Fish Farming

January
  • Do not add feed and fertilizer in the pool
  • Aerate the pond early in the morning and late in the evening or release fresh water from the tubewell
  • Aerate the pool during the day during continuous cloudy conditions.
  • Replace 10-20% of pool water with fresh water
  • Add lime to the pool as needed
  • Add Cefax or potassium permanganate to keep the pool sterile
  • Add Butox (10-15 ml / acre) thrice a week to prevent infestation of Argulus lice.
  • Inspect fish caught for sale weighing more than 500 grams, so that the disease can be detected in time.
  • Continue the work done in January.
  • To prevent overcrowding of fish in the pond, hang common (aquatic plants) or artificial (ropes, sacks, etc.) articles in the base water as a way to remove eggs of common carp fish from the pond.
  • Start feeding the fish one percent of its total weight during the third or fourth week of the month depending on the temperature.
  • Continuing the work of February, by the third / fourth week of March, sell all the fish weighing more than half kg.
  • Wrap nylon thread over the pond to protect it from prey birds.
  • Buy a ready-made diet (pellet diet) or prepare your own as recommended.
  • Increase the water level (depth) in the pond (5-6 feet).
  • Stock fingerlings from nursery ponds in production ponds (4000 / acre).
  • Add water plants, feed or green vegetables at 4-5% of grass carps weight for diet.
  • Feed rest of the fishes daily after sunrise at the rate of 1.5-2.0% of their total weight.
  • Add recommended amount of indigenous or chemical fertilizers after 15 days in the pond.
  • Add lime in the pool (if pH is less than 8.5).
  • Increase the water level (depth) in the pond (5-6 feet).
  • Add feed, fertilizer and lime to the pond as per the month of April.
  • Replace 10-20% of pool water with fresh water.
  • Aeration of pool with fresh water should be done in the morning.
  • If fish are seen breathing out of the pond, immediately release fresh water for aeration.
  • Add feed, fertilizer, lime and replace water for aeration of the pond as per April / May.
  • In case of moss in the pond, stop feeding the fish.
  • Plant grass on inner side of ponds to prevent erosion of pond embankments during monsoon.
  • To maintain pH of water after rain, add lime.
  • If the water pH exceeds 9.5, consult an expert and apply gypsum or alum.
  • Add fresh water for aeration of pool in the morning.
  • Replace 10-20% of pool water with fresh water.
  • After every 15-20 days increase the feed according to the increasing weight of the fish.
  • Continue the same work as done for the month of June.
  • Aeration should be done during the day on cloudy days.
  • If fish are seen breathing out of the water, immediately release fresh water for aeration in the pond.
  • Irrigate paddy with pond water.
  • Be sure to leave 1.5-2.0 feet of open space in the pond to prevent the fish from spilling out of the pond due to rain.
  • Take a spawn from the hatchery and stock it in the nursery pond to make fingerlings.
  • Continue the activities done during June-July
  • Continue the activities done during June-July.
  • Add fertilizer to the pond every week or 15 days depending on the color of the water.
  • Start selling fish heavier than 500 grams.
  • Carefully inspect the fish caught for sale for early detection of disease and parasitic infestation and get proper treatment.
  • Use common (water plants) or artificial (ropes, sacks, etc.) articles in the base water to extract common carp fish eggs from the pond.
  • Keep proper record of all fishes taken out of the pond for sale and add exact amount of fingerlings in the pond.
  • Reduce the fish diet by 25-75% as the temperature decreases.
  • In case of algae in the pond, stop feeding the fish.
  • Use fertilizers in the pond according to the color of the water.
  • Continue using lime and aeration in the pond
  • Add Cefax or potassium permanganate to disinfect the pool.
  • Carefully inspect the fish weighing more than 500 grams caught for sale for early detection of disease and parasitic infestation and to get proper treatment.
  • Replace the exact number of fishes caught by the fingerlings in pond.
  • Stop use of feed and fertilizers.
  • Increase water level (depth) to 6 feet.
  • Use lime as per need in the pool
  • Aerate the pond in the morning during cloudy days.
  • Fresh tubewell water can be used to aerate the pool late in the evening.
  • Plant trees around the pond.
  • If fish are seen breathing out of the water, immediately release fresh water for aeration.
  • In case of Argulus lice, apply Butox medicine (10-15 ml / acre) in the pond thrice a week.
  • Sell fishes heavier than 500 gram