MAAF:
Does anyone know how to treat catfish hatchling diseases( fungal, bacterial and parasitic infections) and how to prevent hatching mortality from day 6 after hatching.

robonski15:


Hello sir, 3kg in 5 months is not feasible sir, though you might have some very large ones, but all cant be 3kg you will still find some smaller ones.. for that size of pond you can stock 2250. I don't lime concrete pond, just fertilization..

excelsiorfarm:
your answer is already on the trend

MAAF:


The fish treatments I saw in the thread was for grow outs , I couldnt find for fries and fingerlings. Could you please refer me to which page it is.

hazyfm1:


How much does this tank cost, and how many litres, also the number of fish to maturity?

Thanks

Ttalk:


Catfish FCR is complex to determine because it is a function of so many factors and not only limited to feed. With good feed and other input at optimum, it is possible to achieve FCR of 0.5 from fingerling up to when they attain 100gram. FCR of 0.6 from 100gram to 300grams while FCR of between 0.8 to 1.2 is consider ideal for 300grams and above.

In practise it is ideal to limit the use of foreign feed from stocking to when the fish attain 100grams while you switch to local floating feed until they attain 300grams. However, the practise of using local floating to attain 300grams is no longer profitable because of the high cost of feed, therefore changing to local feed of 2mm/3mm to attain 300grams reduces cost of feed while pelleting feed for growout will considerably reduce cost and increase profit without affecting the FCR.

In my opinion, using imported feed and feed above 5000naira for growout will lead to a loss unless you export your fish and earn dollar.

From 300grams, the cost of feed per kg that would guarantee FCR of 1:1 should not be more than 250naira. I presently use 215naira/kg for my growout despite the high cost of fishmeal, when you add that to initial cost of about 650naira per kg for raising the fingerling to 100grams, the total cost of feed for a fish of 1kg would be around 240naira

excelsiorfarm:
i cant quote a page except i begin to check. I know we had answered questions in relation to fries treatment on this thread. For your question, you could treat your fries with aquapro against bacteria,it also assist to fight other disease sources,boost their immune & aid survival. It has almost no adverse effect on them. Also important you dont overfeed,remove all waste or leftovers to prevent disease outbreak. Keep clean water also. If any leftover of unhatch eggs? Remove them because they assist the buildup of fungi etc., Also mop slime away with clean & treated foam.Pls dont quote me with any more questions, iam preparing for ......, Though i might come on the thread to read.God Bless.

MAAF:


No probs. Thanks.

ijababa:
The issue with the analysis lies in the cost of the feed.
Point 1. It is not wise to use a feed that costs N9700/15kg bag for 2 months.Which of the foreign brands cost this much? normally cost of feed reduces as the pellet size decreases hence you can switch to lower pellete sizes as your fish mature
Point 2. You do not have to use foreign feed for two months, you can use for 5 weeks and then switch to vital feed/topfeed
point 3. The cost of the local feed in your analysis is outrageous. 20k for a 50kg bag of local feed!!! i.e. N400/kg
My advice is that you consider making your own feed to reduce feed cost.

memofomo:


23k in yahya,Abuja. 1000 litres. 100/110

ijababa:
Hi Ttalk, how are you able to achieve N215/kg? What is the secret? Please share oh.

Ttalk:


There is no any secret my chairman, let me post a recent formula that will guide you

FM @600/kg x 10 = 6000
SOYA@160/kg x 25 =4000
GNC@ 137/kg x 25 =3425
BM@ 160/kg x 10 = 1600
BWM 60/kg x 20 = 1200
CORN 160/kg x 10 = 1600
Lysine 500g = 450
Meth 200g = 980
Total 19255/100kg
192.5 naira/kg excluding transportation,grinding/pelleting cost

Note: This is ideal for finisher and not as starter

aumoria:

For hatchlngs of 6 days and above you will need to treat for fungal infections. This is what kills fries most at such tender age. Use of aqua blue is very effective. 2ml of aqua blue to 100 liters of vat water while doing a flow through at about 4litres per minute is fine. You continue this till day 13.
There is a different regiment of treatment for day 1 to day 6.

Ttalk:


There is no any secret my chairman, let me post a recent formula that will guide you

FM @600/kg x 10 = 6000
SOYA@160/kg x 25 =4000
GNC@ 137/kg x 25 =3425
BM@ 160/kg x 10 = 1600
BWM 60/kg x 20 = 1200
CORN 160/kg x 10 = 1600
Lysine 500g = 450
Meth 200g = 980
Total 19255/100kg
192.5 naira/kg excluding transportation,grinding/pelleting cost

Note: This is ideal for finisher and not as starter

MAAF:


This is a fantastic cost breakdown.
Thanks for sharing. Please what is the full meaning of BWM.

zanyzara:
Hello house,

My fishes are having this whitish colour.

Please help identify, hope they are not runts?

(see pictures attached: I brought them to the edge of my earthen pond in order to get their pictures)

Thanks!

Please reply in God's name

nafresh:
I am looking for catfish feedmill around Ibeju Lekki / Epe axis.

Also looking for hashery that can supply fingerlings ( 1.8 / 2 mm) on a monthly basis around the same area ( ibeju Lekki / Epe)/

Please send your contact details here.

Thanks




If you need feed that is crumbles, 2mm and others. Skretting feed. I can guarantee you high and good FCR. I use the feed and is working for me.if you are interested kindly call or WhatsApp : 08071222849

robonski15:


We would love to hear your story.. And good luck on your harvest.. Thanks ..

robonski15:
There was this particular time I wanted to harvest some fish buyerrs came to my farm(iya eleja) and one of them told me she wanted to pee so I instructed my worker to take her to d toilet but unknowingly she went to do some ritual right there in the toilet when she came out she said she wanted to look at the fish so I took her to the pond.. After I completely drained all the water. They said that they can't buy at the stipulated price again,I had to send them away but to my surprise when I wanted to pump water back to the pond guess what the pumping machine did not pump.. U may think its a coincidence but its not it was perfectly planned by them.. I began sourcing for water and I finally had to call them back.. Guess what as I was selling to them and needed water to add to there big bowls the pumping machine picked up..

I have heard so many stories by fish farmers about this women.. If u want to harvest look out for buyers before that time and check out the buyers in terms of character and composure.. Don't allow any dick and harry into your farm all in the name of sale.. Before the buyers come u would have catch a fish as sample to show them and negotiate the price before anytin else... All what am saying may sound strange to some but its one of the hidden truth in catfish business.. Its better to get one good customer than a thousand...