Teepompey:
Palm oil can be applied to newly pumped water in the pond to clear off foam-like substance in the pond. Its good for fish cos in no time, you would be unable to find the oil in the pond. Its a source of energy.

ayosat:

Yes you are on point with this .
But people still need to careful. Foaming is like a distress call for fish. It sometimes signify something is going wrong inside the water . If you see foams you need to really find out why the fish are foaming and not to quickly apply palm oil .

Teepompey:
I'm looking forward to seeing members drop formulas that they have tried and which gave them not just good but great result. Oga ab1x said he doesn't have stable formula as he tries new ideas. There are lots of ingredients that one can use in feed formulation but some are not been presented here. I will like the house and gurus to discuss on special ingredients used in feed formulation. We have classes: animal protein, plant protein, energy sources and supplements. Fish meal, blood meal, bone meal, ground nut cake(GNC), soya, soybean meal(SBM), full fat soya, peanut, maize, whole wheat, wheat offal, rice bran, animal fat, fish oil, egusi, flour, biscuit, indomie, gala, etc.

ayosat:

@ Talkk
* you will need 2 female of 1.5 kg to 2 kg with 1 male of 2kg brood stock
* 5 vats of 500 ltr can take the 25000 fries at 5000 each. With this you will be able to monitor them well
* the nursery is where the challenge may be. Cos with 1000 ltr you will need to keep just 2000 fingerlings. Some keep up to 5000 fingerlings in a 1000 ltr tank. But my advice is 2000. This will make your fish grow faster healthier and stronger. For this you will need about 12 vats of 1000 ltr each.
Wish you Good luck

Hebraham:
Invariably,1 female of 2kg with a male of 1.5kg she will give us 15 thausand fries. In achieving these how will one ensure that attention should be paid to the following steps:
1. Identifying the right female burtstock with enough egg and male that is crossed.
2. Perfecting a hatching techniques that will guaranty at least 80% hatching rate and 70% survival rate of the fries.
Sadly a lot of hatchers that i visited their farm could not acheive these. What are these HIDING secret that would enable a hatcher to perform successful hatching with maximum yield. @ ayosax,Roboski15,Excellor,Ab1X,Aquatic,acquadud and other expert.

ab1x:




How both digest is different. PKC is one of the ingredient that I have used as well. You can used it only if you want to use little quantity though because it is very cheap say 28 naira per kg

Teepompey:
Findings show that animal proteins can be partly replaced or substituted by plant proteins without affecting growth and feed efficiency. This would reduce cost of production and one would agree that this is the reason why feeds with less protein are not as expensive as the protein rich feeds. Also, role of supplements like methionine and lysine cannot be overlooked as they also aid fast growth.

Sudirnge1:
pls what is the importance of Dcp in fish feed?

Heroesworths:


At last, i will be contributing on this tread. My 0.7-0.8kg of female broods use to give almost 10 thousand fingerlings, and that of 1.5-2.0kg i have recorded severally after giving out 10% mortality rate. To answer your questions

1. The female broods usually have there belly protrude. without even checking the egg you would know instantly that the are females. You need to test striped them and make sure their nucleus is visible, the eggs are either greenish or brownish.
2. sometime we get more than 70% percent here but this is achieved with kin seriousness and observations, what kill fries most of time that i have observed is over ambition; many of our breeder has capacity that can only produce less than 5000 fingerlings at a go..instead of them to use smaller fish the will go the one which can 20k. overpopulation kills more than anything in hatching business, its bring about infection, low growth...economy lrost and most of all rob breaders their sleep

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pathology:
please how many times should a broodstock be fed daily or every other day

manya:
I greet all the Gurus in the house.
My question to Teepompey, ab1x and others.
please i want to start formulating my feed considering the high cost of fish feed nowadays and the ingredients are no issues to me as i have them in abundance (I farm most of them except fish meal). My problem is the machine to use and the problem of making it float.
I have been browsing to find out which machine will be suitable and at affordable price. but i just cant buy a machine without knowing full well how it works. if possible i have to see and hear from someone who uses it.
please any input on how my problem can be solved?
Thank you.

Sudirnge1:
pls what is the importance of Dcp in fish feed?

Teepompey:

It helps boost their immune system, support normal growth and development.

Sudirnge1:
tnx alot im oliver twistooo pls i want ask the implication of using too little molases e.g using 1kg insted of 5kg.

Teepompey:

Molasses is a binding agent, anti-dust agent and palatability enhancer. It's also a source of energy. By implication, the feed will not stick together during the pelleting process thereby making the pellets break down during transportation or handling and there will be more dust in the feed. Also, the diet may not be balanced if it's expected to serve as source of energy in the diet.