have been forthright from the beginning... Atleast Aquatic1 was and I paid him... Though I regret what I paid for.. I am not going to make the same mistake again.... No problem, I don't want ur fish manual. U can keep it for all I care and sell it to others who might be interested.

amiskurie: sounds cool,pls where do you live.I need to venture in the danfo business too.I already ventured in the truck business and I think danfo will be cool too.
What model of bus is good for the job and hw much does it cos.
DONT WORK FOR MONEY,LET UR MONEY WORK F0R U!

excelsiorfarm: accept my apology,you are d first to ever complain,it is in pdf format because it is an ebook,sending it in word format makes my manual vulnerable to piracy,hence maybe u request your question on d platform or email,but i will it again because i know all d pages must open

ndioyem: Hello, if you are really serious about the business as new entrants into catfish business, you need to get ready quite some amount of money. Don't believe the lie you are usually told that you can make do with just 20,000 naira. No. You need some amount. Then get an exprienced tutor to put you through. This is important or else you may soon crash in the business. I am talking from exprience now i learnt my lesson. Well their is place you can learn from the experts for free, i just discovered the site and it will be good you avail yourselves the opportunity. www dot growcatfish dot com/forum

excelsiorfarm: You are yet to acknowledge that u received the fish manual,u know email dont fail

excelsiorfarm: also sell your fishes to people or company that dry & package them for sale & u can start your brand,by drying & packaging of catfish in attractive packages for distribution to stores & supermarkets.Moreso Nigerians like class/taste,hence if your product is clean,well packaged & taste right,then u hav a market.About d stores,if u ever have a break i.e run out of stock,they will never do biz wit u again

excelsiorfarm: @Bigdreams, i thank God for the commendation and your recommendation, i will only advice us pls no matter the business or venture will choose to go into pls again, always get an experience hand,valid advise B4 we move in.i read a thread where someone said he had invested N2.5m with a target of raising 8000 fishes in his compound and his looking for partners,even if the money come in cheap,let us plan it well because with such investment,buying from the money and using durable mobile ponds,aerator,feeding well and alternative feeding etc would have raised 5500 fishes to not less than 1kg without soliciting for funds(i always dont want to creat too high expectation). if your fishes are big enough i.e 1.5kg and above,u will be heavily rewarded in cash.lets assume u sold it for N480 =N2.64M(you will definitely sell it more than that as long as they attain 1kg).All the best.Another word of advise learn to give your fishes anti-stress after sorting,it helps eliminate death etc.

jethro2: @ integrity. Just mail you

Mashkov: @ OP,
Fish Farming is lucrative, I can authoritatively tell you that and that is from experience. My advice is that you seek knowledge before going into it and most importantly, you must have PASSION for the business. Be aware that EVERY BUSINESS has got it's own downsides, so when you go into it and you see some setback, you will no be discouraged. I will summarize some key points for you, catfish farming's success depends largely on 4 cardinal parameters listed below,

1. The quality of the fish (Genetics)
2. The quality of the feeds
3. The quality of the water system
4. The structure of the pond system (space/depth)

FYI, if you start with Juveniles (I advise you do this), don't consider fingerlings or post-fingerlings. A juvenile will attain a 1kg (table size) weight in 4 months. The difference in the price of a juvenile and others is significant enough when compared to the cost you incur in rearing them for up to 6 month to attain market size.

Your major cost will be the cost of feeds. The best method is to start your fishes with foreign feeds for the first month of 6 weeks, after this, place your stock on local feeds. The formula and specification is not a difficult thing, that can always be provided if you want. I will not advice you start producing your feeds cos of the cost of setting up a fish feed mill (mini), when you scale up, producing your feed will make a whole lot of sense.

I can go on and on. If truly you have done a soul searching and decided this is what you want to do, I can always provide all the information you need and also expose you to practical experience if you so desire. We can both sit down and work out a detail feasibility/profitability projection based on the resource you have.

Regards,