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Johnnyessence:
u ought to av started 3mm and 4mm feeds before u move to local feeds ooooo at least by that time they will av gain a lot of weight. stopping feeding them at 2mm is dangerous oooo if it's stopping d feeds with them at 4mm will be good and continue feeding them with local feeds will be OK for them .well in all things let's give thanks to God .

Master, I didn't change to local feed from 2mm directly. I started with 2mm then to 3mm and later 4mm. I think I even used 6mm before crossing to local feed

I was told it was primarily because I didn't sort and feed them well and then I made preparations and stocked again. This time, I made sure I sorted and all that but the outcome is not much different from the first one.

NOW MY OBSERVATIONS
1) it all begin from the breed of the juvenile stocked. Most Hatchers sort and stock the best shootouts for themselves and sell out the runts to the poor masses. BE VERY CAREFUL WHILE GETTING THE JUVENILE
2) SPACE: Fishes need space for optimum performance. DO NOT OVER STOCK THEM
3) Feed them very well but don't always leave remains of food in the pond. it will dissolve and reduce the oxygen content of the water
4) Make sure you SORT for even growth
5) Always change the water when its dirty.

I have learnt these but am not ready to experiment if for now. I need a break and I will be back later to fish farming (Maybe decades from now(

My most undoing is that I didn't get in contact which various fish farmers and gain valuable knowledge from them before starting. I thought I could actually screw that since my farm is very close to that of my Oga at the top(the dude who taught me fish farming) and I will be getting every experience from him.

Firstly, I constructed an earthen pond of a thousand capacity and I stocked 1500 juvenile which was supplied to me by the said Oga at #25 each (Don't know where he got that breed as he wasn't the one that hatched them).
overstocked? I knew I stocked much but it was with the intention of sorting after 2 months.
The feed I used was Multi feed all through till I changed to local feed after 3months.
I ended up not sorting the fishes as I didn't know it will have any adverse effect on the outcome.
Sadly, during harvest, the fishes which were up or more than 1000 quantitatively ended up weighing 273 kg qualitatively and a kg goes for #450 here..... MORE TO COME

This is really an eye opener. Am a victim of the sweet coated mouth business men who are only interested in enlarging their pockets. I decided to stay back in Ilesa to start up a fish farm after my nysc and after undergoing the training of course. But practicing it is really quite different from the sugar coated news we heard during training. To cut the story short, I borrowed money and ventured into the business and I've lost over #150k in 10 months. I will like to get in touch with you but right now, I've decided to abandon fish farming for now.