cintia:
Good, do you have a functioning pond, give me your contacts I will like to see things and borrow ideas. Do you know big time fish farmers in the state, don't relent to link me up. U can give me your whats app number

Afrika011:
Please don't mind me if I sound so inexperienced, I'm actually not, when it comes to catfish.

Recently I started raising catfish. I have 2 earthen ponds of a relatively big size where I stocked 5000 juveniles each about 6 weeks ago. But my candid observation is :

A pond tends to appear like it has more fishes than the other when feeding them .
In Pond A, u will see the fishes there running towards feed almost twice faster than the pond B.

Both ponds are subjected to the conditions. Water flows in and out at the same rate.

Can the other pond where the fishes shows less sapped and number when feeding be having issues I don't know of Or is it a common a trend in the business ?

Please help me out

Teepompey:

Its very different. The fish meal in the 2nd is local while that of the 1st is danish 72%. The 2nd contains broilers starter while the 1st does not.

robonski15:


That's a good move, it pays to be self employed.. Our youth are looking for white collar job and thereby roaming the streets.. Once u are through just let me know .. Thanks

blueseacats:
Are there really imported frozen catfish? Or should I say do consumers welcome frozen catfish? I need answers please as am about to start freezing my stock.

obstead200:

yes there is.

go to large cold rooms and ask them. they might not admit it openly cos it is contraband. but if u ask, they will sell it to u. i have personally bought it before. fast foods and big restaurants actually prefer it because they are sure of steady supply.

but unless u live in shell or chevron estate where u are guaranteed power supply 24/7, do not attempt to go into freezing. freezing is actually the best way to go but naija economic environment is not encouraging. I wud have loved to do broilers with processing and freezing after every 8 weeks growth or attaining 2kg weight. But the power supply is scaring the sh.it outta me.

ayosat:

Sir... That's just one of the disadvantages of using an earthen pond. You can not know what is happening or have a firm grip of the whole action inside the pond. But what you can do is to continue feeding them till they are satisfied every time you feed, also let the water inflow and outflow continue. And keep you finger crossed for the best possible outcome. At least if there is no outbreak of diseases and you are sure that the fish is really the actual number you mentioned tgat is in the ponds (cos some farmers do short count) then you are fine. Of cos with Prayers

Afrika011:
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Thanks so much for the information . I really appreciate . At times,my inexperience makes me feel like: do I still have my 5000 fishes complete in the pond? .cos I was there when we counted. Cos I observed that the second pond doesnt consume feed as much as the first of the same age , size and number will do.

My question goes thus. ;
Is there a possibility of haviing massive mortality in a pond without seeing the dead fishes floating on the water surface . ?

Secondly , if I feel the fishes are not eating as much as I want , is there any thing that I can add to the pond that can make them eat more.

Thanks

ayosat:

@ Afrika011. We don't pray for any massive morality. Any major morality will clearly be noticed on the surface of the pond. The only thing that won't be visible is the cannibalistic nature of the fish, which will tend to reduce the number of your fish. This tend to be more noticee when you introduce the fish too early into the earthen pond i.e fingerlings. But at juvenile stage it is reduced.
For you to improve on their feeding appetite you can add some quantity of multivitamin to their feed. Pls don't add to their water cos it can alter the quality of your water thereby increasing the tendency rate of ineffection in the pond. Livestovit is good, also some fish booster is also good for this purpose..

korel9:
Good day house. My stock is 4 months plus (wld be 5 months by 11th August) but still haven't attained 1kg in weight, what do I do to boost their size?

I feed them with vital feeds 4mm.

Thanks in anticipation of ur prompt response.

Cc robonski15 Ayosat and all d ogas

BELEXYFARMS:



What is their average weight now?

Fishes are not machines that you can just boost and expect magical results. They are living things that need to grow and an important factor in the life of a fish is 'time'. They need time to grow and gain weight.
If your fishes are not doing too well, alot of things could have gone wrong along the line;

4mm feed is a bit small for them and by now they should be able to pick up 6mm feed (depending on the size of ur fish though). If they cant pick it, stick with the 4mm u are using.

N. B. Not all fishes get to 1kg in 4months.

blueseacats:
Are there really imported frozen catfish? Or should I say do consumers welcome frozen catfish? I need answers please as am about to start freezing my stock.

excess4luv:
Good afternoon great minds, I just noticed sir Robonski have been missing on the thread lately, anyone with details?

I am here sir thanks for checking up..

robonski15:

I am here sir thanks for checking up..

hazyfm:




sent you a mail since monday, kindly respond.

WhoBeThisMan:
Hello ogas in the house, robonski15 I greet you.
I have an idea, in order to have constant suppy of fishes every month, what if I build 6 pairs of ponds, stock them up one month apart so that they reach market size one pond per month. do you think this would work?

fzero:

i feel u should consider sorting also, it should be 2 ponds to one harvest every month.making it 8 pods all together

robonski15:

Can you kindly resend the mail. thanks

hazyfm:


I just did. Many thanks prof

Afrika011:


Thanks so much. I really appreciate your response. Please enlighten me more on fish boosters. I won't mind exploring that.

robonski15:

I am here sir thanks for checking up..