remros2:
my ogas in the house pls what steps should be taken to normalise or control excessive heat and water temperature in order to assist fish growth?

robonski15:
Now if you don't feed your fish regularly they will not grow .. And u should know the size of feed you give to them at the right time.. Feeding should be three times a day but at the third month feed them twice a day while ate the last month u full feed once a day..

At the third month farmers tend to switch to local feed and they sort for a good local feed... Back then I used local feed, I had a good combination but I found out that most of the ingredient are adultarated, especially the fish meal.. And fish meal is the main ingredient to produce a good feed and for rapid growth.. Some farmers include blood meal but I bet that majority of the so called blood meal are not they are sometimes burnt tyre.. I know right now u may be wandering but yes that's the truth..Pardon me to use broken english abeg "dis my leg don waka because of this feed formulation wetin I see na only God know" Am not saying there aint no good ingredient out there but most of them are fake, and u feed your fish and realise that they don't grow as expected..

So I stopped using local feed and
I deviced a method that after three month I switch to VITAL feed.. If u compare the cost of vital feed and the local feed we spend time and energy on its not that big.. And truthfully vital feed is not an imported feed it is made here in nigeria so to me vital feed is also a local feed.. Some farmers may say we do local feed to reduce cost and I laugh at their ignorance.. It is better to go straight to the point than cutting corners and whereby you may still be cheated on the local feed.. When u have a good fish its better you feed them with quality to harvest quality..

CHANGE YOUR WATER
I have been to farms where the water is so polluted and stinks.. I wonder how such farmers reason.. Its just like putting 20 people in a single room and u shut the door and window what do u think will happen over time..

If u don't change the water as at when due the enviroment of the fishes will be too polluted to encourage good feeding.. The fishes urine,faeces and dissolve excess feed pollute the water and they wount eat well or digest the food because of polluted enviroment..

remros2:
@excelsior and other ogas, how can I ensure that my formulated feed is properly dry to avoid aflatoxin which kills fishes?

remros2:
kindly answer my question pls someone

excelsiorfarm:
gd morning,op permit me to write about our practical catfish hatchery & catfish management training coming up on 21st June 2013,this friday at bodija ibadan.For those interested,u can reach me on 08035335647 & 08028919405.solomonsgn@yahoo.com

excelsiorfarm:
note: too much of either d cold or hot is bad for fishes. If too cold your fishes won't eat well, if too hot? they become stressed & possible disease outbreak. Now to the main course, just get palm front, tarpaulin or good material that could cover like 60% of a side of your pond at least, it will regulate d heat to some extent. If extreme heat increase d % of coverage. That will combat the challenge u might have. It is also a good way to know a sick/disease or weak fish, the healthy ones will hide under d shade & d sick ones will be mostly at d open end, though they all come to the open end when u feed the fishes. Other ideas is to do dripping if mobile tanks or put your tanks close to trees, banana etc.For earthen , heaven do the regulations, though no harm planting banana around your ponds

robonski15:


Please read my post again carefully I didn't say one can raise juvenile with #75.. I said I pegged it down at #150 to raise the juveniles to maturity.. And to raise 500 juveniles u have to multiply by #150 that will give us
#75,000 to raise them to maturity...

NB. The price for raising them also depends on the type of feed you give to them and the feeding regimes and also the time of harvest so it may be lesser or higher than #75,000.. Thanks
Talking of feeding regiments sir@ oga Robonski, as a fresher, how do I determine d amount of feed I give to my juvenile or bigger fishes as at when due. Also how many times do I feed them as juveniles or as bigger fish. To be specific let's use 1000 pieces as example. And the pond type is plastic tank if it could make a difference in feeding pattern. Thank you.

robonski15:


Please read my post again carefully I didn't say one can raise juvenile with #75.. I said I pegged it down at #150 to raise the juveniles to maturity.. And to raise 500 juveniles u have to multiply by #150 that will give us
#75,000 to raise them to maturity...

NB. The price for raising them also depends on the type of feed you give to them and the feeding regimes and also the time of harvest so it may be lesser or higher than #75,000.. Thanks
Talking of feeding regiments sir@ oga Robonski, as a fresher, how do I determine d amount of feed I give to my juvenile or bigger fishes as at when due. Also how many times do I feed them as juveniles or as bigger fish. To be specific let's use 1000 pieces as example. And the pond type is plastic tank if it could make a difference in feeding pattern. Thank you.

robonski15:


Please read my post again carefully I didn't say one can raise juvenile with #75.. I said I pegged it down at #150 to raise the juveniles to maturity.. And to raise 500 juveniles u have to multiply by #150 that will give us
#75,000 to raise them to maturity...

NB. The price for raising them also depends on the type of feed you give to them and the feeding regimes and also the time of harvest so it may be lesser or higher than #75,000.. Thanks

remros2:
Pls Robonski15 and other ogas in NL, how do I eliminate solids like leftover feeds etc that are not likely to move out with water when water is being changed in a plastic fish tank? Thanks in anticipation of ur assistance

remros2:
thanks so much sir@excelsior. I'm grateful for the insight on handling heat in plastic fish tanks

vickifeanyi47:
Pls what can be used to disinfect new tarpaulin pond before use

matrixme:
Good morning all. Please which type of net can I use as hapa to breed in a big pond? I am planning to do a cage setup to put inside the pond

remros2:
Talking of feeding regiments sir@ oga Robonski, as a fresher, how do I determine d amount of feed I give to my juvenile or bigger fishes as at when due. Also how many times do I feed them as juveniles or as bigger fish. To be specific let's use 1000 pieces as example. And the pond type is plastic tank if it could make a difference in feeding pattern. Thank you.

NUVEMBARZINTL:

There's no law to the amount of feed to give to your fish per time. All you need to do is to feed to satisfaction but DON'T OVER FEED to the point that you are leaving left over feed on top of the pond. Such practice will eat into your profit and at the same time polute your water which can end up in killing your fish. I personally don't believe nor give formular for feeding regime. This is because, farmer A that feed his fish EFFECTIVELY once or two twice a day will have a better yield to farmer B that feeds SPARINGLY 4times a day. All that matters is the QUALITY & the QUANTITY of feed that you are giving to your fish. Also, you have to be conscious of the cost of your production. That should GUIDE you to know how much to expend on your production. Always carry out a constant market survey analysis to know both the current production cost and the selling price. Endeavour to always monitor the growth/weight of your fish also on weekly basis by randomly picking and weighting some fish. You MUST also train yourself on RECORD KEEPING. Detailed book keeping will help you to know when to sell your fish because you have an idea of what your production cost should be. Hence, you begin to prepare yourself for the harvest once you've spent the expected production cost per unit on them.
The reason why you should not exceed the production cost of your environment or locality is because you are selling your fish to the same people that will buy from other farmers around you.

Wishing you all the very best!!!

NUVEMBARZINTL:

Use normal mosquito net sir! You can also use those black net used by aluminium guys. For the window.

Wishing you all the very best!!!

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Sejeje:

I need about 500 fingerlings
do you have

jaz:
whats your location

bily:


Well said Sir,

On the issue of feeding, I personally do not practice feeding to satisfaction. The current set of fishes I have, if I were to be feeding till satisfaction, Na Gbese u go enter, those fishes can eat ehn!

What I do is a follow a feeding table recommended by coppens, the simple reason I follow coppens feeding table is because it's in line with my personal targets ie to achieve average size of 1kg fish in 4 months from 10g juveniles.

I feed them the quantity coppens recommends per day,if they like let them still be acting hungry, what I have discovered is every week when I take a sample of their weight, it corresponds with the weight it should be on the feeding table so I know I'm on track.

I have discovered that feeding to satiation could lead to wastage of feed, catfish will eat more than their stomach can take, and they will gradually vomit it. For those using earthen may not notice this, but if you're using concrete and observant, you may see it.

Just my observation though, this has been what has been working for me, even for fries, I take weight samples and feed accordingly to feeding table, let's just say I prefer the scientific approach to farming.

the most important thing is to have an idea of what your fishes should eat and not to be too far off the mark. Imagine giving your fishes 10kg of feed per day when they ought to be eating 40kg, that difference is much and will lead to bad result or extend your harvest time. So the feeding table can act as a guideline, nothing is cast in stone and they are different ways to skin a cat, the Koko na for all of us to keep smiling to and from the bank

bily:


Well said Sir,

miqos02:
coppens feeding guide

https://www.google.com.ng/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjVx6De5_rLAhXGPBQKHYH6Ct0QFgghMAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.coppens.eu%2Fgallery%2FEngelse_brochures%2F2013%2FVoederprotocollen%2Ffp_catco_en_2013mail.pdf&usg=AFQjCNHLOBx0SLUo4Gg6Ob-RXuuyze20pw&sig2=k6k6ozMy6qh0AVT7DSYTbQ

bily:


Well said Sir,

On the issue of feeding, I personally do not practice feeding to satisfaction. The current set of fishes I have, if I were to be feeding till satisfaction, Na Gbese u go enter, those fishes can eat ehn!

What I do is a follow a feeding table recommended by coppens, the simple reason I follow coppens feeding table is because it's in line with my personal targets ie to achieve average size of 1kg fish in 4 months from 10g juveniles.

I feed them the quantity coppens recommends per day,if they like let them still be acting hungry, what I have discovered is every week when I take a sample of their weight, it corresponds with the weight it should be on the feeding table so I know I'm on track.

I have discovered that feeding to satiation could lead to wastage of feed, catfish will eat more than their stomach can take, and they will gradually vomit it. For those using earthen may not notice this, but if you're using concrete and observant, you may see it.

Just my observation though, this has been what has been working for me, even for fries, I take weight samples and feed accordingly to feeding table, let's just say I prefer the scientific approach to farming.

the most important thing is to have an idea of what your fishes should eat and not to be too far off the mark. Imagine giving your fishes 10kg of feed per day when they ought to be eating 40kg, that difference is much and will lead to bad result or extend your harvest time. So the feeding table can act as a guideline, nothing is cast in stone and they are different ways to skin a cat, the Koko na for all of us to keep smiling to and from the bank

matrixme:

Thanks for the prompt reply sir.

Sejeje:

I need about 500 fingerlings
do you have

NUVEMBARZINTL:

Well said... I understand your points. But please if I may ask, can you post the Coppens feeding chart for all to see?

Wishing you all the very best!!!