Catfish Success

QUESTION AND ANSWER SEGMENT  (PART 1) Question 1 How can I reduce my expenses and maximize my profit since the bulk of the expenses is feedings, is there a way to reduce the expense on feeding? Because someone said if I want my fish to be 1kg I need to feed it with 1.1-1.2kg of feed.......so if I have 1,000 fish then the total kg will be 1,100-1,200kg of feed.....making it about 74-80bags of 25kg feed..... If I do the maths, it is about ₦616,000 just for feed in 6 months. If I sell the 1,000kg @ ₦800,000 Profit will be ₦800,000-₦616,000 = ₦184,000...... If I remove ₦35,000 for 6 months as salary then there is no profit..... Answer You only use imported feed for 1 st 2 months and switch to use of local pellets produced from your pelletizer. Question 2 I found frogs inside my pond before stocking, so do I need to re-lime it to kill hidden frogs and other predators in the pond? (ii)     Also can I use the hydrated lime I mistakenly bough...

Monday, November 8, 2010                  SuccessDigest Extra! November special D ear SDE reader, you need to follow me attentively if you don’t already know that Aquarium Business is a real money-spinner. Having built over 800 aquariums and renovated the ones in about 1500 homes between 1987-1991, I should be in a pole position to tell you how lucrative this exotic business is. Don’t you think so? An aquarium is a glass container used for keeping fish (especially the ornamental varieties). ·         The keeping of ornamental fish is a hobby with worldwide interest (ranking after the world’s No. 1 hobby – PHOTOGRAPHY). ·         Global retail sales of Fish, Plants and Associated Accessories for the hobby were valued at US$17.2 billion as at 2006. ·         14 percent of t...