TheARC:
Honestly my heart bleeds at the experiences of people. Why would someone sell runts or falsify key details about something as critical as crude protein level. Funny robonski never denied the allegation that stonedigital received magnetic feed of much less protein content than the acclaimed 60%. Profiting at another man's loss isn't wise or brotherly. Guess no friends in business.
It is well!

TheARC:
Regarding threats via phone calls, you can also install call recorders on your phone. I have a call recorder on all my phones for future reference or trying to recollect details. They save as mp3 so you can easily replay them and even send to appropriate quarters for further action. God bless us all

pumppie:
this thread is a sort of earth where treasure can be found but to get the treasure u need to dig deep patiently. There is always a price to pay for anything u wanna achieve. If d price to make u succede is to dig deep within d thread pls do because all what u seek lie in here. When someone told me about this thread, I assumed a novice and read patiently all thru its indeed an encyclopedia on catfish. Please its best u don't see catfish as a cheap business. In fact, I will employ us all farmers to really take time to plan what we want to achieve and d cost implications without short cuts first. I promised a melange model, I deliberately withheld it cos of d boiling issues on ground. I must say, my model is not cheap, but it gives over 100% ROA in 2and half months. Surprisingly one of my client even recorded success in 2months and 3 days. We can all improve on it. So bro, no hastyness abt this, stay calm and groove to ur success. Regards.

pumppie:
this thread is a sort of earth where treasure can be found but to get the treasure u need to dig deep patiently. There is always a price to pay for anything u wanna achieve. If d price to make u succede is to dig deep within d thread pls do because all what u seek lie in here. When someone told me about this thread, I assumed a novice and read patiently all thru its indeed an encyclopedia on catfish. Please its best u don't see catfish as a cheap business. In fact, I will employ us all farmers to really take time to plan what we want to achieve and d cost implications without short cuts first. I promised a melange model, I deliberately withheld it cos of d boiling issues on ground. I must say, my model is not cheap, but it gives over 100% ROA in 2and half months. Surprisingly one of my client even recorded success in 2months and 3 days. We can all improve on it. So bro, no hastyness abt this, stay calm and groove to ur success. Regards.

pumppie:
this thread is a sort of earth where treasure can be found but to get the treasure u need to dig deep patiently. There is always a price to pay for anything u wanna achieve. If d price to make u succede is to dig deep within d thread pls do because all what u seek lie in here. When someone told me about this thread, I assumed a novice and read patiently all thru its indeed an encyclopedia on catfish. Please its best u don't see catfish as a cheap business. In fact, I will employ us all farmers to really take time to plan what we want to achieve and d cost implications without short cuts first. I promised a melange model, I deliberately withheld it cos of d boiling issues on ground. I must say, my model is not cheap, but it gives over 100% ROA in 2and half months. Surprisingly one of my client even recorded success in 2months and 3 days. We can all improve on it. So bro, no hastyness abt this, stay calm and groove to ur success. Regards.

pumppie:
this thread is a sort of earth where treasure can be found but to get the treasure u need to dig deep patiently.There is always a price to pay for anything u wanna achieve.If d price to make u succede is to dig deep within d thread pls do because all what u seek lie in here.When someone told me about this thread,I assumed a novice and read patiently all thru its indeed an encyclopedia on catfish.Please its best u don't see catfish as a cheap business.In fact, I will employ us all farmers to really take time to plan what we want to achieve and d cost implications without short cuts first.I promised a melange model,I deliberately withheld it cos of d boiling issues on ground. I must say,my model is not cheap,but it gives over 100% ROA in 2and half months. Surprisingly one of my client even recorded success in 2months and 3 days. We can all improve on it.So bro,no hastyness abt this, stay calm and groove to ur success. Regards.

excelsiorfarm:
A WORD OF ADVICE, THIS FORUM IS NOT ABOUT FORMING CLIQUES,IT IS TO HELP ASPIRING FISH FARMERS & TO CONSOLIDATE KNOWLEDGE WITH INSIGHT OF EXPERIENCE & PRACTICING FISH FARMERS. LETS COME OUT HONEST IN OUR WAYS,DEALING. JESUS IS LORD

bily:


Kindly post model Sir, I'm sure a lot of us are interested and would like to learn one or two things from it.

Let's leave the boiling issue for now, enough have been said already, don't let the issues deter you from sharing from your wealth of knowledge.

Regards

bily:


Kindly post model Sir, I'm sure a lot of us are interested and would like to learn one or two things from it.

Let's leave the boiling issue for now, enough have been said already, don't let the issues deter you from sharing from your wealth of knowledge.

Regards

boomzee:
abeg help is tell them

pathology:



gaskiya we cant hatch in kano now, temperature is extremely low but stocking is on going depending on ones management practise.

pumppie:
Hello all, sorry for the delay as I am not in any way keeping us in suspense. Please let me say that what I am about to reveal is not something unusual and not a top secret, and like I said we can modify and improve on it. It’s just a template of some sort. Please also note that prices of feeds have changed since the last time this model was used. And harvest time was 2 months and 3 days. Some schools of thought, are of the opinion that you must hatch before you can make it big in mélange farming, this is not always the case. Cos truth is we cannot all hatch, even though hatching will definitely save u some cash but it also comes at a cost (N). Just ensure you get your fingerlings from a reputable breeder and pay attention to quality issue. What I’m presenting to u was achieved by a client last month.
Before I proceed let me shed light on some obstacles to attaining this target.

1. Low quality fingerlings: Please and please MAKE SURE ur fingerlings are of very FINE QUALITY and must be picking 1.5MM conveniently.
2. Apply the recommended mélange spacing ( don’t over stock a particular pond)
3. Don’t under feed: though there are recommended feeding schedule based on body weight, I feed to satiation but avoid wastage. Feed twice in a day and avoid feeding late at night.
4. Effectively use multivitamins: I use aqua pro and livstovit.
5. Effective water management.

COST
1. Fingerlings @ N10 x 6000 N60,000
2. 1.5mm coppen @ N4000 x 3 N12,000
3. 2mm Durante(scretting) @ N5,550 x 8 N 44,000
4. 3mm coppen @ N6000 x 8 N48,000
5. 4mm Vital feed @ N4,250 x 48 N204,000
6. Aqua pro @ N350 x 2 N700
7. Livstovit @ N500 x 1 N500

TOTAL COST: N369, 200

Total Kg (after 2 months plus): 1920kg

N;B (1) mélange is sold in bowls(bafs) usually containing 30kg/bowl for this cycle, 64bowls were obtained.

;B (2) : he sold @450/kg, thus total sales was N864,000.
Gross profit: N864, 000 – N369, 200 = N494, 800 (excluding miscellaneous)

N:B (3): I don’t use vital, I use durante (sktretting) (4MM ) but I suggested vital to him for convenience sake cos it floats unlike durante which requires spot feeding and patience to use.

N:B (4): you should target an average 300g to make profit, however you will find out that a reasonable number will even attain 400/ 500g.

N:B (5): I normally sell at N430/kg, but he was able to sell at 450/kg which I think we should all insist on selling now (feeds and cost of running this business is quite higher now).

I am currently trying out alla aqua (3mm) at the moment cos coppen has increased drastically. Will update when the cycle is complete. Please if there are areas to be elaborated on I will be willing to, regards.

walexy001:
i wonder why some people just go online and publish what they are not sure of im using this same feed for some time and in fact i see alot of changes and guess what i just got my new order of the new reformed sinking pellet yesterday and infact im happy i did ok so pls let tolerate our self even in the midst of personal egos ok ONE LOVE

doagric:
good for your friend but i have an observation though, i maybe wrong but from your write up your friend used a total of 64 bags of feed after the 3 bags of 1.5 mm . 64 x 15kg will give us 960kg of dry feed fed to 6000 pieces of fish and that gives him 1920kg of wet weight this brings brings the FCR to about 0.5 (fcr= dry feed fed/weight weight gain) in two months plus? i do not think that is poosible even with the best of seeds, good spacing and great water management . but like i said earlier i maybe wrong but i would appreciate an insight on where i went wrong. thanks

doagric:
good for your friend but i have an observation though, i maybe wrong but from your write up your friend used a total of 64 bags of feed after the 3 bags of 1.5 mm . 64 x 15kg will give us 960kg of dry feed fed to 6000 pieces of fish and that gives him 1920kg of wet weight this brings brings the FCR to about 0.5 (fcr= dry feed fed/weight weight gain) in two months plus? i do not think that is poosible even with the best of seeds, good spacing and great water management . but like i said earlier i maybe wrong but i would appreciate an insight on where i went wrong. thanks

Kneyo:
brother, which pond did your friend make use of? earthen or concrete pond.@pumppie

pumppie:
Hello sir, thank you very much about ur inquest relating to the information I posted. Sir, I am not amazed that you may feel an FCR of about 0.5 with corresponding weight is not achievable in 2 months plus (so many people also think same). And that is one reason I posted this model. Also note that I am not talking about TABLE SIZE here, but rather MELANGE.

I think you should look at FCR holistically. The FCR is low for catfish at a younger age (fries, fingerlings, juvenile etc) when relative growth is higher. This is why u will notice that the quantity consumed at early stages is lower with relative higher growth than later. (Ceteris paribus)
Quality of feed, stocking density, seed quality, water and overall management are all factors than can influence FCR. These factors are actually variables and that is why as farmers we can never achieve the same result. (I think we should review FCR ones more on this thread).

The information I gave I didn’t demand a kobo from anyone, I don’t sell feeds either. And I did mention that it’s not a top secrete as far as I’m concerned. I am humbled to say it is a simple model that God has been using in helping a lot of farmers offline. I have different success stories and also few failed ones too. I will share those ones too so we can pick a thing or two.

It is good to always see things not just from a theoretical perspective alone. Sir, if u can achieve 1kg and above between 4months to 5 months, why do you think it’s impossible to achieve between 300g and 500g in 2.5? (Ceteris paribus). Honestly speaking if by 2.5 months you don’t have an average of 300g to 500g from ur stocked group then u should critically examine ur practice and find out what is missing before it’s too late.

Someone just posted his achievements using Ziegler feed which in all honesty is one of my favorite. But due to cost and sometimes availability, this is why I always try out new feeds; document there results so as to help anyone I’m dealing with no matter ur budget. To be successful in this business, I think we should go beyond seeing ourselves as internet farmers. I’m sure some might think I was going to post something outside the ordinary like an ‘abrakadabra’ (lol). But I did mention that it’s not cheap, it’s not new but can guarantee success in a short period. Regards.

pumppie:
hello bro, The production cycle was carried out in tarpaulin collapsible ponds and plastic ponds (hart). regards.

vickychuk:
Pls were can I get this type of tanks and how much will it cost to transport it to port Harcourt? or better still around port Harcourt. Thanks

lawstenie:
hello everyone, pls how do i wash new tarpouline pond? I have fingerlings that are I still feed with 0.5 coppens. pls can someone tell me when to change feeds and to what. Thanks

chilanfarms:
after 2weeks move to 1.8mm skretting.

lawstenie:



Thanks you Sir. But pls which is skretting? Am really a newbie. kindly help me sir.

lawstenie:
hello everyone, pls how do i wash new tarpouline pond? I have fingerlings that are I still feed with 0.5 coppens. pls can someone tell me when to change feeds and to what. Thanks

Kneyo:

thanks.