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Experience indicates that the grade of water in fish farming isn't just in its cleanness and clearness. Other properties of water has through the years been revealed to be of special benefit for the appropriate digestion and absorption of feed by the fish which can be of the same level worth addressing as the grade of the feed itself. Listed here are the major properties of water good for the fish farmer:

There has been hot debates amongst farmers as to which of these two gives the optimal growth yet economical. A lot of independent researchers who are not affiliated with either floating feed or sinking feed producers have come up with overwhelming results(field findings) of their findings. Findings show that there is no significant difference in growth performance of clarias gariepinus fed with either sinking pellet or floating feed. (Google is our friend)

Top 5 important water quality parameters we should all watch out for.  1. Dissolved Oxygen issues and how its affect respiration in fish and digestion of feed ingested 2. pH level of water and how high and low pH retard fish growth and affect other water parameters. 3. Ammonia build up in water and how its irritate fish and encourage the growth of diseases causing organisms.

1. Access to good quality and enough quantity of water supply. 2. Access to good quality brood stock for breeding and stocking or quality fish seed for stocking. 3. Type of pond, sizes of pond and management structures. 4. Level of feed input 5. Specie of fish and market value

The business of catfish farming in Nigeria is not difficult to engage yourself in if you have the resources to do so. Catfish farming involves growing catfish to table-size, marketing them and selling them at a good price. It is a viable business that many people have gone in and out of for various reasons. Some have succeeded at it and made handsome profit while others have failed and abandoned it altogether.

  Zooplankton Zooplankton is a microscopic animal, which means sometimes it may be difficult to see them very clearly with the naked eyes , but when held closely in a bowl you will see them moving especially when thy are large in numbers  As a group of tiny water  animals they feed on free  microscopic algae (Phytoplankton ) in the water and they reproduce in Millon's within 24hour.

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