robonski15:


There is a farm at Adura bus stop before kola bust stop where they sell only brood stock, i cant remember the name of the farm but if you ask any bike man they will take you there.. sorry for the death of your brood stock.


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robonski15:


Always treat your vat before spawning, wash first use salt, formalin, in fact i add a little quantity of iodestiryl in the water with the eggs.. there is a pro bio-tic artemia i saw at an agro store in atlanta which gives the fries resistance to diseases i am planning on trying it soonest.. Abeg carry on my boss i dey enjoy your updates.

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aquadude15:
Good pm to you all
Make una grab una sit, order popcorn and coke sidon jeje and observe the rest tori.
My next post will be on some safety that you can add to you farm practice so as to reduce early fry mortality. Tho farm practice differs but I'm sure I will surely help. Criticism, correction and contribution is allowed. Make all of us gather chop hatching money.

I did a research online to check out the cause of the MASSIVE mortality cos if over a million fries were in my pond it won't take them up to 7days before all of thgem pack up. I got a result that was close to my experience and it was fungi infection. Dunno if any person have experienced such? Its like a white patch on the fish skin and if only one fish is infected in the pond, the rest might get infected within 48 hours and pack up.
So I went to 2 different vet and each of them told me to buy iodasteryl and formalin. I mix d two together and used it. I started hatching again but I still experience the mortality but not as fatal as before.
*Them tell me say artemia dey kill fish, I threw my artemia away
*Them tell me say make I start with 0.2 but e no work 4 me
*i started using drugs for d fries during the first week and mix the drugs 2 their feed but it didn't worked at all
* make I stop here so I no go bore una
But one thing I did was I alway take note of my mistake and improve on all subsequent hatching and observe possible error I'm making, listd and corrected them. During this period I went to different farm, research and I even asked 4 help on this thread.
Everything turn around wen I adopted a method and only one fish survived but I kept the fish and told myself that my next hatching will be better than that and it was so.
I thank baba God say I'm back and better now
Lemme call your attention to the costly errors I made that cost me a lot
* I didn't treat the broodstock that brought the infection to my farm before using it and adding it to my broodstock vat
* I don't disinfect my vat/pond after every successful/unsuccesful spawning, wat I do den is just salt and water
* I gave all dead fishes that were infected to my broodstock to eat (stingy me, I no want wastage)


I guess I will stop here. Any addition, subtraction or question is allowed

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robonski15:


i admire your courage, first of all you need to construct like two vats, on a second thought has the owner of the property approved using the room for fish farming ..The main issue is the plumbing work, how will you get water into the room?

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olubankemi:
@Aquadude, waoo so much a lovely and enlightening post. Am happy you also put God in your business and trust Him to help you through.

The truth is with God and the spirit of persistence, you will surely make it. This two you have them.

@Belexy, not the same igando. There is an igando on the island. After Ajah.

The two igando are pretty far apart. So the transportation cost might not be worth it.

How much is top feed and vital feed at your side?

BELEXYFARMS:


Oh i see.
I get Vital feed for N4600 and Top feed for N4300. The Top feed is not always readily available and so i make do with Vital feed.

cross234:


I think dey use to sell dt topfeed at N4000 and vitafeed N4700 at Abk.

robonski15:


I hail you master you too much jare.. o yes fumigating of farm equipment is a must especially before spawning, i have had my own fare share of my fries dying after hatching for over a year it kept happening, i changed artemia, used 0.2, took my water to animal care for testing nothing i no do that period.. later i thought it was my enemy form the village, i did series of prayers and fasting infact if i write my epistle the whole nairaland will not contain it

All the same i praise you for your consistency and willingness to find out the possible causes, most time these problems arises from small things we fail to see or overlook.

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robonski15:


Always treat your vat before spawning, wash first use salt, formalin, in fact i add a little quantity of iodestiryl in the water with the eggs.. there is a pro bio-tic artemia i saw at an agro store in. atlanta which gives the fries resistance to diseases i am planning on trying it soonest.. Abeg carry on my boss i dey enjoy your updates.

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retin01:
am so happy u didn't give up and u overcome am happy u put GOD first because he is d one dat made u c d solution 2d problem. am happy 4u bro. if I may ask which method did u use and how can someone prevent dis kind of mistake b4 hatching.in case u don't way 2 discuss d methods use online u can email-osazeeosa@Gmail.com stay bless bro I like u 4 not giving up it wi help u in future.bye 4now

aquadude15:

Bros I treat my vats, pond and equipment after all successful and unsuccessful hatching then but it didn't stop the mortality ooo. Infact na tanker dey come offload formalin for my farm cos na excess I get am *smile*. I haven't heard about the artemia but whenever you get it you can give the house update about it sir

fzero:

Tanker ufloading formalin in your farm

AdeoyeAdekunle:
pls hw ll I apply formalin on my taupolin pond & wot quantity?

aquadude15:
Abeg make una no vex say I dey delay my posts, it not intentional ooo. Work 2 much, jst trying to feel my farm back with fries cos gbese (debt) plenty
The tips are based on my own observation and different experiment. I'm sure it will go a long way for those that adopt it. I'm not a good writer, so I might not be able to compose it well, wetin mata pass na make una pick the point wey go they useful. If you don't understand any of the tips or wanna ask about anything pertaining to hatching you can post it here make the elders of this forum contribute join
Make una grab biro and paper dey write am down*smile*
* if you are a christian, muslim, babalawo, etc put GOD first in anything you do. This one is very crucial
* you must have the zeal to dab into hatching because its not that easily and when things are not going the right way you will lose a lot of money (d amount of mony I lose dat period fit train pikin from creche to ss2) but persistence and consistence matters as far as you know what you are looking for
* whenever you want to hatch don't rush, take your time to plan everything and make sure all you wanna use is in order before spawning
Dis d way I do mine
* i will prepare one vat for spawning and another vat to transfer the hatclings the next day when they drop
* before I hatch I make sure my water ph is 7.0 and I allow the water to rest 4 extra 2day so it will settle (even though its turbid) then I will use foam to clean all dirt under the water that's before introducing the hatchlings to the vat
* I clean my water because I noticed that if my vat is slippery, it results to mortality. Can't prtove the cause behind that sha
* make sure your vat has no pot hole cos I notice fish gather their when they are weak and die massively their
* maintain a low water during the first 2 weeks
* on the second and third day I remove bad eggs that I might have mistakenly transfered into the vat before feeding them
* make sure you cover you vat cos they are photophobic in nature and run away from light during that period. If you open you vat down they might just lay flat at the bottom of the pond which might make feeding hard
* on the fourth day I start feeding them, na here palava dey start. What I studied about this hatchling is that thgey don't need drugs during that period if your practise is OK. the 10 days of this hatchling before they start dying, they need a HIGHLY NATURAL PROTENOUS feed and when you give them you will notice a change in their colour to dark black and a slight increment in size. What I do this period is that I over feed them cautiously and avoid wastage. I feed dem at intervals and I start siphoning on the 5th day
* I prefer using dafinna but if I can't get it I use artemia
*siphoning start on the 5th day I do it every day with the smallest size of hose I could get from the market to reduce the pulling pressure. Though it takes time but I worth it cos the pressure won't b able to siphon much hatchlings out off ur vat.
* during this period the hatchlings are visibly weak and I guess it start from the 8-9th day or so, so make sure u don't stress dem AT ALL. During this period I off or reduce my aerator, I don't do flow throw or anything that can stress the hatchlings
* I make sure I clean the vat again o the 7th and 10th day again
*i don't do flowthrough during dis period, all I do is release my tap abit and water comes out as a drop all day long
* only those hatchligs that didn't develop during this period ar the ones that will die but the black one go strong kakara pass THE ROCK
* after 14 days I transfer them to my pond and dats all

So tips may have skipped my mind but I will update as soon as I remember. Any addition, subtraction or question is allowed.


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fzero:

Alum could do the trick.

robonski15:


My doc it happens, i have lost count on how many times i have spawned and nothing to show for it.. your next one will be positive

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dondo83:


The thread has really taught me alot! God bless you. can i have your email address as i will need your knowledge in setting up a fish pond in abuja . thanks

aquadude15:

Na me hail pass oo Big bros. Hatching no be childs play and this fries mortality have chase so many people away from hatching. I mentored 2 peeps but the funniest thing is that they hatched twice and ran away from it. Thanks BOSS, I appreciate your comment. I will be posting some tips that I feel might b useful that I practise and it works well for me

robonski15:


robonski15@gmail.com thank you sir

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fzero:

Tanker ufloading formalin in your farm

AdeoyeAdekunle:
pls hw ll I apply formalin on my taupolin pond & wot quantity?

anyiway:
Please I need an Engineer that will help me with pond construction. I have a 1,200sqm land that I wish to use for my farm. Location is Anambra state.

Daniel058:
bros abeg, how do I use alum and at what quantity.. Thanks

fzero:

Hw large is the pond

dondo83:


Thanks for the fast response, sent you a mail

donclassfarm:
What is the place of alum to fish farming...... Could it be a substitute for soda ash in an earthen pond