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Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by hisableplc(m): 1:47pm On Jan 25, 2016 |
robonski15: I did not hear from you again are they available |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by robonski15(m): 6:27pm On Jan 25, 2016 |
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Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by robonski15(m): 6:49pm On Jan 25, 2016 |
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Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by ewaski(m): 7:50pm On Jan 25, 2016 |
pls bro,how do I contact you, am really interested in the training.urgent reply will be appreciated. |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by tobbyte(m): 8:26pm On Jan 25, 2016 |
Pls sir robonski...is d gelatin feed sinkin or floatin. Tanks |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by olorunosebilae: 8:55pm On Jan 25, 2016 |
pls at Robonski Dr is no day distributor in Osun |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by Ttalk: 12:04pm On Jan 26, 2016 |
@Robonski and Soft777, the demand for gelatin feeds seems to be more than supply and that necessitated the inflated price by distributors. Please dont try to defend them rather kindly do your investigation and ensure they are not working against your objectives and goals. Having said that, i want to know whether gelatin feed[grower] and super weight are of the same protein percentage. If the [grower] is 60% crude protein @ 200 per kg, how do we ensure lower prices of between 150-180 per kg as canvassed by Soft777 in his Feed formulation discussion since the idea is to reduce cost of feed in order to maximise profit? Again, According to an Article posted by Prof Robonski concerning adulterated feed and some popular feeds protein contents being lower than what their products claim, how is the quality assurance going to be extended to the distributor so the end users wont fall into the same sharp practices we are running from. What is the implication of using gelatin feed 60% crude protein [grower] to formulate individual feed say 40% crude protein to reduce cost since adult catfish doesnt require as much protein to perform very well 1 Like |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by korel9: 12:27pm On Jan 26, 2016 |
robonski15: My oga robonski15, please how do we up north here get the feed? |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by soft777(m): 1:26pm On Jan 26, 2016 |
Ttalk:PROPER AGREEMENT HAVE BEEN MADE WITH ALL OUR DISTRIBUTORS IN REGARDS TO PRICE INTEGRITY AND CONSTANT PRICE OF THE FEED. FARMERS SHOULD KNOW THAT WHEN GIVING FINISHER FEED, DOES NOT MEAN YOU SHOULD REDUCE THE PROTEIN CONTENT OF YOUR WEIGHT FEED; SO WE HAVE MAINTAINED SAME 60PERCENT CRUDE PROTEIN BUT INCREASE THE CARBOHYDRATE AND VITAMIN COMPLEX THAT AID CARBOHYDRATE DIGESTION TO ENERGY IN OUR ENERGY FEED. PLEASE DO NOT MIX OUR FEED WITH OTHER INGREDIENTS :::FOR MAXIMUM RESULT USE OUR FEED ALONE::::: THE 150 and 180 I WROTE IN ONE OF MY WRITE UP IS NOT 180 PER KG OF FEED ; ITS AN ESTIMATED 180 THOUSAND NAIRA FOR FEED ALONE IN THE CYCLE :::AND THE FEED I DID ANALYSIS ON IS 1.2 fcr OUR FEED IS 0.8 fcr MEANS WHAT THOSE FEED WILL DO IN 4MONTHS OUR GELATIN FEED WILL DO IN ABOUT 3MONTHS : SO MEANS U SPEND LESS ON FEED AND STILL GET GREATER RESULT ::THANK YOU 2 Likes |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by lovesuite(m): 4:45pm On Jan 26, 2016 |
tobbyte: @tobyyte it floats and does great wonder,when u purchase it u will understand what am talking abt.i have started marketing it in owerri already and with just my words ppl are eager to try it.kudos to u bro ROBONSKI.its MAXI typing 2 Likes |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by GOLDLOVER: 5:46pm On Jan 26, 2016 |
soft777:Is the 180,000 naira per cycle meant for 1000 catfishes? |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by noblefarm: 8:59pm On Jan 26, 2016 |
olorunosebilae: U can get it in oro, kwara state. Very close to offa. Call 08077774003 |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by lovesuite(m): 12:14am On Jan 27, 2016 |
GOLDLOVER: kudos@soft and Robonski,actually this will help us alot and cut down heavy cost which is too much for us to bear.thanks once again,MAXI signing out 1 Like |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by jemjem(f): 5:40am On Jan 27, 2016 |
Pls what so you use to treat water that the ph is 5 to be used for hatching |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by kamfeez: 9:39am On Jan 27, 2016 |
olorunosebilae:. U can order for ur gelatin feed in ogun& it wld be deliver to u. Call or WhatsApp dis no. 08050864889 |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by olabakefish: 10:55am On Jan 27, 2016 |
soft777: @Robonski15 and Soft77, I am beginning to think that the demand for the Gelatin feed is becoming higher than the supply, I have been trying to get the pelleted version in 3mm for some days now from one of the distributors in Lagos, he keeps telling me that his stocks has not arrived. On the other hand, is the issue of the cost, we are made to know that the Gelatin feed comes in powdered form and we have to make it like EBA or AMALA before we can feed it to the fishes, for this reason am been told that I am to pay N25 per kilo for pelleting meaning on every 50kg @N10,000 I will have to pay N1,250 (N25 x 50), which makes the total amount of 50kg-bag N11,250. I had once said it that some of us may not be able to use the EBA or AMALA form, since it seems we can only get the Gelatin feeds from the distributors, please try and make it available to them so that it can circulate to those of us reading testimonies about the feed, we also want to benefit from it. Keep up the good work, more 'FISH OIL' to your elbow. 1 Like |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by robonski15(m): 4:19pm On Jan 27, 2016 |
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Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by robonski15(m): 5:17pm On Jan 27, 2016 |
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Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by heartbitmi: 6:19pm On Jan 27, 2016 |
robonski15:hello bro, please for those in sango otta and abule egba area, where can we get the feed? |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by soft777(m): 7:24pm On Jan 27, 2016 |
heartbitmi:contact larry farms at ikotun the lagos distributor |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by heartbitmi: 8:07pm On Jan 27, 2016 |
soft777:i'm very sorry but i think this distribution path for lagos is quite funny. agege(abbatior) is the bedrock of agro products in lagos ( at least that i know). it is quite funny when people in sango otta, ijaiye, abule egba, ifako ijaye and environs are expected to go to ikotun to purchace this product when the production coy is in ogun state. pls kindly attend to this. |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by olabakefish: 9:52pm On Jan 27, 2016 |
robonski15: @Robonski kindly upload a demonstration on the use of the feed, I hope I will be able to learn it and teach to the person that help me feed them, because I also want to smile to the bank. On the N25 per kilo that is what I was told by the distributor, it is too cheap or expensive. Na baby catfish farmer I be o! |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by row2ray(m): 3:27am On Jan 28, 2016 |
What I don't understand, is it that the powder isn't gelatin? I'm about to buy from your dealer in benin.. I would have yesterday if not for network issues |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by wilbro: 6:59am On Jan 28, 2016 |
robonski15: @Robonski and @Soft777, Congrats on your hard work and am sure this is a game changer for all fish farmers. Thumps-up. Just to ask a few questions. 1. What are the guaranteed Analysis of the Gelatin feed outside the Crude protein. i.e Crude Fat Crude Fiber Crude Ash Phosphorous Calcium Sodium 2. For every 1000 fish, I normally use 60-65 bags of Coppen or Zeigler feed. Which is 900kg - 975kg. All bags in 15kg Then when using Vital or its like, they consume 80 bags to 1000 fish which is 1200kg My question is, how many kg of your Gelatin feed will 1000 fish consume to 1kg and above market size. Thanks 1 Like |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by donsufia: 10:10am On Jan 28, 2016 |
Mr Robonski and Soft777 please I am hopping to receive my juveniles on saturday, 30th jan, 2016 as promised. Please i DONT WANT TO FAIL this date because of the situation of things in my company' farm. Kindly do well to communicate with me on the way forward. 08067081256 |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by Sudirnge1(f): 2:45pm On Jan 28, 2016 |
robonski15:my oga i just got the peleted gelatin feed in abuja, i have 2 concerns, 1. It is not floating at all, 2. The feed is almost half dust, what do we do with the dust. Awaiting your prompt response sir. 2 Likes |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by soft777(m): 3:22pm On Jan 28, 2016 |
[color=#990000][/color]Due to high cost of fish feed products and lo quality fish feed around in the markets .We decided to introduce this new type of fish feed in nigeria but but not new in other parts of the world. One behalf of fresh organic farms i here by introduce MAGNET GELATIN CATFISH FEED. It comes for now only in powder form THE SUPER GROWTH AND THE SUPER WEIGHT . Magnet gelatin catfish feed is formulated using the purest ,well filltered ingredients in their most crude form possible and are carefully formulated and mixed in the right ratios to not only give the nutritional balance diets to catfish but to maximize its growth and weight for high yields. The proteins , carbohydrates fats and oil , vitamins ,minerals , growth boosters and growth hormones have been properly mixed using pearson square methods and other advanced methods . The crude protein of both growth and weight remains at 60 percent each but with more carbohydrates fats vitamin B and enzymes that aid the breakdown and fast conversion of starch ,lipids to energy. While the growth feed contains high concentrations of vitamin and mineral premix ,growth boosters and hormones with effective enzymes to easily break down the proteins to amino acids and to flesh in our catfish. Magnet gelatin feed contains 3 different source carbohydrates giving catfish all the necessary minerals from the 3 starch source put together ..because its a well know fact that no single starch source have all the complete nutrients needed by aquatic animals to grow or add weight to its optimum capacity. Protein which is also carefully selected from 3 different animal source and 3 different plant base source ,with the animal protein as its dominant protein for higher catfish growth rate. Fats and oil have been sourced from the best reliable and tested ingredients to give the extra energy and fats to catfish . Additives are original and certified world wide cause they are imported from foreign manufactures with great track records in the aquaculture sector such as growth hormones ,vitamin , minerals, preservative , fish growth boosters....and all the additives have been properly mixed according to international standards. ADVANTAGES OF USING THE FEED 1, It can be fed to our catfish from 4 weeks fries to grow out .so it gives your fish optimal growth reduce stress due to change in feed from foreign to local,which most of us practice there by eliminating the problem of having need to change their feed. 2,With a 60 percent crude protein and an fcr of 0.8, and all other factors of catfish farming kept at optimal ,such as water , management and good fingerlings ...the following results were achieved . A range of 500 to 600 in 3 months from fingerlings for melange farming and a range of 1kg and above in 4 months from fingerlings .But if you stock from juvenile then you will have a 2 weeks reduction in time to get to these weight 3,The issue of canibalism and sorting is further reduced to its minimum ...infact this is one of the reasons that catfish or any other carnivorous fishes were fed gelatin feed....cause you may feed well do all management practice well ..get good weight at harvest but what happens when you stock 2k fishes and meet only 800 heavy weight fishes ....That is total lost ...so with gelatin feed ,because of its gel bonding nature ..It can stay bonded together in water for a longer time giving the opportunity for other smaller and less aggressive fishes also to eat ,by doing this it ensures the smaller ones grow too and when the fishes are almost uniform in size ...the pb of carnibalism is totally eradicated 4,MAGNET gelatin feed cost almost half the price of other conventional feeds out there...We all know even if you have a successful reared your fish to harvest and your cost of feeding is on the highest side ..that implies all your profit have been used up during production ...which we all know that 70 to 80 percent of production cost is feed...MAGNET gelatin feed takes care of that aspect with low cost and 0.8 fcr guarantees quality production shorter rearing time and faster turnover of your capital and profits. 4 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by soft777(m): 3:49pm On Jan 28, 2016 |
MODE OF PREPARATION OF MAGNET GELATIN FEED For now our magnet gelatin catfish feed comes in only powdered form ,cause the aim and reasons for producing this feed is to reduce the cost of production and same time ensure maximum growth of fish and weight . Its a know fact that feed given to catfish in crude form does better with them ,cause the feed are in there crude or natural form and all nutrients are well preserved because it has not gone through any artificial processing by heat or pressure. Magnet feed have been made with natural sun drying and horizontal mixers making all its ingredients preserve their nutrients and the crude intact. The major reasons of doing fish farming is to make profit at the end at harvest and not how beautiful a feed looks like ,but what the feed got to offer to your fishes is what matters most .. To prepare magnet gelatin feed to retain all its crudness without leaching is to boil hot water and take the quantity of feed you need to feed your fish for the week and add to the boiled water ..its just the same way we make our local eba or amala ..stirr it and its ready for your fish feed your fish 10 minutes after making it ...you can mold the feed in different sizes sun dry it and store them the normal way you store other feeds...next week same procedure on and on like that. To make it float ,but first i must let everybody know the best way to have best effect is the hot water method but other method can also be used ....So to make it float ,we have included some expansion starch in the feed with extrusion properties so as to make it float when cooked for 30 minutes... Put some water on the pot and add the quantity for a week feed..and cook it for 45 minutes,then mold it to your desired sizes and dry it on the sun for 24 to 48 hours depending on the sun intensity ...then it will float . For those who prefare the pellet feed .yes u can go to your local pellet feed and pellet the powder magnet gelatin to your desired size . 3 Likes |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by soft777(m): 4:58pm On Jan 28, 2016 |
HOW TO FEED YOUR CATFISH WITH MAGNET GELATIN FEED For earthen pond users feed the gelatin feed by placing the mold feed in the most shallow end of your pond ,stick too the ground and they come there to feed . You can also use the plastic feed pan method ...a picture of it was posted weeks ago ..place your gelatin feed on the plastic pan and the fish comes there t feed on it ...The third method is buy breaking the mold feed into smaller particles and gradually pour them a hand full after a hand full to their feeding spot , just the way you feed your fish with sinking pellet . FOR CONCRETE PLASTIC AND TARPAULIN PONDS : use the plastic feed pan method by placing the feed on the pan and fasten or tie the feed pan to a rope so it stays firmly in a particular spot on the water or you can use the third method described above by just breaking it in particles and feeding them the particles just the way you feed locally pellet feeds ..A hand full after a hand full. Gelatin feed is a new type of feed and some of our fishes may be used to the pellet ones and may not want to immediately accept it ..For anyone with such observation ,what you do is to do a 2 day teaching your fish to accept t ,by adding your regular pellet feed which they were feeding on before to the mold gelatin feed ...As they peck and eat the pellet one they gradually discover the gelatin is a food also and they start to eat both ...after 2 days you can stop the mixture and give only the gelatin ...and they will continue to feed on it without problems thank you 5 Likes |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by soft777(m): 5:03pm On Jan 28, 2016 |
Sudirnge1:To make it float have been explained in the write up and for the binding the protein used is high in concentration so to bind better you need dry properly..the dust is just the gelatin feed in powder ..so u can mold it with hot water and give your fish ..its one of the reason we stopped the pellet production we dont want to reduce the protein so as to make it bind...so we decided to make the quality of the feed at 60 percent we need produce only the powder for now...we do not want to compromise the feed quality by reducing the protein 1 Like |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by soft777(m): 5:18pm On Jan 28, 2016 |
wilbro:From your evaluation, its sure when you use coppen you actually are rationing your feed to your fish because of cost ...let me explain something when feed is rationed ,fine trying to save cost ...but the truth is the more u ration the more your hungry fish feed on other fishes in your pond ..and carnibalism increases and this directly means you will loose lots of fishes at harvest ...This is the reason why MAGNET GELATIN FEED comes into play cheaper means you can afford to feed them more because the growth rate of catfish depends on how many time you feed them ...you do not expect a farmer who feeds 2 times a day to get same result with a farmer that feed 3 times a day ....but when your feed cost is too high ,many things comes to play ..1 FEED LESS GET LESS RESULT 2: FEED MORE AND GET HIGH COST OF PRODUCTION .....So how do u balance this equation in a way you feed more and still remain at the minimal cost of production...this the gelatin ..with MAGNET GELATIN FEED you can achieve both ... and be at optimal profit ...YOU WILL NEED ABOUT 750 KG of our feed to get to your same target ....costing far lesser and getting the desired growth and weight at harvest GOD BLESS. As for the percentage compositions of our feed remains a business secret thank you 2 Likes |
Re: Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!! by soft777(m): 5:20pm On Jan 28, 2016 |
heartbitmi:AGEGE WILL SOON HAVE THE LAST DISTRIBUTOR POSITION FOR LAGOS STATE ;WE ARE STILL NEGOTIATING AND WE WILL CONCLUDE SOON |
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