Enlargement Catfish farming

Catfish very good and has a chance to be cultivated in the Indonesian economy. Currently, the fulfillment of the demand for catfish is lacking, therefore catfish farming is very feasible to develop. Catfish such as channel catfish do not have scales and have some sort of sharp spines on the fins are both belong to the group of catfish. Some call catfish with catfish Bangkok. Catfish in some areas have different names, among others Jambal fish, fish Champion, Lancang and Sodarin. Catfish meat taste delicious and savory flavor that is said to have more than Catfish. Catfish oils and fats contain quite a lot in the flesh.
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Catfish farming techniques is relatively easy, so no need to hesitate if interested to pursue this fish farming. At the first meeting the needs of only relying on catching catfish from the rivers, swamps and lakes as a natural habitat for catfish. Along with the increasing demand and interest of the community, catfish began to be cultivated in ponds, cages and tubs of cement. Demand continues to increase catfish provide business opportunities for everyone to pursue business in the catfish farming. With the increasing demand for such is clearly not possible to rely on the natural catchment, but need more catfish aquaculture intesnsif.
Requirements Catfish Aquaculture
Patin fish farming requires some requirements and optimal environmental conditions for growth and development are as follows:
 Good ground for pool maintenance and catfish farming is a type of clay / loam, not pivot. The type of soil can hold a large mass of water and does not leak so it can be made bund / wall pool.
The slope of the land is good for making the pond ranged from 3-5% to facilitate irrigation ponds by gravity.
If the enlargement is done with nets floating catfish mounted tackle the right location is a fast-flowing river is slow.
Maintenance of water quality for catfish should be clean, not too keruhdan not polluted toxic chemicals, and oil / sewage plant. Water quality must be considered, to avoid mildew, it is necessary to add a solution of inhibiting the growth of fungi (Emolin or Blitzich at a dose of 0.05 cc / liter).
Good water temperature at the time of egg hatching into larvae in aquariums is between 26-28 degrees C. In areas that required relatively low water temperature heater (heater) to achieve the optimum temperature is relatively stable.
The pH of water ranged between: 6.5-7.
Mechanical Maintenance Enlargement Catfish
Magnification is intended to meet the maintenance Catfish consumption. Catfish are consumed in a variety of sizes, including 200 grams to 1 kg. Harvest time to adjust to market demand. There are some who prefer the small size of about 200 grams is nothing more than that. At the age of 6 months catfish have reached weights of 600-700 grams.
Catfish will grow better in the mud pond with a stream of water flowing pretty good, although there may also dipeihara the cement pond that does not flow, but keep in mind the quality of the water in order to remain in good konsisi. Maintenance measures Catfish as following:
1. Fertilization
In mud pools should ideally be done before fertilization catfish sown. Fertilizing an aim to increase the productivity of ponds and natural foods, namely by stimulating the growth of natural food-banyaknya.Pupuk as commonly used is manure or green manure at a dose of 50-700 g / m 2.
2. Feeding
Significant contributing factor in the catfish farming is a factor pemberia food. Dietary factors that affect the success of aquaculture catfish is from the aspect of nutritional content, the amount and frequency of food pemberin. Feeding is done 2 times a day (morning and afternoon). The amount of food given per day as much as 3-5% of total body weight pet fish. The amount of food is always changing every month, according to the weight gain of fish. This can be determined by weighing 5-10 fish samples taken from farmed fish (sample). The feed is pellets and can be added to other natural foods such as shellfish, golden snail, snails, fish waste, kitchen waste and others. Natural foods are derived from the environment in addition to high protein also save on maintenance costs.
3. Handling Pests and Diseases
One of the obstacles and problems catfish farming is pests and diseases. In the enlargement catfish in floating nets and pond pests that may attack the other otter, turtles, lizards, water snakes, and birds. Prevent the entry of pests into the pool or by installing lights around the pool. Pests are usually reluctant to enter if there are rays of light. No catfish disease caused by infectious and non-infectious. Non-infectious disease is a disease that arises akibatadanya disorders are not pathogenic factor. Non-infectious disease is not contagious. While infectious disease usually arises due to interference of pathogenic organisms.
4. Harvesting Catfish
Harvesting is currently awaited in catfish aquaculture. Even though it looks simple harvesting also need to consider some aspects of the fish so no damage, death, disability when harvested. Unfortunately, if the catfish farming has been successful, must fail simply because the harvest wrong way. Fishing using fish will result in floating nets were injured. Fishing should begin to move downstream and then upstream miss. So when the fish is driven by the beggar catfish will be cornered on the upstream side. Harvesting these fish remain profitable due to fresh water so that the fish deaths can be avoided. Catfish marketing in the form of fresh and live more in demand by consumers, because it diusahakann sold in this form. Catfish Price Per kilogram of roughly $ 15,000.