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excelsiorfarm:
STAND OUT IN YOUR FISH FARMING BUSINESS:-

That everyone is selling fingerlings between the price of 12-20 naira and juveniles for 25-30 naira per one is not enough for you to follow suit. Break the norm and stand out. Who told you that you cannot sell fingerlings for 25 naira? Who told you that you cannot sell juveniles for 35 naira or jumbo for 45?

The reality is many are just following because that is the precedence and even many don't know how to put down their cost in black and White. You put down record from transportation to the time that you are selling. Then you add what it is to be made for your labor and give to prospective customers as a price.

For example, let's assume you produced 4,000 fingerlings or jumbo, and you intend to pay yourself 15 naira per one or 20, then you add the production cost and pass it to your client.

Who we buy? Understand that you are not in business for everyone. Royce's rolls, Lamborghini and Bugatti are not in business for everyone. They give premium quality and service a few. I joke that in this business I am not buka, but Mr Biggs. Interesting that you could be better if only you choose to give quality, premium services.

Give good fish size and quality, don't sell runts and they will come back. Even fight you if you stop production. But remember not to sell on credit. That ruined my poultry years ago and unfortunate that I was in it with someone close, a big sister.

In addition, for me I collect 100% for whatever I do and with God I keep my promise. 100%? Yes, 100%. Experience have thought me not to believe men. I have done consultancy, pond construction to stocking and at the end the young men paid for only my fishes and services not paid. The excuse was they had expended all their funds. I walked away, but wrote it on nairaland years ago.

Also don't be carried with status, some big people had also cheated me, but I have met a lot that are wonderful.

For the foolish youths online that just must talk without sense, from online I have met people that can pay some people's generation and you wonder what if I have chosen to be stupid in my approach to them. I will not say where experience had taken me to, but I thank God for his mercies.

When you have it and honest, offer will come, you will meet people, but remember exploitation is not the focus, but relationship. Someone offered me a flat, large expense of land in Onitsha and 10million over 4 years ago but I rejected it because my spirit does not agree with it. I was given the opportunity to make all the decision and we are just signing partnership.

My brother will say those days we are together that 'you are just suffering us, don't you know is only angels that don't spend money'?.

I know that too well now, however I will not compromise by God's Grace. I do tell clients before I started my PG schooling that tell me what you have, some will say 2m, 1m, 10m, yet I will not see that as an opportunity to exploit. Some even promised to pay and never paid. Even a partnership with a friend that millions was lost, but he only had 250k in it, he always killed me with hypertension. And he never honored the agreement in case of losses (sharing formula). I paid.

I will rather give interest than partner because I could want to help people( I gave support fishes for some to start), however because it is free, were not handled well.

As mentioned earlier, stand out. You can sell your fish seeds for 50 naira, I had sold 55 naira before and the clients still prayed and came back. Give quality and more away from the majority.

I don't know how to market, but the number one fish farmer in Nigeria was buying from me (dynamo farm) over a decade ago. The young ones cannot know them.

This is a farm that advertised one full page and at times two on guardian weekly. Integrity killed them. To know more I was going from farm to farm to see what I can add to my knowledge from my master (he lectures in yearly RCCG entrepreneur program whether in camp whether for convention or Congress) I got to reach Dr fish in iyana ipaja area (many should know him).

I looked at all their facilities and began to seek how to stand out. Over 13-15 years ago an uncle got me aerator and fish heaters from China, Mr Aboderin.

And through it all, I decided instead to sell nonsense, I would feed the not performing fishes to brood stock.

YOU CAN BE BETTER, YOU CAN STAND OUT, BUT BE PATIENT AND WORK.

GOD BLESS AND STAY BLESS.

One of the major problems of fish farm is from the fingerlings. The destines of most cat fishes at determined at this stage.

Only 30% of all the fishes hatched at a time will give a farmer profit, but most farmers rare all.That's a big mistake.

There are too much wrong info out their about fish farming, the few guys speaking the truth are ignored. Well success is not for every body.

I created a paln that will revolutionize the Nigerian fish farming business,but decided to use it in house.

From hatching, selective breeding, the best self made feeding formula at a very cheap price, water management, drug combination (mix),etc

Nigerians play by the book too much.
We ignore innovative thinking and go for cheap thinking.

The business has too many short comings at the end of the day.

The best way to go is natural streams/rivers or nothing else

LikeAking:
How many fish farmers are using their water for irrigation.

Besides the water flushed out by most farm's is way too much,it can serve hectares of farmlands and the fish farmers don't have that kind of investment for now.

Plants need lesser water than fishes.


So at the end of the day the water worth thousands of naira most be wasted.

Setting up a farm for crops is another big expenditure an t whole irrigation thing will create more hole in the farmers pocket.

It's all about keeping the cost of doing business down and making profit.

even with running cost of pumping water, fish farming is still lucrative.

FMCASH:
even with running cost of pumping water, fish farming is still lucrative.

Una no go talk truth now.

Fish4wealth:
@Ttalk, Excesiorfarm and other professsional colleaque. I salute your position.

Honestly, I'm yet to understand the mission of this guys. I decided not to engage when i saw it was the same @weedsmoker that exported same ill feelings on this thread having reacted to his post on other thread on the same issue.

So disappointing to now see a disciple claiming to have spent fruitless 20years yet coming up with wet feed formulation(poison) in an artificial ponds......garri, crayfish, etc....indeed, your practice is questionable.

Relating farming(fish farming inclusive) to facebook microsoft shows so much ignorance here.

Laughable enough is the scenario of pure water....against fish pond waste water....lol...

If government provides the needed assistance that will help farmer to recycle their waster water using modern technologies, you would realise the potential of fish waste water in irrigation, bio-elements, etc.

However, i will not blame the duo if they see catfish not profitable cos the farmers have sold their wealth/sweat to the middle men and market women.

Until the catfish farmers come together to profer an wholistic solutions to factors affecting the industry, the race will continue to be for the stronghearted.

This fake ass fish consultant why are you still mentioning me on this thread?
I have decided to take a break from this thread to avoid spoiling business for people like you but is like you still want to drag me here.If I share up to 60% of what I know about this business honestly this thread will catch fire.

In your mind now you are among the professionals.Lol....,well I won't say more than this again.

Weedsmoker:
This fake ass fish consultant why are you still mentioning me on this thread?
I have decided to take a break from this thread to avoid spoiling business for people like you but is like you still want to drag me here.If I share up to 60% of what I know about this business honestly this thread will catch fire.

In your mind now you are among the professionals.Lol....,well I won't say more than this again.

Obviously you can't seems to see clearly.....you can't differentiate between a professional fish farmer cum consultant as you have in medical profession and a catfish freelancer......

Spoil business for who....I've you read where i advertise sales of fingerlings here....my profile speaks for me than engaging you here cos it will be ridiculous to discover you're a nephew range.

But like the saying" the elders will not fold their arms in public for the indomie generation to defile the good labour and infest others"

Below is just one out of hundreds free trainings i organise....


Use your time productively.

LikeAking:
Una no go talk truth now.

what's your farm capacity?

Fish4wealth:
Obviously you can't seems to see clearly.....you can't differentiate between a professional fish farmer cum consultant as you have in medical profession and a catfish freelancer......

Spoil business for who....I've you read where i advertise sales of fingerlings here....my profile speaks for me than engaging you here cos it will be ridiculous to discover you're a nephew range.

But like the saying" the elders will not fold their arms in public for the indomie generation to defile the good labour and infest others"

Below is just one out of hundreds free trainings i organise....


Use your time productively.

fellow funaab alumni, how biz

LikeAking:
One of the major problems of fish farm is from the fingerlings. The destines of most cat fishes at determined at this stage.

Only 30% of all the fishes hatched at a time will give a farmer profit, but most farmers rare all.That's a big mistake.

There are too much wrong info out their about fish farming, the few guys speaking the truth are ignored. Well success is not for every body.

I created a paln that will revolutionize the Nigerian fish farming business,but decided to use it in house.

From hatching, selective breeding, the best self made feeding formula at a very cheap price, water management, drug combination (mix),etc

Nigerians play by the book too much.
We ignore innovative thinking and go for cheap thinking.

The business has too many short comings at the end of the day.

The best way to go is natural streams/rivers or nothing else

Indeed natural streams or rivers are great way to go, but not all of us have access to such opportunity. That is why i keep desiring such water flow Abix1 posted many years back. With that, water management, feed pollution is eliminated, also there will be massive oxygen that promote oxidation and faster growth rate to say a few.

More so, is the fact that also not every one would be able to secure their investment, especially when rainy season is in place. In addition, to purchase or construct quality cages might not be within the reach of many.

However, i love your write up, enough of following people, create your ideas outside the norm.

The Lord will prosper us all in Jesus Name, Amen.

excelsiorfarm:
Indeed natural streams or rivers are great way to go, but not all of us have access to such opportunity. That is why i keep desiring such water flow Abix1 posted many years back. With that, water management, feed pollution is eliminated, also there will be massive oxygen that promote oxidation and faster growth rate to say a few.

More so, is the fact that also not every one would be able to secure their investment, especially when rainy season is in place. In addition, to purchase or construct quality cages might not be within the reach of many.

However, i love your write up, enough of following people, create your ideas outside the norm.

The Lord will prosper us all in Jesus Name, Amen.

Amen

FMCASH:
what's your farm capacity?

My bro,their is not you will tell me about this biz,may be latter you will understand.

Its high time we start to telling ourselves the hard truth.

We should avoid sentiment's and be real.

What is the value of he total liters of water you spend on your farm for sisx month's. Kindly attach a value to it an compare with your profit.

Most time the water is higher than your profit.


Guy man a little bit of economics/biz/fin knowledge will show you the light.

I am not condemning the biz,their are lot of short comings in the biz and immediate solutions should be created.

Weedsmoker:
This fake ass fish consultant why are you still mentioning me on this thread?
I have decided to take a break from this thread to avoid spoiling business for people like you but is like you still want to drag me here.If I share up to 60% of what I know about this business honestly this thread will catch fire.

In your mind now you are among the professionals.Lol....,well I won't say more than this again.

The guy is a fake consultant.

Truly.

They are here with wrong knowledge.

Let them speak the Truth.

Then we can help them from their.

How can somebody pump and waste water worth millions in a business. Fish farmers think.

Fish4wealth:
@Ttalk, Excesiorfarm and other professsional colleaque. I salute your position.

Honestly, I'm yet to understand the mission of this guys. I decided not to engage when i saw it was the same @weedsmoker that exported same ill feelings on this thread having reacted to his post on other thread on the same issue.

So disappointing to now see a disciple claiming to have spent fruitless 20years yet coming up with wet feed formulation(poison) in an artificial ponds......garri, crayfish, etc....indeed, your practice is questionable.

Relating farming(fish farming inclusive) to facebook microsoft shows so much ignorance here.

Laughable enough is the scenario of pure water....against fish pond waste water....lol...

If government provides the needed assistance that will help farmer to recycle their waster water using modern technologies, you would realise the potential of fish waste water in irrigation, bio-elements, etc.

However, i will not blame the duo if they see catfish not profitable cos the farmers have sold their wealth/sweat to the middle men and market women.

Until the catfish farmers come together to profer an wholistic solutions to factors affecting the industry, the race will continue to be for the stronghearted.

You know nothing about fish farming.

You are one of those liar's a deceivers,you said wet food is poison?.Lol.

House please use my feed formula ad be the judge.

Don't allow these fake ass farmers device you .

Create your own food from anything you can find around. When the feed is wet its the best,try it and judge me in the next 4 months.

Don't allow empty head fool you.

I have mentioned all the ingredients in my previous post.

Feed your fingerlings with grounded cryfish/fish/etc,instead of coupens,etc.

You will get a better yield.

Also feed fingerlings above 4 weeks with eggs.

Try it.

Fish4wealth:
@Ttalk, Excesiorfarm and other professsional colleaque. I salute your position.

Honestly, I'm yet to understand the mission of this guys. I decided not to engage when i saw it was the same @weedsmoker that exported same ill feelings on this thread having reacted to his post on other thread on the same issue.

So disappointing to now see a disciple claiming to have spent fruitless 20years yet coming up with wet feed formulation(poison) in an artificial ponds......garri, crayfish, etc....indeed, your practice is questionable.

Relating farming(fish farming inclusive) to facebook microsoft shows so much ignorance here.

Laughable enough is the scenario of pure water....against fish pond waste water....lol...

If government provides the needed assistance that will help farmer to recycle their waster water using modern technologies, you would realise the potential of fish waste water in irrigation, bio-elements, etc.

However, i will not blame the duo if they see catfish not profitable cos the farmers have sold their wealth/sweat to the middle men and market women.

Until the catfish farmers come together to profer an wholistic solutions to factors affecting the industry, the race will continue to be for the stronghearted.

Any body arguing with my fish forformulation is a learner.

Keep waiting for the government, they are coming.

When ever people mention the govt for assistance, I assume they have nothing to say.

Govt should help fish farmers recycle water,is Nigeria lacking water?.

That will only be possible if Nigeria is lacking water/water shortages else forget about that dream.

Try my feed formulation before condemning, people are using that formula to earn via fish farming.

Many farmers use it check YouTube.

Dry feed/factory feed is a taboo in fish farming. If you know,know.

I beg make una let me rest @ fish consultants.

Pumb gazzilion litters of water your village people are looking for,then flush it after three days.

The truth is always silent.

op attend to your people.

My advice is be ready to learn and unlearn in everything.

God bless and let peace reign

LikeAking:
You know nothing about fish farming.

You are one of those liar's a deceivers,you said wet food is poison?.Lol.

House please use my feed formula ad be the judge.

Don't allow these fake ass farmers device you .

Create your own food from anything you can find around. When the feed is wet its the best,try it and judge me in the next 4 months.

Don't allow empty head fool you.

I have mentioned all the ingredients in my previous post.

Feed your fingerlings with grounded cryfish/fish/etc,instead of coupens,etc.

You will get a better yield.

Also feed fingerlings above 4 weeks with eggs.

Try it.

The truth has never been told about fish farming.With these wrong information,many has been deceived by laptop farmers and wasted their hard earned money.The two knoty/vital issues here are: figerlngs and feeds. You are saying the truth,local feed formulation is what will transform the industry,those that 're doing well with it are nt disclosing it

LikeAking:
Any body arguing with my fish forformulation is a learner.

Keep waiting for the government, they are coming.

When ever people mention the govt for assistance, I assume they have nothing to say.

Govt should help fish farmers recycle water,is Nigeria lacking water?.

That will only be possible if Nigeria is lacking water/water shortages else forget about that dream.

Try my feed formulation before condemning, people are using that formula to earn via fish farming.

Many farmers use it check YouTube.

Dry feed/factory feed is a taboo in fish farming. If you know,know.

I beg make una let me rest @ fish consultants.

Pumb gazzilion litters of water your village people are looking for,then flush it after three days.

The truth is always silent.

i am beggining to suspect that these foreign fish feed importers don't want us to know the secrets of how to formulate our local feed.

Catfish farm is awesome

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Call 08179347590, 08116891684

Note:
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Weedsmoker:
I did not only fail, hundreds if not thousands of others also did,the biz is overhyped.My senior bro lost over 15m on that useless biz not that we didn't plan well and we even hired the best of consultants to guide us,with state of the art hatchery and other facilities,we even use the best fish feed that money can buy.Catfish biz has destroyed so many lives, caused pains and sorrows to families.Its just like forex trading biz,the more you look the less you see..... losses, losses upon losses.
The only people profiting from the biz are catfish information marketers and consultants,fish sellers in the market,feeds sellers while the farmers end up in pains and sorrows.


Ladies and gentlemen,catfish farming is a scam.

the laptop consultants will not be happy to hear this.even the ROI is not up to 20%,what a waste

I personally think he is right. I have seen alot of farmers who have been in the business but are still where they are for years. Alot of them have closed down. Feed sellers and fish sellers are the ones making money while farmers are just struggling to survive.

I also THINK piggery and poultry( especially broiler production ) are better option in livestock farming in Nigeria. I think it is easier to break even compared to fish farming.

Most of the people you see on nairaland promoting fish farming are into feed production, fingerlings production or consultants( trying to organise serminar or training to make a living). They will never tell you the whole truth about fish farming to avoid closing down their business.

If you can, let me give you an offer for sale on major tarred road at Kajola town (50-55 minutes from takie Ogbomoso),

40 acres, single buyer

N4.8m only

BECALMBECALM:
I also THINK piggery and poultry( especially broiler production ) are better option in livestock farming in Nigeria. I think it is easier to break even compared to fish farming.

Piggery possible, poultry I laugh. Broilers could try, quick returns if done well.

Reality is everyone have his or her calling. Let people ask God.

Add value to the fishes you produce.

Look for your own market outside your territory.

Be firm with your price.

Don't produce more than what you could afford to feed for extra 4 months in case there is no market.

Try to formulate your feed, though no harm in starting with foreign for one or two months.

Deal with people that understand value.

Network, no single forest in fish farming business.

Just to mention what people could improve upon

coputa:
i am beggining to suspect that these foreign fish feed importers don't want us to know the secrets of how to formulate our local feed.

You are right bro.

If you want to make in in fish farming,learn how to make your feed's by your self without any machine.

I hate anything that has to do with deceit.

coputa:
The truth has never been told about fish farming.With these wrong information,many has been deceived by laptop farmers and wasted their hard earned money.The two knoty/vital issues here are: figerlngs and feeds. You are saying the truth,local feed formulation is what will transform the industry,those that 're doing well with it are nt disclosing it

The truth is always simple and straight forward.
Most of these guys are feed Sellers and consultants.
Most of them are not into fish farming. All their knowledge are based on the over exegerated books they studied.

Business is nothing without innovation and out of the box thinking. Na human being create the factory feeds Abi?.It was dried for preservation proposes only,nothing else.

Laptop farmer's might hate me but I don't care.

Nigeria most move forward and its starts with our generation.

We must man right decisions.

Ok. Good day to you all here, i m new to this forum. Im into catfish farming and wishes to learn more from this forum
Thank u all

Morning house, Admin of any whatsap pig group should please add me on this number 07039298244 or send me the group link invite. Thank in anticipation.

Hello house,

I need a smoking kiln preferably nafdac standard for 100kg capacity.

Please, quote/DM if you have for sale.

LikeAking:
Any body arguing with my fish forformulation is a learner.

Keep waiting for the government, they are coming.

When ever people mention the govt for assistance, I assume they have nothing to say.

Govt should help fish farmers recycle water,is Nigeria lacking water?.

That will only be possible if Nigeria is lacking water/water shortages else forget about that dream.

Try my feed formulation before condemning, people are using that formula to earn via fish farming.

Many farmers use it check YouTube.

Dry feed/factory feed is a taboo in fish farming. If you know,know.

I beg make una let me rest @ fish consultants.

Pumb gazzilion litters of water your village people are looking for,then flush it after three days.

The truth is always silent.

Because fish like wet feed doesn't make it appropriate in intensive farming just like @Fishwealth mentioned. That alone has exposed your class of fish farming

I am a strong advocate of local feed as most of my post on this platform has been on feed formulation. There's a reference in one of my post where i mentioned wet feed.

But that was about 5years ago, there's been innovation and so many turn around that make wet feed useless and primitive. Go and conduct research on how to make your fish feel the taste of feed as fresh, but i doubt if you'll find any that is not censored.

You are flaunting your year of experience in fish farming, claiming expert in economics and finance and at the same time making mockery of those who are producing juvenile and rendering consultancy services on fish farming, but dont have single reference here you can pride of. Am looking forward to see your verifiable work, innovation and business on fish farming

Why not come down from your high horse and learn the right way?

Claiming fish business is not profitable is not only hogwash but a careless and shallow submission from a so called economist and finance expert.

What makes a business profitable?, Is it profit margin or economies of scale? What are the goods or services that requires high profit margin, and which ones are best for scale production?

Not that this arguments worth it, but to keep genuine follower alert from being diverted from their belief by a shallow and bias opinion

Ttalk:
Because fish like wet feed doesn't make it appropriate in intensive farming just like @Fishwealth mentioned. That alone has exposed your class of fish farming

I am a strong advocate of local feed as most of my post on this platform has been on feed formulation. There's a reference in one of my post where i mentioned wet feed.

But that was about 5years ago, there's been innovation and so many turn around that make wet feed useless and primitive. Go and conduct research on how to make your fish feel the taste of feed as fresh, but i doubt if you'll find any that is not censored.

You are flaunting your year of experience in fish farming, claiming expert in economics and finance and at the same time making mockery of those who are producing juvenile and rendering consultancy services on fish farming, but dont have single reference here you can pride of. Am looking forward to see your verifiable work, innovation and business on fish farming

Why not come down from your high horse and learn the right way?

Claiming fish business is not profitable is not only hogwash but a careless and shallow submission from a so called economist and finance expert.

What makes a business profitable?, Is it profit margin or economies of scale? What are the goods or services that requires high profit margin, and which ones are best for scale production?

Not that this arguments worth it, but to keep genuine follower alert from being diverted from their belief by a shallow and bias opinion

Why are you pained?.

You want to fight against the truth because of your fish consultancy business.

I have read up your post and I can say you have not made any sense.

Before I continue arguing with you,I want you to also drop your own fish feed formulation formula for the house.That is how real men argue.Pls counter my feed formula with that you own feed formula,not by baseless hateful criticism.

Do it now,or leave me out of this argument.

Allow the crowd to judge,Nigerians are wiser now.

About showing what I have achieved/innovations in fish farming.. I have done more than you in the biz,before I upgraded.

All those gibberish you wrote about profit are laughable. You guys will never learn.Still been servants to books written by ancient men.

I will explain the best way to calculate profit in a business for you.


Let the crowd judge.

No forget to drop your formula.