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Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by Sudirnge1(f): 2:50pm On Oct 12, 2015
atanda2001uk:
@sudirnge1.
Why do you have to substitute an ingredient of low cost for a costlier one. Flour is costlier than molasses. Or, do you have access to flour free of charge? I am sorry Teepompey, I directed my earlier post to you. The post was meant for Sudirnge1. Post the formula you want to use and let experts in the house help you. You will be better informed. Or, are you one those people that do hide feed formula from other people's benefits? Lol. Do not mind me my sister. By doing this, someone like me who likes playing with feed formula, like my Oga Ab1x, will also benefit. Thank you.
my oga i'm a novice ooo, i'm trying 2 use oga abix formular but not having enough molases n going 2 fish market to buy molases will cost me additional 2k for transport.
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by wisefizz(m): 3:22pm On Oct 12, 2015
Sometimes with fluctuating water temperatures, and in particular with higher temperatures during the day, it is difficult to establish the actual mean water temperature. This can result in eggs being stripped too early with consequently very low hatching rates (5-10%). Eggs which are stripped too early tend to have a treacly consistency. It is always much safer to strip eggs later rather than earlier. If you are too early you will loose all your eggs, if you are too late you will loose some eggs. The eggs ooze out very easily if stripped at the right time.

I GREET ALL MY OGAS IN THE HOUSE... PLS, HOW TRUE IS THE WORD ABOVE?
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by sham2007: 3:55pm On Oct 12, 2015
hello house, what is the cause of fish turning white and how can it be treated, they are in an earthen pond sirs. oga ab1x and other ogas plssss help
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by robonski15(m): 4:39pm On Oct 12, 2015
[b]Hello ladies and gentlemen

Amidst several problem that faces us as fish farmers, there is a major one that guarantee AUTOMATIC FAILURE when we fall victim to it NO MATTER WHAT YOU SPEND ON THEM..Have you ever seen or imagine a situation whereby a fish farmer count so much loss on his/her investment? Meanwhile with all honesty, these farmers really feeds well and guides against theft, flood and observes all best farm management practices?

This major problem is sourcing for GOOD SEEDLINGS/FINGERLINGS/JUVENILES which has been a bane in fish farming.. Most of the complaint i have received so far from fish farmers is the lack of quality seeds which i have also fallen prey when i started my fish farm.. Fish farmers are loosing thousands and even millions overtime due to insufficient hatcheries that sell quality seeds.. Over the years i have been finding ways to curb these major problem, where we can all get good FINGERLINGS/JUVENILE without asking questions (trust) eradicate loss and maximize profit, a hatchery where we can call our Very own..

We are proud to announce that we are currently working on our New hatchery will be producing fast growing fingerlings/juvenile with a capacity of 500 thousand monthly for a start.We will fortify our hatcheries with constant aerating and flowthru fusion for continuous oxygen. The nursery will be an earthen pond from fingerlings to juvenile with constant flowthru just like their natural habitat to boost their growth. We will be using PRO-BIOTIC artemia sourced from the USA for feeding from fries to 3 weeks old to boost their immune system and resistance to any form of disease, we can stock our fingerlings/juveniles without fear of vulnerability of disease.. More so we are constructing ponds for tilapia hatchery The Catfish fries will be fed live tilapia fries which contains 80% protein to boost their growth rapidly.

More info coming soonest with pictures of construction smiley[/b]

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Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by Sudirnge1(f): 4:43pm On Oct 12, 2015
robonski15:

It also makes the bone stronger
tnk you sir.
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by Sudirnge1(f): 4:46pm On Oct 12, 2015
atanda2001uk:
@ Teepompey.
Do you have any feed formula you are using from where you want to reduce the ingredient? Let us see the formula so that you can be advised better. I think it is better that way.
im using oga abix formula but my suplier for the raw materials under-supplied me molases,
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by atanda2001uk(m): 6:36pm On Oct 12, 2015
@ Sudirnge1.
which of the formula? there are many formula from oga Ab1x. Oga Ab1x, pls help us. can we substitute molasses for flour? thank you.
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by atanda2001uk(m): 7:12pm On Oct 12, 2015
Pls, everybody in the house, where can I get Fish Meal (72% and 65%) to buy in large quantities i.e. in bags? I need this information urgently pls. thank you.
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by soft777(m): 7:16pm On Oct 12, 2015
oga robosnski we cant wait for this your new stuff... let us know when u start ur sales ....i will order some too....

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Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by ab1x: 7:17pm On Oct 12, 2015
atanda2001uk:
@ Sudirnge1.
which of the formula? there are many formula from oga Ab1x. Oga Ab1x, pls help us. can we substitute molasses for flour? thank you.




Flour is more important than Molasis. If there is no molasis then they should use water to pellet the feeds together
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by Teepompey: 7:17pm On Oct 12, 2015
Sudirnge1:
tnx my boss, can i use flour to suplement for the short fall of the molases?
Ha! Boss! we're all learning o. To answer your question, do you mill your feed yourself? If not, your miller would use another binding agent. Besides, you can do without it.
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by Teepompey: 7:25pm On Oct 12, 2015
ab1x:





Flour is more important than Molasis. If there is no molasis then they should use water to pellet the feeds together
Our honourable HOD has spoken. I hail you boss!
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by atanda2001uk(m): 7:32pm On Oct 12, 2015
YES o! Thank you our HOD.
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by robonski15(m): 7:49pm On Oct 12, 2015
soft777:
oga robosnski we cant wait for this your new stuff... let us know when u start ur sales ....i will order some too....

I will keep the house posted as we progress.
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by fzero: 7:56pm On Oct 12, 2015
robonski15:
[b]Hello ladies and gentlemen

Amidst several problem that faces us as fish farmers, there is a major one that guarantee AUTOMATIC FAILURE when we fall victim to it NO MATTER WHAT YOU SPEND ON THEM..Have you ever seen or imagine a situation whereby a fish farmer count so much loss on his/her investment? Meanwhile with all honesty, these farmers really feeds well and guides against theft, flood and observes all best farm management practices?

This major problem is sourcing for GOOD SEEDLINGS/FINGERLINGS/JUVENILES which has been a bane in fish farming.. Most of the complaint i have received so far from fish farmers is the lack of quality seeds which i have also fallen prey when i started my fish farm.. Fish farmers are loosing thousands and even millions overtime due to insufficient hatcheries that sell quality seeds.. Over the years i have been finding ways to curb these major problem, where we can all get good FINGERLINGS/JUVENILE without asking questions (trust) eradicate loss and maximize profit, a hatchery where we can call our Very own..

We are proud to announce that we are currently working on our New hatchery will be producing fast growing fingerlings/juvenile with a capacity of 500 thousand monthly for a start.We will fortify our hatcheries with constant aerating and flowthru fusion for continuous oxygen. The nursery will be an earthen pond from fingerlings to juvenile with constant flowthru just like their natural habitat to boost their growth. We will be using PRO-BIOTIC artemia sourced from the USA for feeding from fries to 3 weeks old to boost their immune system and resistance to any form of disease, we can stock our fingerlings/juveniles without fear of vulnerability of disease.. More so we are constructing ponds for tilapia hatchery The Catfish fries will be fed live tilapia fries which contains 80% protein to boost their growth rapidly.

More info coming soonest with pictures of construction smiley[/b]


Oga robonski God bless this project, we have been waiting for something like dis, we are tired of fake hatcheries scattered everywhere that sells runts to us. Bigger you we pray

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Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by atanda2001uk(m): 9:20pm On Oct 12, 2015
Oga Robonski, This your project remind me of how we can combine tilapia and catfish in the same pond such that tilapia will serve as foods to the catfish. Pls, how can we do this successfully without overstocking a earthen pond of 34 by 45 feet. At what stage can one introduce tilapia into the pond. And, at what proportion? I learnt that tilapia fishes mature and lay eggs at a very short time. Oga excelsior, Ab1x and other gurus, pls I need your responses on this. tx.
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by robonski15(m): 9:33pm On Oct 12, 2015
atanda2001uk:
Oga Robonski, This your project remind me of how we can combine tilapia and catfish in the same pond such that tilapia will serve as foods to the catfish. Pls, how can we do this successfully without overstocking a earthen pond of 34 by 45 feet. At what stage can one introduce tilapia into the pond. And, at what proportion? I learnt that tilapia fishes mature and lay eggs at a very short time. Oga excelsior, Ab1x and other gurus, pls I need your responses on this. tx.

This method is called polyculture, the best practice is to have a unique tilapia pond where they reproduce in mass..when the cats are big enough(0.3grms and upward) to pick the fingerlings of the tilapia you scoop them out and feed the cats. this system helps to avoid over stocking and high protein which helps the cat grow faster. It is well practiced in the western world


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Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by atanda2001uk(m): 9:50pm On Oct 12, 2015
@ Robonski.
Thank you very much sir. I think it worths trying.
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by atanda2001uk(m): 11:44pm On Oct 12, 2015
Pls, everybody in the house, where can I get Fish Meal (72% and 65%) to buy in large quantities i.e. in bags? I need this information urgently pls. thank you.
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by olorunosebilae: 9:04am On Oct 13, 2015
ab1x:



Local feed is better than Durante

It depends on your formula but consider ring Abix formula it is better than Durante
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by BAYKEM(m): 12:03pm On Oct 13, 2015
Good day guys, I really appreciate the good work going on here. Kudos, I must say.

Please I need advice. I want to start my fish farm. I already got the farm land secured and already planning on using the concrete pond system. I learnt that allowing the concrete pond to dry so slowly (for a period of three weeks) would prevent the pond from cracking or leaking. I want to ask from the gurus in the house how true this is before I start constructing the concrete pond at all.

Thanks for the anticipated response.
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by soft777(m): 2:58pm On Oct 13, 2015
its true after contruction leave it for 2 weeks to dry properly...since its going to carry water ..u will not want water to sip into the walls if not properly dry. it will cause crack and my friend if it crack u may need to replasta all overagain . i advice you wash with formaline after its dry fill the water and add chicken manure in a bag dip it in the concrate tank filled with water and leave it for another 1 week
the chicken manure helps send nutrients to the wall of your pond and also help to nutralise the chemical in your new cemented walls and also its a test of how strong your pond is.....after this you are good togo

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Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by robonski15(m): 4:34pm On Oct 13, 2015
We are currently setting up the hatcheries, one of the hatcheries will be only plastic vats while the other will be concrete.. we are starting out with the plastic vats setting up a simple semi recirculatory system passing through an alkanizer. The pump rotates the treated water round all the 30 spawning vats then passes through the alkanizer and back to the vat..The white tank is the alkanizer it contains resins, oyster fine sand. Rotation will be done 12 hours daily for assurance that they have good dissolved oxygen. The bio disc will also be set up.. Once we are done with the whole set up we move to construction of the tilapia ponds

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Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by Fhemmmy: 6:02pm On Oct 13, 2015
robonski15:
We are currently setting up the hatcheries, one of the hatcheries will be only plastic vats while the other will be concrete.. we are starting out with the plastic vats setting up a simple semi recirculatory system passing through an alkanizer. The pump rotates the treated water round all the 30 spawning vats then passes through the alkanizer and back to the vat..The white tank is the alkanizer it contains resins, oyster fine sand. Rotation will be done 12 hours daily for assurance that they have good dissolved oxygen. The bio disc will also be set up.. Once we are done with the whole set up we move to construction of the tilapia ponds


Could you showcase pix of start till finish for this for us to learn from chairman?
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by BAYKEM(m): 7:48pm On Oct 13, 2015
soft777:
its true after contruction leave it for 2 weeks to dry properly...since its going to carry water ..u will not want water to sip into the walls if not properly dry. it will cause crack and my friend if it crack u may need to replasta all overagain . i advice you wash with formaline after its dry fill the water and add chicken manure in a bag dip it in the concrate tank filled with water and leave it for another 1 week
the chicken manure helps send nutrients to the wall of your pond and also help to nutralise the chemical in your new cemented walls and also its a test of how strong your pond is.....after this you are good togo


Thanks my brother from another mother. I will stick to your advice. I also leanrt I need to add waterproof to the cement mixture. Please, where can I get the waterproof from?
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by kniceport1: 8:25pm On Oct 13, 2015
Good evening all,i am most grateful to all the gurus in the house, the likes of robonski,juvefarms and others.It has been real success stories.I can assure anybody in the house,if you follow the teaching,advice and steps given in the forum from all the gurus,it will be good news all the way.
I started the hatchery on small capacity,with God's blessings and your advice,its become a big thing of joy.
I pray God reward you with His grace,blessing and strength for all your good work and assistance to others.Thank you.

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Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by soft777(m): 8:25pm On Oct 13, 2015
if you have not constructed your concrate pond i will advice you to get the services of a bricklayer with experience who has constructed a pond before its easier for them to do a good job...use 9 inches blocks
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by slimfit042(m): 7:10am On Oct 14, 2015
BAYKEM:



Thanks my brother from another mother. I will stick to your advice. I also leanrt I need to add waterproof to the cement mixture. Please, where can I get the waterproof from?
some cement stores do cell them,or you can go to a building matrial market or shop.
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by olorunosebilae: 8:11am On Oct 14, 2015
Gd am house. pls I want to ask some questions 1. what are the prevention to be made when one want to stock new fingerlings pls prescribe a method to use to minimize fish mortality
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by olorunosebilae: 8:12am On Oct 14, 2015
Sudirnge1:
my oga i'm a novice ooo, i'm trying 2 use oga abix formular but not having enough molases n going 2 fish market to buy molases will cost me additional 2k for transport.
where is fish market you mentioned
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by olorunosebilae: 8:14am On Oct 14, 2015
atanda2001uk:
Pls, everybody in the house, where can I get Fish Meal (72% and 65%) to buy in large quantities i.e. in bags? I need this information urgently pls. thank you.
you can get it at Tantom monatan area Ibadan Nigeria
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by Francisca4(f): 8:26am On Oct 14, 2015
I also have catfish for sale @ Osun State.

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