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Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by Nobody: 2:24pm On Mar 22, 2015
noblefarm:

thanks for ur concerns, from my research, the size is not much. the size just determine how much u are stocking. abt d prize, I will check that too but they are doing d drainage and overflow. the water is coming naturally from ground so we just to manage the overflow.
@Juvefarm, thanks for that. am not on agricnetwork but will check there now

what i meant is price for d size.
@juve, kindly give us estimate of earthen pond conatructn in ur area.
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by noblefarm: 2:37pm On Mar 22, 2015
mercylicious:


what i meant is price for d size.
@juve, kindly give us estimate of earthen pond conatructn in ur area.
okay. that was the 1st prize they gave me, I have not prized it cos I just want to pay for the land tomorrow.
the land is 75k/plot and I wanna buy 4plots. tho I will b digging 2ponds for a start
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by Nobody: 2:54pm On Mar 22, 2015
@Mercylicious, am fine. am happy at your testimony about you fishes doing well. When you start on large scale, you will know how to manage them. Well done.

Mine too are doing pretty well and are pretty big now, they will be two months by 28. Tempted to sell them at melange sizes but hmmm will wait two months when they will be five months.

My challenges are with the guy. He is greedy. I give him money to buy feed but he does not buy. I gave him 54k for 10bags last month he only bought five, I gave him 50k this month he has only bought 4bags. Telling me lies. He has used Zeigler, multi feed and crown feed against my wish(told I him want Zeigler) . Crown feed is even 9mm he bought, some picked and other struggle to pick n never succeeded. Giving me stupid excuses. I know well has eaten my money. Will never give him my money, buying my feed myself next time. Only to pay him for labor and fuel.
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by Belexy(m): 7:20pm On Mar 22, 2015
olubankemi:
@Mercylicious, am fine. am happy at your testimony about you fishes doing well. When you start on large scale, you will know how to manage them. Well done.

Mine too are doing pretty well and are pretty big now, they will be two months by 28. Tempted to sell them at melange sizes but hmmm will wait two months when they will be five months.

My challenges are with the guy. He is greedy. I give him money to buy feed but he does not buy. I gave him 54k for 10bags last month he only bought five, I gave him 50k this month he has only bought 4bags. Telling me lies. He has used Zeigler, multi feed and crown feed against my wish(told I him want Zeigler) . Crown feed is even 9mm he bought, some picked and other struggle to pick n never succeeded. Giving me stupid excuses. I know well has eaten my money. Will never give him my money, buying my feed myself next time. Only to pay him for labor and fuel.


Find a solution to that feed/guy problem as a matter of urgency or u will end up wt fishes wt stunted growth. If u buy d feed urself, is he d one dat will be feeding them?
Wats d average weight of ur fish now?
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by condi1704(m): 11:46pm On Mar 22, 2015
pathology:

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visit adom at old ife road.
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by robonski15(m): 4:12am On Mar 23, 2015
olubankemi:
@Mercylicious, am fine. am happy at your testimony about you fishes doing well. When you start on large scale, you will know how to manage them. Well done.

Mine too are doing pretty well and are pretty big now, they will be two months by 28. Tempted to sell them at melange sizes but hmmm will wait two months when they will be five months.

My challenges are with the guy. He is greedy. I give him money to buy feed but he does not buy. I gave him 54k for 10bags last month he only bought five, I gave him 50k this month he has only bought 4bags. Telling me lies. He has used Zeigler, multi feed and crown feed against my wish(told I him want Zeigler) . Crown feed is even 9mm he bought, some picked and other struggle to pick n never succeeded. Giving me stupid excuses. I know well has eaten my money. Will never give him my money, buying my feed myself next time. Only to pay him for labor and fuel.

Kindly look for another farm attendant very quickly, all these has been going on and you still left him there siphoning your money. Even if you buy the feed yourself how are u so sure he won't go around selling it. Am talking from experience.. find a drastic solution immediately and save your investment.

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Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by Nobody: 11:46am On Mar 23, 2015
@kemi, u need to act fast ooooo.
imagine feeding them 10 mm
no feed, no fish.
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by enwansnr: 1:55pm On Mar 23, 2015
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Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by fzero: 5:47pm On Mar 23, 2015
mercylicious:
@kemi, u need to act fast ooooo.
imagine feeding them 10 mm
no feed, no fish.
Very annoying scenario, she should act swiftly.
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by Etranshub(m): 6:13pm On Mar 23, 2015
mercylicious:


Price lets have the prices with thw sizes.
. Sorry this is coming a bit late. 1mm is #5700 (10kg) , 2mm is #4200,3mm #3800,4mm 6mm and 8mm are #3600 each
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by Etranshub(m): 6:31pm On Mar 23, 2015
robonski15:

interesting. .. Is delivery based on quantity purchased?


yes delivery is based on quantity ordered
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by Johnnyessence(m): 7:07pm On Mar 23, 2015
olubankemi:
@Mercylicious, am fine. am happy at your testimony about you fishes doing well. When you start on large scale, you will know how to manage them. Well done.

Mine too are doing pretty well and are pretty big now, they will be two months by 28. Tempted to sell them at melange sizes but hmmm will wait two months when they will be five months.

My challenges are with the guy. He is greedy. I give him money to buy feed but he does not buy. I gave him 54k for 10bags last month he only bought five, I gave him 50k this month he has only bought 4bags. Telling me lies. He has used Zeigler, multi feed and crown feed against my wish(told I him want Zeigler) . Crown feed is even 9mm he bought, some picked and other struggle to pick n never succeeded. Giving me stupid excuses. I know well has eaten my money. Will never give him my money, buying my feed myself next time. Only to pay him for labor and fuel.

chaiiiii so u are having this kind of worker .this worker is not faithful to u at all bro pls change him fast Cos' he will ruin u dry ooooooooo like mine I av a woman that's feeding them and still do well called him when it's emergency bro pls and pls try and be purchasing ur feeds oooooo.
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by Nobody: 8:53pm On Mar 23, 2015
Thank you all for your responses. I will buy my feed myself.

I have good fishes but he might ruin them if am not careful.

@Belexy, have not weigh them.
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by Johnnyessence(m): 11:48pm On Mar 23, 2015
noblefarm:

thanks for ur concerns, from my research, the size is not much. the size just determine how much u are stocking. abt d prize, I will check that too but they are doing d drainage and overflow. the water is coming naturally from ground so we just to manage the overflow.
@Juvefarm, thanks for that. am not on agricnetwork but will check there now
@noble farms at last u want to practice fish farming that's great I pray u will not record loss in ur investment try and upload pics of d pond if needed sir and pls security too is important ooooo happy farming visit agric network too for d chief consultant in d house will attend to u on time welldone sir.
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by nigerfine: 1:22am On Mar 24, 2015
Please do we have tilapia farm in Nigeria
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by fishfarming101: 7:04am On Mar 24, 2015
Good morning all,
please I currently need fish pond to rent in Edo state preferably in Benin city. Anybody with useful guide should please assist.
fishfarming101@gmail.com is my email address (09096908600). Thanks
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by Nobody: 8:22am On Mar 24, 2015
Johnnyessence:
chaiiiii so u are having this kind of worker .this worker is not faithful to u at all bro pls change him fast Cos' he will ruin u dry ooooooooo like mine I av a woman that's feeding them and still do well called him when it's emergency bro pls and pls try and be purchasing ur feeds oooooo.

Now am at rest. I plan to employ a woman for my earthen pond farm (in d pipeline) but somehow, am asking myself if a woman can do d task. my mind ia settled now. I will only get men to work during sorting time and harvesting.
grin
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by Belexy(m): 8:36am On Mar 24, 2015
mercylicious:


Now am at rest. I plan to employ a woman for my earthen pond farm (in d pipeline) but somehow, am asking myself if a woman can do d task. my mind ia settled now. I will only get men to work during sorting time and harvesting.
grin

Are u sure a woman is best for the job? If its bcoz u need someone trustworthy dnt be deceived dat women are all trustworthy.
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by jimbod19: 8:36am On Mar 24, 2015
To farmers in the house: please furnish me with this info: farm gate price of the following catfish weight range per kilo- 500g-900g, 1kg-1.3kg, 1.4kg-1.8kg, 1.9kg-2.5kg. NOTE: Please mention areas in Southwest where I can source constantly to the tune of 1.3 tonne per transaction. Thanks
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by Belexy(m): 8:37am On Mar 24, 2015
nigerfine:
Please do we have tilapia farm in Nigeria

Yes. . .
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by Belexy(m): 8:42am On Mar 24, 2015
jimbod19:
To farmers in the house: please furnish me with this info: farm gate price of the following catfish weight range per kilo- 500g-900g, 1kg-1.3kg, 1.4kg-1.8kg, 1.9kg-2.5kg. NOTE: Please mention areas in Southwest where I can source constantly to the tune of 1.3 tonne per transaction. Thanks


Below 1kg : N480
1kg and above N500
2kg and above N530

#Price ultimately depends on d farmer and the kind of arrangement u av with him.

#can i av ur contact?

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Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by pharmsy: 11:14am On Mar 24, 2015
robonski15:

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To add to what others contributed, you should also do spot feeding.. I.e feeding on one particular spot, with time the fishes will get use to that particular spot, it helps to eliminate waste.
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Thanks Mr Robonski

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Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by enwansnr: 5:07pm On Mar 24, 2015
Hello Abdulumar,the earthen pond floor in the picture,is it cemented or is it ordinary sand? because i noticed that d walls are cemented with different colours of hard core.pls explain a little about the pond.Thanks a million.
abdulumar:



Not sure of the name... but its in Niger State.... not river niger ... that im sure of....

Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by Fhemmmy: 5:45pm On Mar 24, 2015
^^^ This looks more like in-ground concrete pond . . . .
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by Nobody: 8:30pm On Mar 24, 2015
also, how do u drain d water as i see no drainage?
I like d pond . Already considering it for a location on a slope.
3 feet underground and one feet above ground.

That is if i dont turn to fhemmy dt have been planning on fish farming since 2012.
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by Nobody: 8:32pm On Mar 24, 2015
u can also tile it and use for swimming pool. lipsrsealed
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by Fhemmmy: 9:11pm On Mar 24, 2015
mercylicious:
also, how do u drain d water as i see no drainage?
I like d pond . Already considering it for a location on a slope.
3 feet underground and one feet above ground.

That is if i dont turn to fhemmy dt have been planning on fish farming since 2012.

No mind me oh. . . . DOnt worry, will start oh. . . BUT it is difficult when you are NOT on ground to do it yourself and have to depend on people, our people are so dishonest, show me a reliable and honest person that could handle it, and i will commit to it, MOST people are hawk in nature.
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by robonski15(m): 11:50am On Mar 25, 2015
Belexy:


Are u sure a woman is best for the job? If its bcoz u need someone trustworthy dnt be deceived dat women are all trustworthy.

seconded!!!
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by robonski15(m): 11:51am On Mar 25, 2015
mercylicious:
u can also tile it and use for swimming pool. lipsrsealed
grin grin
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by robonski15(m): 11:55am On Mar 25, 2015
Fhemmmy:


No mind me oh. . . . DOnt worry, will start oh. . . BUT it is difficult when you are NOT on ground to do it yourself and have to depend on people, our people are so dishonest, show me a reliable and honest person that could handle it, and i will commit to it, MOST people are hawk in nature.
So true oga fheemy, even when one is on ground some people still play gimmick talk more of when you are miles away. But we still got honest people wink
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by Fhemmmy: 11:58am On Mar 25, 2015
robonski15:

So true oga fheemy, even when one is on ground some people still play gimmick talk more of when you are miles away. But we still got honest people wink

Yes oh, but I know Godwill help us, if my auto biz partner had time, we surely would have started. .... All things work together for good, even the delay in starting.
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by noblefarm: 12:17pm On Mar 25, 2015
visited some earthen pond yesterday but I noticed something. despite sand bagging it still it still de tear.

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