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How to Start a Tilapia Fish Farming Business in Nigeria - Pretty Bird - 03-17-2018 How to Start a Tilapia Fish Farming Business in Nigeria 1; Be Determined When you intend to set up a tilapia fish farming business in Nigeria; be determined and certain that this is the type of business you want to enter into. Know that it is not going to be easy because there might be a lot of ups and downs in it. If you are certain about this; when challenges come you won’t have regret when you encounter any challenges. 2; Set Up a Tilapia Business Plan The major step you should take when trying to set up a tilapia farming business is to first write a business plan. This business plan should contain your capital, the estimated amount or cost of feed. The amount of money you spent on purchasing the tilapia fish fingerlings. The amounts of money spent in purchasing or leasing your land or fish pond site and other items. The advantage of having a business plan is to document your loss or gain in the business and to know when you are missing out. 3; Set Up Your Tilapia Fish Farm & Fish Ponds Before bringing your tilapia fish fingernails, you need to construct their ponds. Though some fish farmers do prefer to rear their tilapia fishes in tanks while other prefer to rear them in artificial ponds. Here are major steps you need to carry out on getting a perfect fish farm or pond.
These are the necessary preparation to partake in your farm before bringing in your fishes.
After preparing your fish pond, it is then time to introduce your tilapia fish into your pond. The fish will be stock at the rate of 10‐50 fingerlings per square meter for your fish depending on the production system. It is best to introduce the tilapia fish into ponds very early in the morning or late evening especially when the sunshine intensity is very low. This is to avoid unnecessary stress which might cause high mortality of the fish few days after stocking. 6; Construct Farm Building and Infrastructure It is recommended that you should construct a residential accommodation at your tilapia fish farm site for the occupation of the workers, who will be available to feed and monitor the fishes. But if you feel that there will be no need for that, it will equally cost no harm. 7; Feed Your Tilapia Fish; The feed has to be supplemented with specialized formulated and compounded fish feed to accelerate the growth of fish at their upper limit capability. The fish should be fed twice daily with their feed at the rate of 5% body weight. You can produce your own fish feed if you wish, all you need is a feed mill unit comprising a hammer mill, mixer, dryer and pelletizer which is capable of producing 5 tons of feed per hour will be installed to produce the much-needed fish feed required on the farm. You can also sell your feed to other fish farmers who might be interested in buying. This also can add as an addiction increase in your profit. Selecting Tilapia Fish Species for Your Tilapia Fish Farming There are four types of tilapia fish. They are;
Hatching / Breeding Tilapia Fingernails (Though this is optional) in other to increase your profit and reducing cost price for buying new fingerlings, you can establish a breeding system for your tilapia fish. Know that Tilapia fish can produce an average of 100-150 fingerlings in a week if properly cared for) When breeding, you should keep in mind that you must control over-population. And also try as much as possible to always separate the fingerlings from the breeders. The fingerlings should be kept in a roomy pond to allow them enough space for a successful growth. To increase profit, you can also sell your finger to other fishermen who have an interest in it. Water Management on Your Tilapia Fish Farm You should regularly and frequently monitor the water in your pond. Water quality with the factor such as dissolved oxygen, acidity, carbon dioxide, iron, carbonates, nitrates, nitrite, ammonia, sulphide, Chloride, temperature, alkalinity, total hardness, turbidity, and conductivity have to be monitored appropriately to ensure that they are kept at most favorable levels. Growth of Your Tilapia Fish After following the above steps; after stocking and feeding your tilapia fish with good fish feed and management care, it will grow and mature for a period of 110 days. Then you can sell your tilapia fish. Or, if you don’t want to reach the 110 days because you have a preferable size you want your fish to be, then you can sell it. Harvesting Your Tilapia Fish You can harvest your fish by reducing the water level in a lower quantity or draining the water level in the pond completely this can be done by the attendants or by yourself and it can be done by moving through with a dragnet to collect all the fish. Marketing Your Tilapia Fish in Nigeria It will be better if you get buyers ready before draining or your fishes to avoid them from dying. Get buyers ready and know the market price to avoid loss. Recommended; You should know that Tilapia fishes can be affected by bacterial or viral diseases if adequate care is not given to it. So you must take a down to business measure cares to protect your pond from such occurrence. This can be done by cleaning your pond regularly, preventing overcrowding, and screening your pond often for risk factors or symptoms. Tilapia farming business in Nigeria could be a lucrative business with low cost which one can indulge into and also have time for other business. We wish you best. https://www.africabusinessclassroom.com/category/agriculture-business/page/2 |