₦airaland Forum

Belexy: 300g The loss will be so massive by the time u consider all the running costs

Fhemmmy: My Chairman, despite all that I know there are great and trustworthy Nigerians that we will feed Nigerians together.

mozek24: I told somebody that in fish farming you hardly lose as long as your fish get up to 300g; cos at that weight even if you can't smoke, you can sell as melange and still make profit.

Its not do or die if you run out of cash.

Fhemmmy: That made the 2 of us, i am beefing you more than you can imagine . . . .

Fhemmmy: Chairman, in my case, I am sure of human effect in my case.... so you are more than right.

Oga fheeemy i dey beef you o

retin01: my Oga inthe house the kiln and d aerator is ready but I will b going to somebody farm by next week to test d aerator in d vat. D kiln uses gas and charcoal ,and electricity to power d turbine. With time I will go 4double door kiln. NB Catfish smoking business is a booming industry recently but must of them are not properly processed. Majority of the smoke catfish in the local market are processed using ovens with firewood or sawdust which exposes the fish to a lot of smoke containing carcinogenic material called Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH). These substances can cause cancer in the long run for whoever is eating food materials exposed to them. This is one major reason why most of the smoked catfish produced locally can not be allowed to pass the US and UK border when one is doing a formal exportation ( watch-out for the next post to read about formal and information exportation) Apart from the fact that one can not export any fish containing high PAH, it is also very stressful and unhealthy for the person processing the fish. Considering the fact a lot of educated people are going into farming business and many of them that are fish farmers prefers to add value to their harvest rather than sell it to the market woman that end up pricing your harvest below cost of production. One of the few ways of adding value and making more profit from catfish harvest is by smoking and smoking should be done in the proper way using ovens that exposes the fish to zero or minimum PAH. This can only be achieve by smoking your fish with charcoal, gas or electricity.
Both gas and electricity expose your fish to almost zero PAHs why charcoal exposes the fish to minimum and neglige-able PAHs

Tucoolz: i concure, with just 500 catfish i spent over 350000 to feed and those "eleja people came with thier charm and i sold at a terible loss it was when they have gone that i realised i have lost. even the mallams too can be very dubious, i carried my fish from my farm to meet them in arisekola market, we already agreed on the price but as soon as the fishes are out of water the price changes and u'll hav no option than to sell.

mozek24: I like this guy. I like it when people talk with confidence. I appreciate you Ab1x

AONO: pls where can i get good brood stock in osun state

opes: thanks mr robonski. Between the sinking and vital or topfeed floating, which will be better for two months and five days old fish. Price difference is just 32 naira per kg

opes: please, can the local feeds produced by durantey be used instead? It is 5,750 per 25kg.

detagabriel: pls can u send mi ur email

Emeritus153: wooden vat wit tarpolin

KA24DETT: Boss man, How long was your training at songhai institute? How long did you stay there for? thanks

Emeritus153: hello my man, pls I want to start my hatchery work and I want you to put me through. I will be happy if you can help with you little ability.

mozek24: Dear gurus in the house I have a question, I have not used my hatchery for three months now and the place is also used as generator house (6kva petrol gen). I intend to hatch say next week. questions :

1 do I need to go ahead wash the vats and hatch or fumigate first?
2. I've never fumigated before, if I have to fumigate, what chemical/substance do I use to?
3. Do I need to treat my water before spawning? If yes what chemical/solution is required? And how?

Thank you

AgrotConsult: "Stop feeding your fish 24-48hrs b4 they are harvested, this allows them to ease their intestines n makes them beta able to survive the stress of handling & transportation. At least in this way, it will also save u some feeds that would have been doled out un-neccessary."

ugohs: THE GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 1000 ROBONSKI ARMOURED DIVISION I SALUTE U SIR.
SIR, I RECENTLY TRIED HATCHING AND IT WAS SUCCESSFUL MANY THANKS TO YOUR TECHNIQUES BUT THE PROBLEM I HAVE NOW IS KNOWING THE SIZE AND PRODUCT OF FEED I NEED TO GIVE THEM AT 7DAY TODAY, KINDLY LET ME KNOW THE BEST APPROACH TO THIS PROBLEM
THANK YOU.

thewarrior72: I'm late to the party, nonetheless, mine is........THE BRIDE ASSEMBLY CHURCH ijesha lagos

fzero: Simple, detailed, wonderful, good, extra ordinary, awesome splendid. Dis is wat I hv been wanting 2 hear 4 d past two years, don't tell me grammer dis is what I hv been seeking to read not all these useless manual with big big grammer. Its just as if I should start shedding tears, fish business has done me shege 4 two years now. This is really an eye opener. Nobody is willing to tell me anytin abt this business na so so manual I dey buy with big big grammer until I read this article I hv lost some cool cash in dis fish farming and eventually packed up, but reading this article I am thinking of dusting my cloths and go back.
God go bless u robonski15, ur generation upon generation will know no lack, God will bless u abudantly and ur generation to come.

Belexy: Infact u just confirmed wat i av always observed. Dey are usually bigger and fatter dan d others.

This is also what i have observed years back, it was this same light brown fishes that also changed my failure to success in fish farming. I bough some set they were all the same light brown and within 4 months i could see my money swimming in my pond .
well i dont know why they tend to grow faster its just something i observed and i sticked to it..

Tbagwell1: That is d more reason y I prefer using fish weighing less dan 2kg for male is b'cos most of them usually have ds very tinny milt nd dark nd watery. As for stripping of d 5kg fish na 3 of us dey handle am.

Chai three hefty men handling one fish

Tbagwell1: Boss, thanks for answering this question, the brood stock I usually use to hatch are from 5kg above the females in particular, as for the male I use from 1kg -2kg, I ve also use 800gram male to hatch, it d same result I usually get. D eggs are sometimes green in nature. Boss am nt trying to say yhu are wrong. Thanks

Tbagwell1: Top of the morning to you all, To all the gurus in the house, How does One identify A GOOD broodstock ? Or how does One know if d brood stock been used is Good or will produce quality seed? Thanks.

biggyblazzy: :oPlease house :I am in a big mess right now my fries are dying as a result of the artemia ni had been using I had try all d artemias :inve artemia,Coppen artemia,ocean nutrition artemia .please I need new artemia or feed dat I can feed my fries please help me house .I need your help house !!!!!!

TOKUGAWA: My humble self with Ab1x

velly001: HELP HELP HELP

WOKE UP THIS MAWNIN AND NOTICED ONE OF MY FISH BEING PURSUED ABOUT TRIED TO PICK IT OUT BUH U NO HOW THEY CAN BE. . . AN HOUR LATER, CAME BACK AND NOTICED THAT THE PURSUED FISH WAS ALREADY INJURED IN THE STOMACH,ITS SKIN HAS BEEN BRUISED. . .SO I HAD NO CHOICE BUH TO BRNG IT OUT BY ALL COST, ABEG WAT TREATMENT CAN I USE ON IT FOR QUICK RECOVERY

P:S ITS ARND 4MONTH

i saw this in my inbox. . . Dint no hw to help him so pls guys. . .

tobbyte: pls house am a novice i need farmers around lagos so i can visit dere farm and learn more...pls help a broder

Lifebender: How much are u guys even paying for tithe with all dis ranting and gilbering.Were u forced to paywere u jailed cos u did'nt paywere u insulted or abuse by any means

Abegi the govt dey there wey dey embezzle,steal BILLIONS of our money yet u no go jump insyd lagoon/bar beach....IPYL.Mtchwwww