Hi ParaOptical,

Glad to hear that u've ventured into aquaculture business. I just noticed this thread today and amazingly saw my previous posting in other threads being quoted here. I am actually a software engineer, currently working in KL. My father owns the fish hatchery and livestock farm in Sandakan, Sabah.

Just to share the latest updates from his farm this month:
1. Successfully produced the largest batch of Tiger Grouper (Kerapu Harimau) so far, totalled around 200k pieces! Sold 130k pieces of 2-3 inches in size to a HongKong company but based in Sandakan. The selling price was rm3.50 per piece and got a potential of selling at rm100 per piece one year later when they export to HongKong during the Olympics period. There's a high demand of sea-water fish in HongKong and China now. So, it's a great opportunities for fish farming.
2. Just sold 60k pieces of Siakap seedlings also 2-3 inches in size to Lawas yesterday.

Too bad you are not breeding sea-water fish, otherwise i can help you to arrange for some stocks from my father. Hey, as i know, you may also consider Siakap, since Siakap can be converted into fresh water or sea-water anytime. Trust me, the fish from us will never taste anything like mud because we are rearing it at the sea and not in mud pond.

Heard that u r planning to meet the professor in Sabah University. In fact, he is a friend of my father, and visited our farm a few times. He praised the quality of the baby fish also. The Uni also requested to place a few students to do industrial training at our hatchery farm. Hahaha.

Well, if any of you interested to venture into aquaculture business, you may ask me any question anytime.