robonski15:


You should check the expiry date of the feeds before purchase..

it's one year for d foreign feed and 6months for Nigerian

Thank you very much sir.. Have u started your fish farm or still gathering momentum..[/quote]This is my third season I made profit on the last two seasons, I just want to buy all the needed feed at once (foreign feed and Nigerian floating feed) to cut down expenses and stress and to avoid possible hike in feed price

Pls house is there any adverse effect on buying and stocking the required feed for d fish at once from fingerings to 1kg (4mnths)
Say 67 bags for 1000 fish

robonski15:


Thank you very much sir.. Have u started your fish farm or still gathering momentum..

Pls house is there any adverse effect on buying and stocking the required feed for d fish at once from fingerings to 1kg (4mnths)
Say 67 bags for 1000 fish

pearlyfish:
Hello fish farmers, we have 3 tarpaulin fish ponds measuring 8*18*4 for sale. If interested, please call 08033920554.

the pictures and price pls

excelsiorfarm:
if you intend to sell good weight,feed at least twice. If after cutting fat, do once. They will not grow as expected, only good idea when you having extreme cold weather,to avoid pollution or when you want to cut back excessive fat from your broodstock.

than u sir

excelsiorfarm:
i no be your boss. No wahala, great sales

Hello house,
Feeding 3 months catfish once per day to satiation
Is it ok?
Or will they shrank in size?

Medium sized catfish and melange available for sale
Contact 08066310449
Location Lagos

excelsiorfarm:
the individual shelf life or expiring time or period of what was use in the formulation of your local feed and the level of dryness and storage would determine when they expire or losses nutrient. Another thing is though not advisable, there is is an allowance of a short period a feed can be use after the date expires, but NOTE- USE ONLY FEEDS THAT HAD NOT EXPIRED because the nutrient content,digestibility and palatability will still be intact.

ijababa:
It depends on the moisture content in the feed. I will advice you make what your stock can consume in less than 2 weeks.......
- Ensure the bags containing the feeds are opened up and not tied.
- Regular inspection of the feeds beneath the surface is essential, do this by emptying the sack into a big bucket to check for growth of mold
- Occasional sun drying can prolong the shelf life of locally pelletized feed.

Thank u very much sirs

Star30:
Hello house,
Please how many months will a locally pelletized sinking feed stay before expiring?

Please help me with this, ogas in the house

Hello house,
Please how many months will a locally pelletized sinking feed stay before expiring?

excelsiorfarm:
Just tell them agric lime,use to be between ,4.5-6k a bag depending on location. Dont touch gammalin 20, that chemical had being ban in countries & if you use,it will take a period of time before any fish can survive in that pond & this period in quote could be for a while(can be long period),a bag should do,if you use more,it only enhance d buildup of planktons & wipe out harmful organism,but check cost,hence no need for wastages if you can spread it firmly over the coverage area

thank u sir

excelsiorfarm:
seen,your seller should have given you 2-3% of the stock bought. Its well.

All the best

Sorry to bother you sir, pls sir help me with the chemical name used in liming an earthen pond(is it gamarlin 20?) and what quantity will be enough to lime 20ft by 30ft and 5ft deep earthen pond

GOLDLOVER:
Hello how much is a bag of Topfeed.

Its 5300 naira in my area

swissflow:
Still waiting for name and price of the pumping machine, sir

The name is SUNSUN and it's from China, different pumping capacity at different depth.
The wattage varies from 100w to 400w.
I have some on the way, don't know how reliable they but I willing to find out.

Please, can anyone confirm that TOPFEED catfish feeds and reliable compared to other popular feeds in the market?

Cheers.

am using topfeed currently, is very good it aids fast growth and does not pollute water easily unlike vital

robonski15:


I doubt if its the feed that caused the mortality, its rare to see a fake 0.5 mm coppens, more so the first day of stocking 425 died, u rightly said you did not feed them which is a red flag, its either they died due to transportation stress, or the buyer sold sickly seeds to you another might be you water, maybe too acidic or PH is high. Are they stable now?

the mortality has reduced to 5 a day, some are still hanging and they eating well now thank u sir

excelsiorfarm:
i cant confirm if all is fake,but with the high price of dollar to naira,there is great temptation for crafty people to produce such. Also note that the breeder wont want to take the blame. It is also important to state that in your bid to be smart in buying ijebu,many do outsmart themselves by the consequence. In whichever way,you learnt something.

I really learnt my lesson, experience is the best teacher I wanted to buy fingerlings stock it in a tampoulin and sort into an earthen pond after 1 month, I was conviced to buy ijebu fingerlings by d seller dat my pond wont contain fingerlings for a month. Sir they are 4 weeks now, when will they reach fingerling? This is my second season i ve never buy fingerlings or post fingerlings I did juvenile d first time
Am still a novice

Reason for my question above, I bought 3000 ijebu fingerlings on the first day of stocking 425 died, we disnfected them with Tetracycline chlorophenicle and salt, second day 150 died before feeding tthem with coppens 0.5mm third day 68 died, 4th day 53 died although the supplier promised to replace all the dead after one week, my question now is is it possible that the feed could be killing them according to the seller dat all coppens feed in the mkt since 3months are fake. The area am confused is dat they ve have been dieing b4 feeding. Pls help

Hello all is it true that all coppens product in the market are fake product, since 3 months ago.

CnCstore:


I am sure of Gbodu junction,gberigbe road.cos that's where I buy from.it should be in sabo market too tho.

pls what is the size and how much is 15kg bag sir?

excelsiorfarm:
i excluded that one so you can easily get it from the numerous repetition that we have being stating about how to calculate or evaluate what to stock in any given measurement.

ok thanks

excelsiorfarm:
that depth isn't advisable, if you insist, make sure you buy life jacket for yourself & all the workers. Safety first.

miqos02:
me sef wan know, but 7ft too deep oh, u wan bury person?

ok sir excluding the 7ft depth, say 4ft how many fishes can it rear to table size 30 by 20 ft

excelsiorfarm:
Thank God sir. maize is good, too much cannot help much, due to the issue of digestibility. I wont advice you throw away the feed if not expired, spoil or contaminated. NOTE- no matter how poor a feed analysis or composition is, it could still be reformulated if you can bear the stress.

Also maize that are sold wet is a problem to farmers because of aflatoxin(whether in fishfarming or poultry).
Check or discuss with those making feed and they could guide you, your feed digestibility could be a problem to your fishes.

thank u very much sir I appreciate

excelsiorfarm:
Thank God sir. maize is good, too much cannot help much, due to the issue of digestibility. I wont advice you throw away the feed if not expired, spoil or contaminated. NOTE- no matter how poor a feed analysis or composition is, it could still be reformulated if you can bear the stress.

Also maize that are sold wet is a problem to farmers because of aflatoxin(whether in fishfarming or poultry).
Check or discuss with those making feed and they could guide you, your feed digestibility could be a problem to your fishes.

thank u very much sir IIappreciate

robonski15:


Hello sir, one thing I usually tell first timers is to start small, fish farming is beyond digging ponds and stocking large amount of fishes. first learn some management techniques with some fishes before you expand. 30k fishes is way too much sir I must be honest with you.

If you have a good swampy area for earthen pond I will advice you start with two earthen ponds 40ft by 45ft with a depth of 4 feet each , though it will contain 5000 fishes comfortably but stock 2k in each pond for a start then start learning the management techniques as members of the house drop some info to guide you, then you can expand after harvest.

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pls sir how many fish will an earthen pond of 20 by 30ft plus 7ft deep accomodate to table size (stagnant water type)

Thank u sir I appreciate #excesiorfarm

possible challenge; your pond is overcrowded, your feed was contaminated, stress, excessive use & multiple drugs & changing of drugs or rough handling, which ,, create an environment for this.[/quote] thank u sir, there is actually a feed that once I gave it to them some reacted dat way and died, could too much maize in a local feed cause it? Or I should just dispose the feed, the fish are two months old

excelsiorfarm:
i believe belexy will take note. I am not on any whatsapp group & i dont use whatsapp again.

Sir what could cause fish hanging n stooling blood and later died

i guess the farmer lacks the business sense in fishfarming,because it is not economical,even if he/she claims to be in fishfarming enterprise for 30years,except what he claim to be fingerlings are all runts. Not common practice, though everyone is creating their own way,but not every way is defined as good.

Hello sir what could be the cause of a fish hanging and stooling dark blood then later died?