Cost of feeding 1000 pieces of catfish juveniles to 1kg table-size fish in Nigeria

A good benchmark for budget planning to grow catfish is estimating the cost required to feed the fish till they reach market size. I recommend that every fish farmer does this at the beginning of a fish growing cycle.

Catfish juveniles in a pond at Divine Fish Farm and Gardens

A good benchmark for budget planning to grow catfish is estimating the cost required to feed the fish till they reach market size. I recommend that every fish farmer does this at the beginning of a fish growing cycle.

When feeding of catfish is done optimally, 1000 kilogrammes (kg) of feed will convert to 1000 kilogrammes of catfish flesh.

Method

You can choose to grow 1000 kg of catfish by:

  1. Growing 3000 pieces of catfish juveniles to average mass of 330 grammes in 3 months; or
  2. 2000 pieces of juveniles to average mass of 500 grammes in 4 months; or
  3. 1000 pieces of juveniles to average mass of 1 kg in 6 months.

Whichever method you choose from above, it is recommended that you grow with floating feed to 50% of body mass and complete with sinking feed for the remaining 50% of body mass.

 Cost of feed (as of March, 2020) for raising 1 tonne of catfish.

  1. 500 kg of bagged floating feed will cost roughly N220, 000 (two hundred and twenty thousand naira); and
  2. 500 kg of bagged sinking feed will cost roughly N185, 000.

Going by the above you can estimate that it will cost you N405,000 to grow 1 tonne of catfish flesh.

Thank you.

Email: info@divinefish.com.ng.

Author: divinefish Admin

Adminstrator of the Divine Fish Farm and Gardens website.

4 thoughts on “Cost of feeding 1000 pieces of catfish juveniles to 1kg table-size fish in Nigeria”

  1. I am impressed by the write up. And it is gingering me to start my own micro fishpond in my backyard. I plan to start with 250 juveniles in a tarpulin tank. From your analysis, 1 juvenile will consume 1kg to attain the weight of 1kg. Consequently, 250 juveniles will cost #101,250 to feed till table size.
    However sir, what is the cost of tarpaulin of 1000 litre capacity?
    Thank you for this well cooked write up.

  2. Hi just started a small fish farm using tank and tarpaulin how often do I clean a tank size of 1500litre about 1000fingerlings.thanks

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