Catfish Farming

Catfish or in the Latin language called pangasius hipothalmus is a fish consumption of freshwater fish cultivation seed. Excellence catfish, savory meat, contain more fat, and not many thorns. The price is stable and high enough to make the cultivation of catfish is promising profits.
One who wrestle catfish farming is Yayan Suryana, in the fish pond area of Overtime Situ, Sukabumi, West Java. Travel to the location of catfish culture in Overtime Situ, can be reached by car for half an hour from the city of Sukabumi. Take direction to the south, precisely located area of Port Road.
This one-hectare Dilahan Yayan Suryana cultivate catfish. Cultivation done in the pool water rapids, three times the size of three square meters. Source water from rivers that flowed into each pond. Water from the pool and then flows back into rivers. Raising catfish quite difficult.
Pembenihannya process requires knowledge of its own. So that not all freshwater fish farmers to marry a male parent and female catfish to produce good quality puppies. To produce seedlings catfish hatchery process is carried out at the pool called the hatchery tanks. Dibak aerator is mounted so that the oxygen supply maintained.
The process of seeding is done by inducing male and female with hormone stimulation of conception. Breeding females produced eggs mixed with the seeds of male broodstock in tanks for 18 to 20 hours. Eggs will hatch and turn into larvae. while still puppies, silk worms and fed artemia.
Each month, from where it can be produced puppies sized catfish one to three inches of two hundred thousand ekor.Anakan catfish generally have booked the buyer prior to the spawning process.
For puppies measuring one inch, is priced between eighty to one hundred dollars per head. After one to three weeks old, the child moved into catfish rearing ponds. Of particular interest in maintaining a catfish is to maintain water quality pond.
In addition, feed twice a day, at morning and evening. Quantity of food provided, one-fifth the weight of the fish. Pool raised catfish are harvested after three to four months old. The demand for catfish at most who weighs between half a kilogram to one kilogram. The price ranges from ten thousand to fifteen thousand dollars per kilogram.