Effective feeding of fish is key to a profitable fish enterprise. The feed should be able to provide the nutrients required for growth and survival of the fish.
The amount of feed a fish can consume each day is determined by its body weight. Normally, the amount eaten by the fish is 5% of its body weight for newly stocked fingerlings.
Feed percentages drop as the fish mature, to at least 1% as they near full maturity. For example, if fingerlings weigh on average 45 grammes after 4-5 weeks in the pond, the total percentage of feed is 3.8%x45 grammes, which is 1.7grammes.
Well-fed fish will have gained at least 122 grammes by the 9th week. By this time, they should be eating feeds weighing about 3% of their body weight, which is about 3.7 grammes everyday.
You will then multiply feeds per fish by the number of fish in the pond, to get the total amount of feeds to drop in the pond.
Feeds must be dry and not mouldy before they are dropped in water. Moulds have elements that may affect the fish.
