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Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by fzero: 2:41pm On Mar 11, 2015 |
excelsiorfarm:Abi ooo, left to me the total act is disgusting and unethical health wise. how can we eat fish that swims on poo and eats poo. yuk!!! all in the name of reducing cost. I bet if you wont eat a fish you are aware of that eats poo. |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by excelsiorfarm(m): 6:23pm On Mar 11, 2015 |
Fhemmmy:Chief how we for do, lets feed people with what we can eat,what is & sound decent. To endure in relationship or biz, greed must be knocked out |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by excelsiorfarm(m): 6:58pm On Mar 11, 2015 |
Johnnyessence:Amen sir,am on whatsapp,u can send your messages,though i dont visit daily. God will help to give valid answers,u can always visit www.agricnetwork.com & this thread for valid answers |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by Fhemmmy: 7:04pm On Mar 11, 2015 |
excelsiorfarm: I totally agree with you . . . . |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by excelsiorfarm(m): 9:06pm On Mar 11, 2015 |
oga mi belexy, thrice i had tried to answer u and thrice it refuse to post or my phone fumbled, answers to your questions bro, d fishes will feed on them, for stocking rate, i wont be able to give a precise on that, i dont practice that system of fishfarming,though last year in ogbomoso, d farm i was has a reserve pond or stream were poultry poo of about ten thousand goes into, they dont use feed for this set and before i left i witness a harvest of big fishes from it, though d timing i couldnt give, i was there for three months, i was told they were mostly fishes that werent doing fine before, in concrete pond apart from initial fertilization or ocassionally introductn ,risk of pollution is higher sir |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by excelsiorfarm(m): 9:18pm On Mar 11, 2015 |
on a lighter note, for some of us that aint sure if they had tasted fishes that fed on poo,, here are some possibilities, if you buy fresh fish by riverine areas where fish is harvested and people poo into d water(Laugh); those extra sweet fishes might have been feeding fat on maybe a yoruba, hausa, calabar or igbo poo |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by Nobody: 1:00am On Mar 12, 2015 |
excelsiorfarm: hahahahah. u are very very funny. chai chai chai. @excelsior, does d pond dt s fed chiken poo ooze out smell? is d pond water green in colour? i don.dey suspect dt my guy cos his pond water is always green in color and when i complain abt d color, he says the greener d better. I know he feeds vital feed bt might be giving chiken poo as suplement. |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by Nobody: 1:31am On Mar 12, 2015 |
my neighbour saw d wire guaze i used to cover my pond and advised i remove it cos d rusts contaminates water. He breeds catfish in his village, though on a small scale - abt 400 pieces. I went to d mkt to buy fishing net and was confused cos the had 3/4 inch, 1, 2,11/4 and 11/2 inch. Please which is ideal to prevent predators and as well allow feed pass? They also asked ii wanted ply 9 or ply 6? Find prices of diff nets of 100yards in main market onitsha as at today. ply 9 1 1/4 -19500 1 1/2 - 18500 2' -17500 1' -23000 3/4' -25000 I asked of the for d foreign net, they showed me a whiter one and said dts wt ppl call foreign. Its ply 6 1 1/2 - 12500 1 1/4 -13000 2' -12500 1' -14500 3/4' -15500 These were the prices from the importers. I only needed few yards to cover my geepee pond bt couldnt get as the retailers have closed by the time i got to the mkt. It was past 5pm |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by abdulumar: 6:12am On Mar 12, 2015 |
mercylicious: Hey this is interesting..... Up north them wan kill us with price.... I was told a bundle of fishing net ply 9 and mesh size 3/4' goes for as much as 70,000. Mercylicious... seems like we may consider some possibilities pretty soon. The prices you are presenting is too good to be true. |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by excelsiorfarm(m): 7:04am On Mar 12, 2015 |
@mercylicious ,i cant confirm about your guy because ponds that is rich due to liming,fertilisatn or under direct sun will be green.if sufficient water(gd size),it wont smell really,that is when d stocking ratio is gotten right,but d water will be green. A very important fact to put into consideratn is if u dont get d stocking ratio right,there is d possible case of diseases outbreak,fish peeling or death. HENCE LETS BE WISE,SO AS NOT TO SUFFER LOSSES |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by Ttalk: 12:35pm On Mar 12, 2015 |
Pls house what is the standard size of fingerling and juvenile? Some says fingerling is between 3-4cm and Juvenile 5-7cm while a respected contributor on this forum says standard juvenile should not be less than 5inch which is about 12-13cm. I need a clarification on this please |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by Johnnyessence(m): 1:56pm On Mar 12, 2015 |
Ttalk:yep it's true it's 5inch size and 12-13cm length it can pick 2mm feeds. |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by Nobody: 2:00pm On Mar 12, 2015 |
@house , which size is ideal for a geepee pond? @abdulamar, dts why i posted the price here. most of their customers come from d north . They said they also supply Lagos as they are d major importers. They also confirmed they do waybill to clients in other parts of the country. When you are ready, i will have to ask amaka (one of our acnt officers) her customers in dt line. We get their contacts and give u so dt u do biz directly with them as i wont be having time to go to d mkt. If you have time to enter Anambra, fishing line is in Pam pam lane, off sokoto road, onitsha main market. Lagos ppl shld also post their prices so dt we will know d better deal. |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by Nobody: 2:14pm On Mar 12, 2015 |
trying so upload d pix i snapped there.
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Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by Ttalk: 4:04pm On Mar 12, 2015 |
Johnnyessence: Thanks bro for your quick response, what is then the length of a standard fingerling in cm/inch |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by Johnnyessence(m): 8:22pm On Mar 12, 2015 |
Ttalk:uw bro try and look them and test them with 2mm feeds ooo ask d seller very well about their growth rate ooo happy farming ooooo. |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by robonski15(m): 2:23am On Mar 13, 2015 |
Ttalk:o yes bro. But it is better to use feed size as the measurement coz how many fingerlings can measure at a time. a standard fingerlings will pick 2mm without hassles. while a standard juvenile will pick 3MM comfortably. I visited a hatchery facility in texas on monday and they practiced the same thing.. though their operation is far far mordenize than ours. I grabbed some of their techniques which I plan on using. |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by Johnnyessence(m): 5:26am On Mar 13, 2015 |
robonski15:waooooo this is great I hail u ooooo d one and only consultant Thks for ur info. |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by excelsiorfarm(m): 11:56am On Mar 13, 2015 |
experts answer,how many weeks are fingerlings or juveniles? d feed size, which feed brand is d standard use? 1 Like |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by Nobody: 1:20pm On Mar 13, 2015 |
Have u guys heard of zartech fish? tot they were only in poultry. I heard their fish na magic breeds. high feed conversion and maturity. |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by abdulumar: 4:05pm On Mar 13, 2015 |
mercylicious: @mercylicious: I know its a bit unrelated, but can you hook me up with contact details of importers of fishing nets/gear? Going by you mention of prices, I will like to explore other options. Thankx |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by excelsiorfarm(m): 4:36pm On Mar 13, 2015 |
mercylicious:zartech dont sell broodstock, but d fishes is ok if u can lay your hands on it, if not satisfy , keep to raise & cross with your breeds |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by robonski15(m): 8:57pm On Mar 13, 2015 |
Johnnyessence:oga johney. I refuse to be the one and only consultant. no man is an highland. |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by robonski15(m): 9:03pm On Mar 13, 2015 |
excelsiorfarm:Boss if we take a closer look from the rear view of these big farms, its still the same known fish that they sell. zartech sells dutch and holland of which they sell the fries as fingerlings for a high price. www.agricnetwork.com |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by Johnnyessence(m): 9:20pm On Mar 13, 2015 |
robonski15:yep consultant how was ur day bro. |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by excelsiorfarm(m): 11:40pm On Mar 13, 2015 |
robonski15:who be your boss? Am not your boss. There is no magic about what they sell, indeed dutch /holland spp like durante , at times i go get mature fish from them if i want to breed, bro they have d name & those coming up , if not all, most sell bigger fish seed s sizes than them(that i had already confirmed), but our people blieve in name, hence u paid for buying a brand |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by Belexy(m): 11:41pm On Mar 13, 2015 |
excelsiorfarm: This issue of age and size as per fingerlings and juveniles is really confusing and alot of hatchers seem to confuse eachother. I also need some clarification on this. For instance some hatchers will say fishes of 6weeks dat are very big will be sorted frm d pack of fingerlings and sold as post-fingerlings while its siblings are still refered to as fingerlings bcoz dey are smaller in size. Is, this right? Shd those fishes rightly be called post-fingerlings bcoz they are bigger dan d rest of d other fingerlings but yet just 6weeks old? Same thing happens with juveniles too. Just bcoz dey are bigger than the rest and look like d size of actual juveniles, dey call dem juveniles despite their young age of say 7weeks. I need some clarification on this bcoz in my opinion, its not right. #i dnt think we will call a short adult man of 30yrs a juvenile just because he is short and looks like a juvenile. |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by Johnnyessence(m): 11:41pm On Mar 13, 2015 |
excelsiorfarm:bro excelsior good evening how was today's farming sir firstly bro fingerlings picks from 1.2mm to 1.5mm in d first place in my own farming I started with imported feeds which are coppens,multi feeds and Ziegler feeds I used this feeds for d first month then I used coppens feed and also for d juveniles feed they start picking feeds from 2mm feed size mainly imported feeds to start with then u can now proceed with d locally one produced in Nigeria till table size u can also change d feeds to imported ones provided u av money at hand hmmm happy farming. 1 Like |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by robonski15(m): 3:04am On Mar 14, 2015 |
excelsiorfarm:sometimes at the beginning of my post I sometimes use words like boss, oga , master, bro its just part of me.. Yeah they sell coz of their name not necessarily the product. |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by excess4luv: 3:06am On Mar 14, 2015 |
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Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by Nobody: 6:47am On Mar 14, 2015 |
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Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by pathology(m): 8:35am On Mar 14, 2015 |
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