matrixme:
Please there are 4 frogs in my pool and I am preparing to stock with fingerlings. I hope I am not preparing a table before the frogs? The pool is 41 by 21 FT, a swimming pool very deep and can't be drained. Please advise. How frequent can the frogs feed and what can I do?

robonski15:


how big are the frogs? do you mean the water in the pool cant be drained. I seem not to understand your last question "How frequent can the frogs feed and what can I do?". Can you show us some pictures and share more on how you plan to raise the fishes. Thanks

soft77:
stocking runts is a very big mistake anyhow u look at it , u will loose , i advise that if u have were , u buy ur fingerlings or juvenile, always go there in advance to see the fishes when thy are fries. It doesent matter if u go to ur seller and see the fries sevral times before they become fingerllings or juvenile , u can even pay part payment so the hatchry can consider urs first, that way u get to get first shooters or second shooters and also u will have knowledge of the fishes if they are sick or fish thats doing well... and for those who already got runts i made this same mistake of stocking runts last year believe me its a bad story .but i actually made little profit . so for those who had runts now what i advice . mix any good fish growth powder booster with there food , when u buy lets say coopens 15kg a bag mix about 3 sarchet of any good fish booster in the feed, this means for 5kg feed, u add 1 sachet that sells for 300 naira and also when u change there water as in concrate , tarpaulin or plastic ponds ,buy also the liquid fish booster and mix with there water when changing the water . actualy runts are fish that lacks the esential vitamins,minerals and hormones that make them grow like the shooters or we say normal fish . so they need this boosters to replace the lost minerals and vitamins and it helps kick start there growth hormnones , i tried it and after a month my runts start to grow normal . and i did not run at a lost when i sold . Am not encouraging any one to buy runts but only ofering a solution incase u are missled to buy them, better to save ur capital than loose all. the best practice is to buy shooters from reputable hatchries .
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soft77:
stocking runts is a very big mistake anyhow u look at it , u will loose , i advise that if u have were , u buy ur fingerlings or juvenile, always go there in advance to see the fishes when thy are fries. It doesent matter if u go to ur seller and see the fries sevral times before they become fingerllings or juvenile , u can even pay part payment so the hatchry can consider urs first, that way u get to get first shooters or second shooters and also u will have knowledge of the fishes if they are sick or fish thats doing well... and for those who already got runts i made this same mistake of stocking runts last year believe me its a bad story .but i actually made little profit . so for those who had runts now what i advice . mix any good fish growth powder booster with there food , when u buy lets say coopens 15kg a bag mix about 3 sarchet of any good fish booster in the feed, this means for 5kg feed, u add 1 sachet that sells for 300 naira and also when u change there water as in concrate , tarpaulin or plastic ponds ,buy also the liquid fish booster and mix with there water when changing the water . actualy runts are fish that lacks the esential vitamins,minerals and hormones that make them grow like the shooters or we say normal fish . so they need this boosters to replace the lost minerals and vitamins and it helps kick start there growth hormnones , i tried it and after a month my runts start to grow normal . and i did not run at a lost when i sold . Am not encouraging any one to buy runts but only ofering a solution incase u are missled to buy them, better to save ur capital than loose all. the best practice is to buy shooters from reputable hatchries .
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chilanfarms:
@Remros hw r u? Ibadan price ranges btw #400-470 depending on ur average weight n ur bargaining strategy... don't act like u are a fresher to dem. Don't allow dem pack ur fish into a sack n put on d floor b4 weighing.

ultrazone:

5-7kg of salt/1000 litres of water is ideal. To get a more uniform treatment, dissolve in a bucket of water first. Remember to suspend feeding for a period of 2-3 days during this treatment.
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ab1x:



When they clock 8 weeks, you can change their water and use 10Kilo of salt to treat them.

ab1x:




The formular is 100KG. TS means Toasted Soya, DCP _ sorry I don't know d meaning but it is meant to make d fish agile and give them strong bone. The biscuit is the normal biscuit we eat but the one they use at the feedmill is the industrial one. I mean, waste from the factory but I see guys working at the feedmill eating it. For how long they will consume 100KG depends on ur fish eating habit

robonski16:


Some useless hatchers also sell runts, years back I bought runts unknowingly from a hatcher, Not once or twice but later on I got to realise it and I lost heavily.. But today he is no longer in business.. One thing they don't realise is that when u keeping selling runts and the farmer keeps feeding and loosing he will surely go somewhere else and the hatcher tends to loose his customers gradually till he folds up.. I have even seen some hatchery presently using fishes of 0.5 grms both male and female for spawning..

Like I said earlier on u have to know the hatchery.. Go to their farms and see for urself... Also u have to still use ur discretion to still identify the runts.. I can identify runts just by looking at the fishes inside water maybe because I am into hatching..

A fish farmer contacted me some months back pleading just to see me..I gave him an appointment and when I met with him he complained bitterly about all he has gone through in fish farming.. I felt pity for him coz I could feel his pains.. Luckily for him I had done some hatching with first class shooters still intact, I gave him a thousand first class shooters for free and some tips on management...

5 months later when he harvested none of the fishes were below 1.5 kg he made profit for the first time since he started fish farming.. He brought the biggest fish of them all to my farm as appreciation...

I guess all these agents and hatchers that sells runts will be exposed with time..

remros2:
sir AB1X, what about the indomie in ur formula 2? Is it the packet one, or industrial waste too.

remros2:
are u saying salt can't be used when fishes are less than 8weeks? Also what's the quantity applicable in a plastic tank?

matrixme:
Please there are 4 frogs in my pool and I am preparing to stock with fingerlings. I hope I am not preparing a table before the frogs? The pool is 41 by 21 FT, a swimming pool very deep and can't be drained. Please advise. How frequent can the frogs feed and what can I do?

matrixme:

Many thanks sir. Here is the pics... I meant the pool can be drained externally by pumping machine but there is already a healthy plankton bloom in the disused pool. So I am thinking to drain such large water because of four frogs might not be worth it. Two are as big as a clenched fist and others are a little small. What do you advise sir?

biggeeventures:
@robonski15, I must confess you have been a blessing to me and many others. Please I'm interested in this too. Kindly send me all you know I need to kick start to biggeeventures@gmail.com. Including where I can get a quality training, internships, pond concrete construction for a beginner, etc.

Thanks a lot.

ab1x:



You can use salt to treat fish at any age but you have to be careful about the quantity of salt to use in treating them and that solely depends on the size of the pond.

flexingPAPA:
pls is it the normal table salt. or a special kind of salt?

biyibd:

Chief, what if you're running a recirculating aquaculture system? What should be the stocking density per 1,000litres?
Thanks

Ttalk:
Oga Ab1x, your final feed for weigh gain always contain broiler starter, since broiler starter is majorly made up of soybean and corn, what is the essence of broiler starter since your formula has certain percentage of soybean and corn?.
Why not just increase the percentage of these feedstuff and to save cost?

wilbro:
To all the Guru's in the house, please kindly assist. I have a new proposed site for fish farming and I intend to construct earthen ponds.
1. Please, for a pond of 2000 capacity what’s the dimension that can hold them to table size?
2. How many fish per square meter
3. What is the spacing between each pond?

The land is not swampy but when you dig to 12 foot, water comes from the ground to fill the pond. Please, what’s the best way to design the pond? Thanks

wilbro:
@ robonski, ab1x, lagbaja, juve, soft77, excelsior or everybody kindly, assist with my questions below

1. For an earthen pond of 2000 capacity what’s the dimension that can hold them to table size?
2. How many fish per square meter
3. What is the spacing between each pond?

The land is not swampy but when you dig to 12 foot, water comes from the ground to fill the pond. Please, what’s the best way to design the pond? Thanks

MAKE UNA HELP OOOOOOOOOOOO. PLS

excelsiorfarm:
i wrote my thought already, but i want to encourage u sir to just use this thread by patiently reading it, when through,u would to a large extent be able to face d world of fishfarming & some/ also all possible challenges that a fishfarmer can encounter. Just take this advice sir & within it you get d answer yourself. Be bless