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Wow, so happy to finally post here.

Kudos to all the professors and helpers here... I cannot name but you know yourselves lol.

I have been following this thread for months, and decided to start small... A close contact of mine is also involved and has run a fish farm before.

We decided to go straight in to hatching.

I rented a farm - several hatching and larger concrete ponds. We bought some brood stocks from badagry.

First time, we hatched 3 females. It went so well. The fries were doing well... Until 3 weeks old. Then we started noticing foaming, and we lost 90% of the fries.

Second time, we hatched 4 females. Again, the product was very high. This time, at 1 week, we moved them out of the hatching ponds into the larger ponds thinking they will be happier with more space. Yesterday morning, at 4 weeks old they all started dropping again.

We change the water daily, and in fact, last weekend we started doing flow through for 5 hours a day. Water ph was good, around 7. Water is pumped from a borehole, held in a big pond for 2 days before entering the fries pond.

We asked around the area, and came across a water "expert" who says we should pour a bag of limestone in the holding pond.

I am really scratching my head here. What could we be doing wrong. Any assistance would be required please.

Even a visit to the farm from any around Ikotun area would be welcomed.