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Agriculture › Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by Totsy88: 6:38pm On Oct 01, 2015

ab1x:
I posted a picture a while ago. The pond is 30 by 60 by 9ft. It can house 4000 pieces of fish but I will advise that it is better to under stock than to over stock.

Thank you so much ab1x. I'm surprised to get a response with the same dimensions as mine though I plan to only go as deep as 4ft to make the harvest easier and conserve water.

I shall have a look for you picture. I am a complete beginner so I hope a pond of this size can be managed with my limited knowledge. I do plan to attend songhai next year but I must experiment up till then.

There is a vast amount o information about feed on this thread so this is my next challenge. To try and be economical with my feed but also give the fish the best possible chance. I am aiming for 1.5-2.5 kg within 6-8 months. Any advice on feed would be very welcomed as I can't seem to make up my mind.
Thank you all for all the fantastic information. God bless

Agriculture › Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by Totsy88: 10:17pm On Sep 30, 2015

Totsy88:
Good day all. I'm new to this fantastic thread and I would like to say well done to everybody on their great work and thank everyone for sharing their knowledge.

I'm am soon to start digging earthern ponds and would wish for some kind people to share some information if they wish. I shall tell you my plan and and criticism or guide nice would be much appreciated

My partner and I have been discussing the size of each pond and decided 60 x 30 m
I understand this is quite big and have been thinking recently that going smaller nights be best but what do think? The reason for this size is of course to have more fish. From my understanding I have calculated 2 fish per square meter. So 3600 fish per pond. Water supply is plenty.

So what do you think? Thank you in advNce for considering my post.

Hello all
Is it possible anybody would have any insight into this approach?

Agriculture › Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by Totsy88: 11:32pm On Sep 29, 2015

Good day all. I'm new to this fantastic thread and I would like to say well done to everybody on their great work and thank everyone for sharing their knowledge.

I'm am soon to start digging earthern ponds and would wish for some kind people to share some information if they wish. I shall tell you my plan and and criticism or guide nice would be much appreciated

My partner and I have been discussing the size of each pond and decided 60 x 30 m
I understand this is quite big and have been thinking recently that going smaller nights be best but what do think? The reason for this size is of course to have more fish. From my understanding I have calculated 2 fish per square meter. So 3600 fish per pond. Water supply is plenty.

So what do you think? Thank you in advNce for considering my post.

Agriculture › Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by Totsy88: 1:08am On Sep 12, 2015

excelsiorfarm:
saheed,my advise is stop feed formulation for now ,because feeds that is not perfectly dried mostly contain aflatoxin which kill fishes,tarpaulin normally stores fungi & bacteria & normally have slime,it is best to clean with foam & iodine,but u hav to remove d fishes.concerning d use of tetracyline 3-4 capsules is enough to mix with water of about a feet high,this measure is mostly for extreme case of disease & when they cease to eat,afta 1Hr top up

You say make sure the fish is dry so bacteria doesn't make them sick. Is this just the case at the beginning?
So do I start with a dry feed first then is it ok to move on to a local wet feed?

Thank you in advance for any advice

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