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vickychuk:
These are the pictures

Hmmm good work sir , May God increase your work abundantly, but one thing i will quickly say from my close observation , i can see some of the fish developing white patches on there head , you have to quickly give a preventive method fast before it becomes an outbreak . Treat with aquaceric or oxytetracycline for better healthy fish and they will even grow better GOOD LUCK

eseosa77:
Sir, you mean those two ponds can take upto 5000 table size using this spec of biofilter

yes it can sir

donnaheff:
Oga i am still waiting for d gelatin- based fish feed formula

i will discuss feed on saturday 6am , thats when i will be chanced sir to put a write up on feed thank u sir.

meflow:
Pls how many bags of imported feeds can 1000k fish eat in a month pls help

please sir read the topic FCR: ur question is well answered there.

vickychuk:
MY CATFISH STORY SO FAR:
Good evening the Op,Gurus and guests of the house.All protocol observed. I want to say a big thank you for the good job u have been doing on this thread and on nairaland. Reading through the years of experience and various posts,It's as if we've already met and I must confess I've learnt a lot.

I plan on going into commercial fish farming by next year february during my IT as land and water has been acquired remaining pond construction.I bought some fingerlings (25) for practice as advised on the thread to start small on Nov 17th. I stocked them into a 20l plastic bucket(will sort into other containers as they grow). I lost 4 cos they jumped out during the night and 1 to cannibalism .
I feed them 0.8mm feed as recommended by the seller.I bought at 30# per fingerling and 1kg of the feed cost 1100#. They feed twice a day and eat aggressively as they should . Turned silver grey 4 days after stocking but i guess its because the container is white in colour but they are still as active as ever.I change their water every 2-3 days to avoid bad smell and feed to satiation. So far there growth is visible and positive as attested by most of my lodge mates. Will post pictures tomorrow after changing water.

I want to start my farm with at most 1000 fishes which would cost me 30,000# on fingerlings which I've come to trust as good seeds or go for an untested source who promised to sell at 15# when he spawns next that would cost 15,000#.Another alternative going through my head right now is to get a pair of brood stock,set up a vat and attempt my first spawning exercise and allow natural selection to give me my BEST 1000 IF they make it.

1]Pls I need advice on the best course of action on sourcing fingerlings.
2]Cost estimate for two 12x12x4 concrete ponds including sizes of drainage and inlet pipes diameter.
3]Price of the most affordable aerator,water pump,digital thermometer and pH meter.
4]Can tilapia fries/fingerlings effectively serve as substitute for catfish feed.If yes, how best should it be served to catfish.
Thanks in advance.

For your first question you can order fingerlings from robonski , hatching is not about putting vat and taking 2 brood together to spawn . There are lot of technicality involve . Most succesful hatchery will tell u they dont sleep at night , you have to nurse them 24/7 round the clock just like a mother nurse a baby ,any slight change in any of the factors can make you loose all you fries in just a twinkle for an eye. Please am not scaring anybody hatching can be done by everyone but my advice to people , is to try seek proper training before setting up an hatchery . Money is hard to come by ,lets not throw it away. for question 2, go to the earlier pages of the tread, you will see were the cost is been analysed , but read my write up very carefully, i explained how to prepare a concrete pond, and ensure a 9 inches block is used, and when plastering, make sure u buy waterproof cement and mix equally with normal cement, also ensure the sand used during plastering is well sieved. And when drying ensure u put nylon all over it for slow drying . When u follow this steps to the letter your pond can last 99 years without lick or sip . To avoid the problems of plastering or repairs at end of every cycle . For 3rd questions ,i advice u buy rechargeable aerator its about 17k but this for the fish till juvenile , but if u are doing grow out then u need the low capacity blower it cost about 40k, water pump comes in different capacity.The type that can carry your pond should not cost more than 10k, the thermometer u need is not digital , the best is the aquarium thermometer cost 4k , for ph dont buy the meter type, buy the liquid type. It cost 5k. The liquid gives better accuracy than the meter type . question 4 , yes u can feed with tilapia fries , its also away of cutting cost .You have to construct another pond were u will keep the brood stock tilapia. Using the pond size u mentioned, u can create 3 to 4 hapa net in this concrete pond size, in each hapa net , place 2 male to 10 female in each hapa . Since tilapia are mouth brooders every week , when u check them for fries or eggs, u have to open there mouth to check for eggs or fries. Note u can feed ur fingerlings with tilapia egg which are very rich in crude protein or live newly hatch tilapia lava,are also very rich in protein.I will elaborate on this issue when i treat the topic feed, ifyou are not satisfied sir with the answers , you can ask any direct questions, and i will be glad to help. HAPPY FISHING !!!!!!!!

Boskaii:
Professor, thank you so much your medication worked just fine but i still have some with slight fin rot, some have reddish colour at the tip of their fins while some have some sort of wounds on their body what is your advise i plan to sell them off at the end of the 4th month. Thanks so much.

Also, can anyone in the house link me up with buyers, i have a thousand fishes for sale, table size.

Your fishes may still have the symptoms but they are well , you know the wounds may not go immediately , it goes with time ,important you have killed the bacteria or fungus causing the problem, once they are no more dying and eating well no cause for alarm CONGRATULATION AND HAPPY SELLING

chilanfarms:
. # wana use this medium to congratulate our very own MOG Soft77 on the successful completion of his Advance degree in Aquaculture majo in Aquaphonics... Boss u r a great asset to our young n energetic generation. The sky is ur steping ground boss.

Thank GOD and thank you sir for your congratulation messages i receive both on my whatsapp and here ,it really glardens my heart , the inspiration was drawn from the good people of this tread and a big thanks to prof robonski too. I WILL UPDATE THE HOUSE ON AQUAPHONICS LATER TONIGHT ; ITS ANOTHER MONEY SPINNER IN AQUACULTURE

Boskaii:
Professor, thank you so much your medication worked just fine but i still have some with slight fin rot, some have reddish colour at the tip of their fins while some have some sort of wounds on their body what is your advise i plan to sell them off at the end of the 4th month. Thanks so much.

Also, can anyone in the house link me up with buyers, i have a thousand fishes for sale, table size.

Am so delighted to hear the recommended treatment worked ,selling your fish will not be a problem put ur number here and advertise people will defeinately call u. GOOD LUCK

eseosa77:
Thx very much sir.below is the spec of the biofilter and I need to stock 3000 finaglings to table size for up to 5-6 months
Type:
Fish
Power:
25W
Voltage:
115V
POND VOLUME:
45000L


VOLT: AC230/115V
FREQ: 50/60Hz
OUTLET: 70mm
POND VOLUME: 45000L
PUMP POWER: 95W
PUMP QMAX: 8500L/h
UV LIGHT: 36W
SIZE: 836x515x542mm

Below is the picture and the pump

yes YOU ARE VERY ON POINT SIR ; you can stock even 5000 fishes it will do the job perfectly GOODLUCK

eseosa77:
@soft777 and prof Robonsky u people has really made this thread an insightfull one,May The Lord bless u people.I used to own an earthen pond close to a river in Benin city,I stoped 2years ago because of the distance to face my bussiness proper.Now I ve decided to start again with a limited space in my rented apartment.I have the measurement of the two tapouline pond intend to build are 7*15fts and 6*14fts with 4 fts high respective.I intend to run water re circulatory system with a biofilter I would like to order from china.My question is,can I raise 3000 fingerlings to table size in 5 months considering the size of the two ponds,thx.below is the picture of the biofilter.

Biofillters used in aqua re circulatory system comes in different capacity , most of the the biofilters comes with a manual telling you capacity of fish it can work with , because i may tell u multiply your square meter by 5 or 10 , but that will be a wrong answer because i dont know yet the capacity of the biofillter you want to buy or use. If for example ur biofillter has capacity of 2000 fishes and u stock 4000 fishes ,then the system will crash or collapse because the bacteria that breaks the amonia and nitrates , which are escreta from the fish will not be able to cope, with the amount of waste coming from the fishes . There by the water will not circulate well for them ,that will spell disaster , so its better you tell the biofillter sellers , to tell u how many capacity catfish to table size the biofillter can handle, before buying . The higher the capacity of the biofillter , the higher the fish to be stocked. NOTE USING BIOFILTER WILL DEFINATELY INCREASE THE NUMBER OF FISH TO BE STOCK : GODBLESS

100Nath:
Please can i have your whatsapp number sir?

0033758786306

due to popular demand i will put up an elaborate write up on feed , and i will include the semi floating feed formula , cheap and very high in crude protein, i will also elaborate on how to calculate ur crude protein and how to determine your feed mixture ,using pearson square method .Iwill also include the starter feed formula and the finisher formula for super weight gain ,since u all know its weight we sell . on saturday 6am nigerian time u all can acess it ,stay tuned .thank u all

chilanfarms:
# just here smiling, oga mi soft77 wat an elder see's sitting down a child won't see it even if he/she climb iroko tree # your good works speaks 4 u...

THANK YOU SIR ;YOUR COMPLEMENTS ARE ENCOURAGING ; ALL KNOWLEDGE COMES FROM GOD

Perodey:
Oga, ur AVC on feed alone is about 230. Unless u are giving ur fish 10% fishmeal. Table size is a case of ' in the eyes of the beholder ' considering my experience with many upcoming farmers.

SORRY SIR I DO NOT UNDERSTAND YOU QUESTION ; CAN U PLEASE ELABORATE THANK U

kengeorge:
Please @soft777 were can I get fish oil to buy in Lagos?

GO TO AGEGE SIR ;YOU WILL GET THERE

puffynana:
Thanks sir for the business report. As u mentioned I av just one more question. How do you measure the amount of feed you give to fishes. I believe that there should be recommended gram for one fish or any other measurements. Thanks

i have included answer to your question in the write up above , as i said earlier books may write something different and farmers may get better results with something different . It differs from farms to farms , my analysis up there are based on my system and my farm. u know there are different factors that may determine fish response to feed, like if the weather is too hot , fishes tend to feed less, water quality a lot more factors so they grow lesser : Other people feed there fish till they start to reject it, but my calculations i wrote up there, is what i use in my farm and it works well for me.

Fhemmmy:

My chairman, I will be an ingrate to call man of your calibre and iroko an internet farmer, I have never seen you before but you surely sound like an experienced.farmer and I believe you but I just wanna learn from you sir.
Where is your farm and the capacity?
Also, are you able to attain that kinda result at all times of your stocking?

Very sorry if i sounded a little bit upset accept my apology . You see GOD is the author of everything , we only try our best to distribute the little knowledge we have at no extra cost for everyone to benefit .When i guide new farmers i always guide them on new mordern and cheap practices, those that contact me via whatsapp can testify to great increase on there farms output, , you see , many farmers makes a lot of mistakes, though they realise profit but ,my write up is to give them tips to increase there profits , i give my consultancy for free even on my whats app . But there are a lot of factors we just joke about in the business , things we just say it dosent really matter ; but my brother it matters greatly. let me put some things to you . DO YOU KNOW ONLY TEMPERATURE CHANGE CAN AFFECT YOUR FCR .. what are the best temperature to attain best fcr ? What ph is best ? what time of feeding is best ? what best water qualit? what best suplimentary feed ? what local cheap feed with higher crude protein ? what best environmental requirements . like shading your fish , do u know catfish grows faster when confined in a dark environment ? How do u determin your fingerlings are got from broods weighing 2kg and above ? . i can name a lot more ... thats why sometimes visiting a high capacity farm can help explain these things better , but am not here to scare people; but i want you to know even at your backyard you can have high capacity . Its just talking to the right consultant to put u through , less i forget do u know , polyculture of catfish and tilapia is no longer in vogue , it has just been determine that african catfish are not good predators and tend to burn there energy needed to convert feed to flesh in runing after tilapia fries in a polyculture system . these are latest discovries . There are better and best ways u can feed your tillapia fries or fingerlings to your catfish without additional cost , and this can save your feed tremendously because with this new and simple process , you can skip a day feed of the more costly pellet feed in that you feed tilapia fries today at no cost and you feed your foreign feed the next day . Calculate how much your profit will increase , when u have to cut your total feed fed by half. In the fish world there are latest and cheap modification for profit maximization .. we can not complete all in just one write up . its wider than that. THANK YOU

bily:
Nice write up with priceless info.
a quick questions.. .

. How did you come about N130 for feeding 1 fish especially since you mentioned using IMPORTED FLOATING FEED.

Let's even assume there's the possibility of buying a good imported floating feed @ N5000 for 15kg bag. That already translates to N333 per kg of feed.

In your 2nd write up about fcr, you mentioned for catfish fcr of 1.2 is the average value.

Now let's assume it's possible to get fcr of 1.0 which means 1kg of feed will grow a one fingerling to 1kg table size. From above calculation that's N333 to grow one fingerlings to 1kg.

So your N130 using floating imported feed to feed one fingerling to 1kg is not really clear, kindly educate me, seems I'm missing something.

Very intelligent question , from your calculation you did a mathematical simultaneous equation to get 5000 divide by 15kg to get 333 naira . In the mathematical world you are very correct, but in fish, livestock and poultry , it is not calculated that way .Your calculations are based on optimal feed consumption and growth but in reality the growth rate of fish is not constant, so using a simultaneous equation to calculate live fish , can never be feasible , Growth rate is never constant .In the determination of how much feed, a fish will eat for 4 months , all variables are never constant, because its not the same amount of feed, that 1000 fingerlings will eat, that 1000 juvenile will also eat .This implies that as fish grows its feed more and its fcr increases . So instead of using simultaneous equation, you should use an inversely proportional method to do your calculation. But i will use a simpler method to do this calculation so that others can understand better . Now we have what we call GROWTH RATE and BODY WEIGHT , these are variables as fish grows . Using the growth rate chart , cart fish have lowest fcr at younger age than when they are grown . This means that, they eat less to grow more at younger age, if u have seen the growth rate chart, u will observe a very fast rise in the graph , and as the fish grows more than jumbo size , you still continue to see an increase , till it gets to optimal point at 4 months , like your calculations it starts to drop . This implies that if u dont sell at optimum point , you will start to run at a lost, that is the reason why many fish farmers run at a lost, they sell at wrong time and the fish consumes all there profit as feed .If u dont know your optimum point you can be feeding your fish ,and they will just consume the feed without adding any significant weight gain . This is the secret of catfish farming business . Many people go into catfish hatchery because at small stage or lower age , catfish fcr is very low , so hatcheries tend to make better profit than grow out , but the technicality of hatchery management is more risky , because if u dont know it , you can run at a very big loss in a very short time .This is one of the reasons fish farmers, prefare grow out farming because of less technique and less risk . Now for feed , most of my write up are based on cost reduction but quality feed . i in particular i cartegorise both nigerian made floating feed and the exported feed as foreign because ,most imported feed are so high not because of the feed have much better quality but because of the fall in nigerian currency in the world market . Please note, am not trying to spoil any feed sellers business here . I cant buy a floating feed for more than 4k , i dont mind buying the nigerian made , even if the fish smell in the nigerian made is not as strong as the imported type . What is important is the balance nutrients in the feed , and a little secret is adding or mixing fish oil with the nigerian feed . Fish oil cost about 60 naira per liter .The oil gives the feed a stronger fish smell and it also serves as an attractant to your fish. when you try it ,You will discover how aggresively your fish will feed ,when they smell the fish oil . My calculation are based on cheapest floating feed , 4000 naira , now for our simple calculations . In fish farming we have different stages , fingerlings, juveniles, mellange and table size , at these stages their feed quantity or amount feed differs . So to get our optimal point using my feed amount and quantity , i buy 15kg feed for 4000 naira this means, with a good fcr i will be having 4000 divide by 15 that will give me 266 naira, at a good fcr. Now for first stage fingerlings, u feed one quarter of the body weight this implies 266 divid by 4 this gives 66 naira at fingerlings stage, at juvenile/ JUMBO STAGE you feed one third body weight this implies that 266 divide 3 u get 88 naira , then at melange u feed half body weight this implies that 266 divide by 2 u get 133 naira and at last stage grow out ,u feed optimal fcr which is 266 naira... You can see at each stages, as they grow the amount of money spent increases , so to get the average, u add all the 4 amounts divide by 4 you will get 66 plus 88 plus 133 plu 266 u get total 553 naira . then divide by 4 to get your average amount spend per fish this will sum to 553 divide 4 and you will get 138 naira. Now it dosent end there , i said 130 naira . You should know for example when you stock 1000 fishes , lets say they eat 1 bag in 3 days, and so when u stock 2000 fishes to a lay man, he will say they will eat 2 bags in 3 days ,but its wrong . calculation in fish is not just ordinary mathematics . You have to remove or subtract one quarter in every additional stock ,that is why, in mellange fish farming, when u stock at high density u make more profit , than stocking at normal density. This is the advantages of high super intensive capacity farm . We have many such farms in Nigeria , i dont want to mention names . In my farm, if i tell u i feed locally made feed through out a cycle ,and i get far better results than any foreign feed using super intensive system to get maximum profit. MY profits are far higher than the 280 i calculated ,i know many people will say how come , but we will leave that for another day.So going back to our calculations , if we remove three quarter as we increase stock , the calculated 138 will be 130. but these calculations varies from farms to farms and it also depends on management and system adopted . i hope this cleriffy your doubt , GODBLESS

Fhemmmy:
Thanks for sharing your experience. ...... this looks good on paper but could you tell us about yiur last cycle in detail using the above and please be open with the house that you actually made 280 Naira per your fish in the cycle?

Please note I am not worthy to challenge you sir, so dont see this as a challenge but instead wanna learn from practical farmer, too many internet fish farmers with "too good to be true" numbers and that has made many people make so much mistakes and even lost their life savings. ......

But yiu sounded like you know your onions and would love you to share your experience of one or 2 of your cycle with us.

Thanks in anticipation to reading from man of your caliber sir.

Your humble novice

Good question this explanation can take me 2 days infact its a complete book to explain ,thats why i particularly told the new farmers who need my guide to contact me via whats app . rather than i would like you to also enlighten me or the house on your own method and i will point out were u went wrong or right . My write up are based on my farm experiences and method .and mind you am not an internet farmer , if u want a practical guide you can make an arrangement to visit my farm .

DUE TO EXPANSION IN OUR REPUTABLE FARM WE ARE LOOKING FOR ANY BODY WITH GOOD KNOWLEDGE IN ANY OF THE FOLLOWING LIVESTOCK , PIGS , POULTRY, VEGETABLE TOMATOES AND PEPPER FARMING SHOULD PLEASE CONTACT ME VIA WHATSAPP ON 0033758786306 OR CALL FARM MANAGER ON 07042660868 FOR IMMEDIATE EMPLOYMENT !!!!!!!!

Blizzle:
Your write-ups are always very insightful, educating and enlightening.

However I would be happy if u can paragraph future right ups for easy reading. You can put a line-space after every paragraph. That makes long write-ups easier to read on all devices.

Thanks a lot for ur effort at schooling we newbies to profitable aquaculture.

Thank you sir for your complements and also I am realy sorry if my write ups have some little difficulty in reading ,this is because most of my write up are done on my phone and some features like paragraph etc are not really available. Just try harder to understand; sorry again.

vickychuk:
pls my ogas in the house can someone kindly explain the concept of feed conversation ratio (FCR)
how is it calculated?
Should we aim for a high or less figure?
Thank YOU.

I have treated this topic FCR before, but for more understanding i will elaborate. FCR is the basics of all animals, poultry and fish farming ,it is used to determine the amount of feed that goes into your animal to determine the amount of tissue or flesh your fish gains , to avoid wasting ,since fish is almost 65 to 70 percent of your total cost of production. Before i calculate , it should be noted that any fish farmer who do no know its feed conversion
ratio is doing the business blindly; sorry for the word but its the truth , because your fcr will help determine how much profit you get at the end of a cycle. TO get optimum result in your profit , you can do a 2 weeks or monthly interval calculation by having a good record of your fish first weight when you stock. Using the method i apply on my farm , i do the 2 weeks interval, lets say i stocked some fingerlings last 2 weeks in my farm, and i weighed 10 fingerlings to give me 50 grams and after 2 weeks i weighed 10 of the fishes and it gave me 100 grams this implies that my fish are now 100 minus 50 = 50 grams , this implies that my fishes have gained extra 50 grams in 2 weeks of feeding , but this is not the fcr but its called the weight gained . The fcr still depends on the amount or quantity of feed , the fishes will eat for the 2 weeks , so if they eat 60 kg that is 4 bag of feed for this 2 weeks interval. It means to calculate fcr you divide the TOTAL FEED FED BY THE TOTAL WEIGHT GAINED, So in this case we divide 60 by 50 to get 1.2 fcr, . If u have a lower fcr then you are doing very good lets say between 1 to 1.8 fcr ok but from 2 and above, you will run at a loss . Determining your fcr early will help you correct your mistakes either your fishes are runts or you are just wasting feed , and eventual loss. TILAPIA FCR =1.6 , CATFISH FCR = 1.2 , PIG FCR =3 , COW FCR =8 and CHIKEN FCR = 2. So if u ask me i will say catfish farming have the lowest fcr of all the animals ,so catfish farming should give more profit . If am a business person, and am asked which farming among all, should i go into. I will defenately choose the one with the lowest fcr . If u have fcr 0.5 then i need to come to your farm and learn , that means your profit is more than 100 percent . But basically a good catfish farm with a mind set of making profit should have fcr between the range of 1 to 1.5 , LITTLE TIPS, I ADVICE STRONGLY TO AERATE YOUR PONDS REGULARLY OR FLOW THROUGH OR CHANGE WATER REGULLARLY ,any of this 3 methods is ok ,cause what forms the tissue in your CATfish is the amino acid .And amino acid contains carbon; oxygen and nitrogen . So you get carbon from feed , nitrogen is free in the atmosphere so if u dont have oxygen concentration in the pond water ,you will not have a complete metabolism , that is why oxygenating is necessary, apart from the fish needs oxygen to breath they also need oxygen to form aminoacid which leads to flesh or tissue formation . GOOD LUCK

Annabechick:
Hello house just found out that 1 of my fish has a swollen stomach! And also we found a dead one yesterday but b4 we could bring it out its fellow fish ate it! Please what could be the possible cause for the swollen stomach?

Please if your fish is already dead it stomach may get swollen due to bacteria and microbal effects naturraly all dead animals swells few days after death ,its called decaying process. But for you to be sure it died of swollen stomach and not something else , take samples of your fishes ,you can easily catch them ,when you are feeding them In case of earthen ponds ,or lower the water in case of concrete ponds . And examin them physically for body abnormalities. If you find abnormalities then treat fast with OTC the way we have recommended before on the tread . If u dont find abnormalities, and your fishes are feeding well it may be caused by other natural or microbal causes .Just do a little preventive method , give your fish a salt and ash bath as described before on topic disease . they will be ok . NOTE please when your fish get dead without you knowing the cause , first thing to do is to remove the dead fish from your pond ,do not allow your other fishes to feed on the dead fish , it might contain a very high concentration of the bacteria, viral or fungai , because these patogenes strives better on a dead fish than a live one, so please dont let your fish feed on them, as i have seen in many fish farm i have visited. Its a very wrong practise . Diagnose the cause of fish death first, before u can be sure ,if it is suitable for fishes to feed on the dead fish or not , Or else it may transfer very active concentrated patogenes to your fishes and the result will be disease outbreak in your ponds and this leads to mass mortality and eventual looses in your business . GOOD BLESS

abidecz:
My ogas how can I work out my small outlet to big one

Give a good tapoli maker or tapolin tailors they will open it increase the outlet patch it properly to avoid leak and give a good plumber to construct the pipe work GOD BLESS

A catfish business write up does not really need elaborate or long write up, i will concentrate on the variable cost ,which is the daily or monthly cost of running a catfish farm ,why the fixed cost are like land , ponds and water source either well borehole or stream. For any new fish farmer, i want you to have this in mind for maximum profit, 1, Source of fingerling 2, Cost of quality feed and quantity of feed fed , 3, Water management . If u get this 3 things correct you can never run at a lost by Gods grace, now according to most new comers here, sine you say u already have land, ponds and water . I will say that, try to make sure u do flow through system or if you do not have good irrigation system, then do a regular change of water at maximum 3 days water change ,to ensure wellness and oxygen . Now taking our fixed cost constant , lets concentrate on variable cost . I personally call it the left and right equation which is, cost of production ( CP ) should be lesser than the cost at sales ( CS) this equal to profit ....... CP < CS = PROFIT . Now for a business plan on how you do your cost , I will use a single fish to do this analysis . If u buy a standard fingerling for 15 naira which i know u can get from mr robonski for far less like 8 naira, and your cost of energy which is 25 naira per fish for 4 months , cost of labour or staff which is also 25 naira per fish , cost to feeding fingerling for four months to table size using foreign feed is 130 naira per fish , miscellinious expenses like drugs, transport etc at 25 naira per fish .Remember we are dealing with only your variable cost , so fix cost is not included . With this calculation we will have ONE FINGERLINGS 15 NAIRA ; ENERGY 25NAIRA ; LABOUR 25NAIRA ; FEED 130 NAIRA; MISCELLINIOUS 25 NAIRA = 220 naira total to grow 1 fingerling to table size using foreign or floating feed , so in a good time and area you sell table sizes at 500 naira per kg when u subtract u will have 280 naira per fish .lets say u stock 1000 fingerlings that will be 1000 multiply by 280 naira you get 280 thousand naira profit , but this profit is for 4 months of rearing , so if u want to make it your monthly salary ,then you should have 4 to 5 thanks to harvest 1 each month . But the truth is , to get this profit you have to follow the rearing methods to the later or else you can rear for 6 months without getting 1kg fish . To increase profit , is to increase the number of fish and from the calculation, you can see the feed carries the highest amount , so what you do is to reduce feed cost, is to turn to local feed which may reduce your cost from 130 naira to 90 or 80 naira which depends on your knowledge of feed formulation ,i will guide u on making a gelatin fish feed or locally semi floating feed cheap quality to help you maximize your profit . So for a starter to raise 1 fish ,it cost 220 naira and u want to rear 1000, then u need 220 thousand naira ,considering u have land pond and water source ,this is for a simple normal system .If you are going commercial that is intensive or super intensive then your cost of production will reduce by one quarter .This implies that the larger your fish ,the lower your cost of production because same pond size used for 1000 fish in a simple system can be used to rear 2000 or more in an intensive or super intensive system and your laboure , energy etc remains almost the same .If i did not mention any particular area of your intrest , then u can ask me a direct question on my whatsapp thank you. goodluck.

puffynana:
Sir soft777 and prof robonski15 please sirs we new intending farmers on here are waiting diligently for the said plan

Very sorry was a little busy , tonight i will do the write up for u ,thank you sir

puffynana:
Yes sir
There is land already. With a stream running behind it.
Plan to use a concrete pond so that I can drain and see my fishes well being regularly as the earthen pond are mostly not transparent
Infact every thing is ready except capital for construction of pond and feeding.

MR Puffynana i will give u a write up tomorrow on the best business report ,in a way that you can start making profit in your first 3 to 4 months and how u can shear your ponds to get monthly sales .your profit will be like your salary . It pains me when i see people leave fish farming cause of looses and it gladens my heart to see new people come in. we shall help by GOD grace , guide you, so that u will not regret starting this business . PROF ROBONSKI PLEASE WELCOME OUR NEW COLLEAGUE TO THE BUSINESS

adegbem:
wa ooo abeg pls oga at the top please help out ooo

IF U CAN ANSWER THESE 3 QUESTIONS FOR ME THEN I WILL EASILY GIVE U A GOOD BUSINESS PLAN ANALYSIS ? DO U HAVE LAND ALREADY ? DO U HAVE SOURCE OF WATER ? AND WHAT TYPE OF PONDS U INTEND USING

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DISEASE PREVENTION : Just the old adage that say prevention is better than cure , the best way to avoid disease in your fish farm is not to stress your fish . Anything that stress your fish will weak there immune system and automatically they will have less immunity over bacteria fungus and varai infection . Catfish in nature are very strong fish, which can withstand the worst harsh condition and poor water management but that does not mean we should care less of how we manage them . Make sure u handle them less either during sorting or counting , when sorting i advice u buy the sorting equipment they come in different sizes and not so expensive so as to reduce your hand contact with the fish MECHANICAL STRESS; and for faster sorting ,because the longer u sort the more stress your fish becomes . Sort only when the temperature is cool early morning or evening, when the sun is down. Good quality feed, dont feed your fish with feed already growing mucors, or feeds that are not properly stored in a cool dry place, dont feed damp feeds to your fishes they are already affected with bacteria and fungai and can be toxic to your fish . Maintain good water ph , temperature, dissolved oxygen and good filtration for fishes , do good water management either by changing water regularly or flow through to ensure they are not stress due to large amonia in their waste . Give your fish good protection over predators like birds, eg king fisher , rodents eg rat , amphibians eg frogs , and reptiles eg lizards, all these predators are host to many parasites which are also host to many disease causing bacteria . The major cause of disease is water management , ensure you follow all the ABC of water management ,it can determine your success or failure . Do not always wait till your fish get sick, at least treat once in a while with salt and ash mixture , salt as you know is a simple cheap and readily available material, and it works magic in the prevention of lots of disease in your stock or ponds . It has been proven effective in detering the boom of bacteria and fungai in ponds . It is just like when we vaccinate hummans or livestock, you dont need to wait till a child gets sick before vaccinating, as for me i practice monthly interval of salt and ash treatment or bath as fish vaccination also keep proper records the last time u treted your fish and medication name mortality etc , to help u determin incase its a recouring disease you can just apply the preventive method even before u see any signs. please mind you too much treatment reduce fish growth so once a month is ok dont go stressing your fish regularly cause of prevention . Well u can do all these correctly and still get disease out break in your ponds, and u ask yourself why ? What did u do wrong ? Do not panic you must have done no wrong . What i want you to know is there are seasonal disease outbreak ,these are disease through the wind or air ,it can not be controlled, but no need to panic there are simple but effective way of analysing or diagonise and treatment . i call it SYMPTOM IDENTIFICATION AND TREATMENT. I will summerise the 3 main fish diseases . BACTERIA FUNGAI AND VIRUS . For bacteria treatment ... ALL BACTERIA infection should be treated ,mostly with Oxytetracycline O:T:C , or salt with ash and most fungai infections should be treated with formaline or malachet green ,though there are a lot of new and very effective drugs out there . Till date no drugs have been formulated for virus infection in fish . The only solution for virus infection in catfish farming is just to maintain best practices . NOW to identify or to know the symptoms , just like in human you can not treat cough with maleria medecine ,likewise in fish you can not treat fungai infection with oxytetracycline which is ment to treat bacteria ,it will not work effectively the infection will come back ,thats why on this tread or on my whats app , before i recommend a treatment i always ask properly the signs you are seeing on your fishes , physicaly so as to help determine the treatment to be adminstar on your fish and so many fish farmers tend to say i treated my fish and it did not work , or it looks like it worked and in short time they start to die again. This is due to giving wrong treatment or giving the corect treatment but not enough. Dont over stock .try to stock within the given range of your pound size i.e. all farmers should know there pond size. MOST BACTERIA infections are . reddening of fins; de-pigmentation , that is u see the skin peeling off , White spots on their mouth, edges of scales and fins or fin rot ; cottony growth around mouth; fins disintegrate at edges and when u see lots of fish clustering at the water outlet zone; for FUNGAI infection, you will notice Grey/white patches on the skin or gills resembling cotton-wool, later becoming brown or green; normally small, focal infections spreading rapidly over body or gills. Viral is mostly not common in catfish when u see your fish swimming in a funny way not exactly the normal way then you know its viral infection. A very poor water management can have both fungai and bacteria infection ,this is when u see mass mortality ,then both treatments should be use . TREATMENT , first when u discover disease in your pond the first thing to do is like a first aid ,is to drill out the whole water first ,and allow a new water before applying your treatment , u will not get good results or good effectivness of your drugs and fast recovery of your fish ,when you treat with same infected water . So skip a day feed before and after treatments to allow them proper pordging of there system and also to reduce there escreta or waste , since most time when your fish is undergoing treatment , the level of your pond water is drained out very low and u do not need feed your fish to escreta more and pollute the little water during treatment. The administration of drugs like formalin depends on both the quantity of fish stocked and volume of water , temperature and dissolve oxygen . Since formalin is a formaldehyde which can reacts with oxygen in your water, for example Formalin chemically removes oxygen from the aquatic environment. Each 5 mg/l of formalin applied removes 1 mg/l of dissolved oxygen means it reduces the amount of dissolved oxygen in your water , but not a problem you can correct that easily by applying an aerator during treatment or gradually releasing or adding fresh new water to the treated water after some time of treatment, and please after using formalin it should be closed in a keg tightly and stored in a cool dry place . When ever you want to use your formalin and see it has develop lots of white patches like a thick foam do not use. it has reacted with atmospheric compounds to become more toxic and if not carefull u can loose or kill all your fish than saving them. Just buy a new formalin and use. The time duration u leave your medecine varies .it depends on how critical your fish are affected and age of your fish . if you are using for prevention only , u can treat them for an hour and gradualy increase water ,as i said before ,i treat my fishes with salt bath once a month for prevention . Add the recommended vitamin c in there feed to avoid crack head, that whole u see on some fish head stipulates they are lacking vitamin c . I hope u find this write up a little helping in preventing analysing and treating your fish .for any particular disease problem in your farm , you are free to ask :This is just a braod summary and i will be most glad to elaborate on any specific questions HAPPY FISHING!!!!!!!!

lamude23:
What is ur what's app no please?

My brother, sorry i taught i emailed u its 0033758786306