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Riba_man: Abeg, where can one find foreign fish food in Enugu! I buy in Abakaliki, it's a bit pricey. Thanks

I am currently in abakaliki and I think they get their feeds in enugu or onisha... u have to do a proper search because I know for sure before any feed that reaches abakaliki must pass through enugu...

bawelat: Goodday sir i av been followin this thread for somtime, i am an aspirng fish famer i av a 3/4 of a plot bt i want to.prepare my self adequqtely before i start. this seminar what is the cost.and where,i am Ayinde Gbolahan Basheer my email is gbolahan.basheer@yahoo.com i will be expecting your reply thanks and pls keep up the good work you a GOD sent.more grease to your elbow

Hello thanks very much. I have sent u a mail.. God bless

Manutd19: Thanks @excelsior @robonski. Really appreciate you guys

U are welcome

saheed':
As robonski rightly pointed out in the front page that if a fish farmer isn't hatching by his self, he has not start biz. i visited a farm today i can't believe the growth rate... less than 2months?.... Robonski!.... i'm IN for the pratical training

Hatching is the spinal cord of fish farming.. When u hatch u have everything at ur disposal from fries to fingerlings,juvenile,melange,table size and brood stock.. Hatching urself is the best in fish faring

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saheed':
excelsior thanks alot for that advice But u'ven't answered MANUTD guy

I think mr excelsior has done justice... I will prefer for a starter you go into fish farming... And like stocking the pond juveniles is preferable because at this stage they are not that vulnerable or susceptible to disease and mortality... So I will also advice he starts fish farming..

saheed':
pls i want to buy juveniles/fingerlins (400pcs). am in ikotun-lagos 08069635951
saheedamao@gmail.com

contact aquatic1...

TEN more days to the practical catfish hatching training...Interested persons should contact m̶̲̥̅ƹ on 08061682047 or 07082514181.. Cheers

jamp: Please juvenile in Abuja. Who can help me

Kindly contact aquatic1 for the juveniles..

aleshsenior2000: Pls at all. Did anyone know about exportation of smoked catfish should pls share.

u have to get an export license and have a target market etc.. I am working patiently on this, as soon as i am thru i will brief u guys..

saheed':
lol thanks Boss

We thank God..

HAPPY SUNDAY YE'ALL...

saheed':
hmmmmmm u know over feedin too makes water to be dirty quickly too

U are right, over feeding make water to be dirty because the left over feed will definitely dissove and in turn pollute the water... Especially local feed because it sinks..

saheed':
... thanks my boss, i'll. u told us that sorting is as good as using a good feed for our fish but u didn't tell us how often

Sorting is as important as a good feed... Sort more thoroughly.. I sort at most from fingerlings stage every ten days, from juvenile every two weeks.. Sort them into sizes small, medium, and large.. Any small fish u see at the pond of the big size must repeat its class by taking the fish back to where the smaller ones are... And any big fish u see at the smaller fish pond, u have to quickly give such fishes double promotion to where its class is.. Its just like the school system where one has to repeat or be promoted... This is my mentality..

saheed':
thanks robonski u are a God sent...yes the formular is the same just that maize is not yet there because they are still a month and goin to three weeks. i'll add maize when they are getin to three month...

thats good,just keep up with good management and keep us updated..

williams20: We have fed them with coppens for about three months so we decided to go local because of cost
Is there any other substitute for coppens that's very rich in content and costs less pls help

first off, using coppens for three months is quite impressive.. If u are not sure of ur local feed formular We wrote a good feed formulation and its analysis on this thread, i recommend u use it and see a bumper harvest.. Thanks

saheed':
i started using local feed after they clock a month, i know a farmer that uses local feed all thru and he has result to show for it. i witnessed his last havest he feed once per day, and that's wat i do now. though any feed that is still lower and rich to wat i use is wat am lookin for. it cost me #272 per kg... pls great farmer in the house tell me what i should know this is my second season in the biz. less i forget, the mortality in my farmer has stoped. thanks guys specially to robonski, excelsiorfarm, ab1x and every1 that share his experience here. pls continue the good work we are loving it (especially the newbies like me)

is it the same local formulation u use with the other guy? If its the same, u can continue since u are a witness of his result... U can also check out our formulation we wrote on this thread.. Cheers

williams20: My fishes are about 3months old and I just changed to local feed AMS TOP FEED , is there other feed I can use or continue with ams

Honestly speaking I have never heard of "AMS TOP FEED" before... How much is it and Is this your first time using it?

saheed':
how much is ranan fish feed in the market pls, and can 1 stop formula feed and continue with ranan or vital fish feed. thanks always

From your info u said the fishes are 6 weeks and I wonder why u should formulate feed for them at that age...u will be suprised that it was the local feed that was doing the damage all along.. I suggest u start giving them ranan feed for your own good.. Ranan feed 2mm is 4500 while from 2mm upward is #4200...

UP FOR GRABS!!! COLLAPSIBLE TANK MEASURING 15 BY 15 FEET WITH A DEPTH OF 4 FEET FOR JUST #50k... IT WILL ACCOMODATE A THOUSAND FISH CONVENIENTLY TO MATURITY... INTERESTED PERSONS SHOULD CONTACT ME.. THANKS..

miqos02: @all, pls how good is ranan feed. i am trying to save cost

Ranan feed is one of the emrging feed now in circulation, the company is from israel and they are gradually finding their feet in nigeria.. I have gotten a good report from some farmers who uses it... I attended a workshop organised by ranan feed last month and it was awesome... I intend giving it a try by next week...

@ ab1x, aquatic, excessoir, u guys have been wonderful... @ saheed kindly get back to us on any developements..

omode2: thanks but frm d farm pix u posted u use concrete ponds does d mortality rate differ btw concrete and earthen pond?

i can not say of earthen ponds because i have not used it.. Mr ab1x is an earthen pond specialist, he can give us mortality rates on earthen pond... Over to u mr ab1x for ur own experience on mortality in earthen ponds

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omode2: @robonski thanks for ur good work. What shd be d likely mortality rate for juvenile of 1000 fishes under good mgt practices.

management practices differs from farm to farm.. I record different mortality rate with the same management practices at different stocking,though minimal.. But the least i have recorded was 4 death out of 3000 juvenile for 5 month.. I guess u should give them good management and find out on your own.. Thanks

Immaculate4sure: @robonski I have been following from the beginning and I must admit u guys are doing great job. Pls I have a mobile pond 12 ft × 12 ft by 2.5 ft height, how many can I stock for milange. Thanks

I used one of these mobile tanks for melange and it accommodated a thousand two hundred very comfortable.. though it was 3 feet height...

aquatic1: The 2000ltrs will contain 250 to 300fishes to maturity not 400 to 500.i

U can strech it to 400 comfortably

jamp: I want to use plastic pond that is 2000 liters

it will contain 400 to 500 fishes to maturity comfortably..

jamp: Bros what of my second question

How many liters of water do u need per fish

it depends on the system used in raising them... If u use a flow through system it is 100 to 150 fishes per square metre. Recirculatory is 300 per square metre, earthen pond is 50 per square metre..

THA BOSS: Aw do u know if dey are runts for newbies like us.

If u read the post carefully I wrote about how to identify runts... Plz re-read its on the first page...

pato243: Hello Robonski,kindly send me the venue and cost of the training. I am interested. My mail add is adebayod49@yahoo.com Thanks

i have sent u a mail.. Thanks