Mar 20 2013, 05:43 PM
QUOTE(M_century @ Mar 18 2013, 12:38 AM)
I'm not an actual Clarias catfish aquaculturist. From my observance and my clients feedback...
RM3/kg is consider low. Last heard 2 weeks ago, one middleman of mine offering RM3.60/kg for abt 4-6 fish per kg size. He take in any amount you have to offer atm. Another, volume not that huge, but demand is about 400kg/month offering at RM4/kg
If you use pelleted feed for the fish, you confirm to lose money 100% sure. Per bag of pellet feed cost abt RM50. If you aim to produce 1 kg of fish, assuming Feed Conversion Rate of 2.0, you will need 2 kg of feed to produce 1 kg of fish. Assuming 1kg pellet feed cost RM2.50/kg, so 2kg=RM5.00. Feed alone will cost RM5!
Let say excellent FCR of 1.5, your feed cost alone will still at RM2.50x1.5= RM3.75!
The ex-farm price of the fish itself that made cause pelleted feed not feasible.
So 1kg let say about 5 fish, that means fry alone will cost you RM0.15x5=RM0.60. The fry can get RM0.07-RM0.10 if you look around.
Fry cost + Pellet feed(FCR 1.5) = RM4.35 > sales of RM3.60
One I know that succeed uses high quality pelleted feed at fry level to boost fish health. Then uses all sorts of junks they cn find to adult.
hi everyone..i'm kinda new to this thread, it's my first post here anyway..hehe..but i've read every knowledge here from the very beginning, and my interest are towards chilli fertigation & fish farming, particularly using RAS technique RM3/kg is consider low. Last heard 2 weeks ago, one middleman of mine offering RM3.60/kg for abt 4-6 fish per kg size. He take in any amount you have to offer atm. Another, volume not that huge, but demand is about 400kg/month offering at RM4/kg
If you use pelleted feed for the fish, you confirm to lose money 100% sure. Per bag of pellet feed cost abt RM50. If you aim to produce 1 kg of fish, assuming Feed Conversion Rate of 2.0, you will need 2 kg of feed to produce 1 kg of fish. Assuming 1kg pellet feed cost RM2.50/kg, so 2kg=RM5.00. Feed alone will cost RM5!
Let say excellent FCR of 1.5, your feed cost alone will still at RM2.50x1.5= RM3.75!
The ex-farm price of the fish itself that made cause pelleted feed not feasible.
So 1kg let say about 5 fish, that means fry alone will cost you RM0.15x5=RM0.60. The fry can get RM0.07-RM0.10 if you look around.
Fry cost + Pellet feed(FCR 1.5) = RM4.35 > sales of RM3.60
One I know that succeed uses high quality pelleted feed at fry level to boost fish health. Then uses all sorts of junks they cn find to adult.
well straight to the point then. From what bro M_century quoted regarding pellet feed for fish, have anyone here heard of the 'production of cost-effective fish diet using chicken intestine meal'? perhaps sifu Michael J can shed some light on this, as this is a product formulation by the guys over at DOF.
The interesting thing is that they quoted the cost to formulate the feed is around rm1.33/kg, with achieved FCR of 1.1
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