good for your friend but i have an observation though, i maybe wrong but from your write up your friend used a total of 64 bags of feed after the 3 bags of 1.5 mm . 64 x 15kg will give us 960kg of dry feed fed to 6000 pieces of fish and that gives him 1920kg of wet weight this brings brings the FCR to about 0.5 (fcr= dry feed fed/weight weight gain) in two months plus? i do not think that is poosible even with the best of seeds, good spacing and great water management . but like i said earlier i maybe wrong but i would appreciate an insight on where i went wrong. thanks

pumppie:
Hello all, sorry for the delay as I am not in any way keeping us in suspense. Please let me say that what I am about to reveal is not something unusual and not a top secret, and like I said we can modify and improve on it. It’s just a template of some sort. Please also note that prices of feeds have changed since the last time this model was used. And harvest time was 2 months and 3 days. Some schools of thought, are of the opinion that you must hatch before you can make it big in mélange farming, this is not always the case. Cos truth is we cannot all hatch, even though hatching will definitely save u some cash but it also comes at a cost (N). Just ensure you get your fingerlings from a reputable breeder and pay attention to quality issue. What I’m presenting to u was achieved by a client last month.
Before I proceed let me shed light on some obstacles to attaining this target.

1. Low quality fingerlings: Please and please MAKE SURE ur fingerlings are of very FINE QUALITY and must be picking 1.5MM conveniently.
2. Apply the recommended mélange spacing ( don’t over stock a particular pond)
3. Don’t under feed: though there are recommended feeding schedule based on body weight, I feed to satiation but avoid wastage. Feed twice in a day and avoid feeding late at night.
4. Effectively use multivitamins: I use aqua pro and livstovit.
5. Effective water management.

COST
1. Fingerlings @ N10 x 6000 N60,000
2. 1.5mm coppen @ N4000 x 3 N12,000
3. 2mm Durante(scretting) @ N5,550 x 8 N 44,000
4. 3mm coppen @ N6000 x 8 N48,000
5. 4mm Vital feed @ N4,250 x 48 N204,000
6. Aqua pro @ N350 x 2 N700
7. Livstovit @ N500 x 1 N500

TOTAL COST: N369, 200

Total Kg (after 2 months plus): 1920kg

N;B (1) mélange is sold in bowls(bafs) usually containing 30kg/bowl for this cycle, 64bowls were obtained.

;B (2) : he sold @450/kg, thus total sales was N864,000.
Gross profit: N864, 000 – N369, 200 = N494, 800 (excluding miscellaneous)

N:B (3): I don’t use vital, I use durante (sktretting) (4MM ) but I suggested vital to him for convenience sake cos it floats unlike durante which requires spot feeding and patience to use.

N:B (4): you should target an average 300g to make profit, however you will find out that a reasonable number will even attain 400/ 500g.

N:B (5): I normally sell at N430/kg, but he was able to sell at 450/kg which I think we should all insist on selling now (feeds and cost of running this business is quite higher now).

I am currently trying out alla aqua (3mm) at the moment cos coppen has increased drastically. Will update when the cycle is complete. Please if there are areas to be elaborated on I will be willing to, regards.