Aqua culture: farming of Tilapia / Bangus / Suahe

**vinj** · July 23rd, 2013 09:33 AM

Originally Posted by jimmy.sti40

very profitable ang aquaculture specially the high valued species like sugpo, lapu lapu, crabs etc.. ok din ang tilapia and bangus.
if you want to be in aquaculture business, its very important na you have to be there 24/7, ang dami nang nalugi because of pilferage etc etc
sadly kasama ako dun. never ever run the fishpond or fish cage by a remote control. mabilis na ang marketing, you will be surprise ang daming tumatwag sayo asking how much yung fish mo.

That's quite true. Next to pollution problems in some areas, the real cause of failure is not being there to manage on-hand. Even with a trained and trusted farm manager, my dad had a hard time with his fish ponds since he had to be in Manila often.

**rollyic** · July 23rd, 2013 02:52 PM

yung pinsan ko hindi nakapag aral dahil sa kahirapan nila noon.
dahil sa sipag at tyaga, nag umpisa sa isang fish cage. ngayon isa na sya sa big time sa bicol in terms of tilapia business.
noon may middleman pa na bumibili sa mga tilapia nya pagka harvest nya. ang mura ng kuha sa kanya.
nung maka ipon, bumili ng sariling truck.
from harvest to market ang ginagawa nya.
kaya ang laki ng kinikita nya ngayon.

**lowslowbenz** · July 23rd, 2013 03:09 PM

^
Tilapia replaced GG as the poor man's fish. Those people breeding tilapia is hitting it bigtime indeed.

**cpsolt** · July 23rd, 2013 03:40 PM

parang masarap syang gawin na after-retirement career. keep the stories coming.

**badsekktor** · September 4th, 2013 04:50 PM

Engaged in this type of biz. Starting pa lang and learning the ropes. Medyo malaki lang initial investment. Kelangan volume para malaki tubo. Hoping magpick-up din kagaya nung isang biz namin ni wifey.
I wouldnt suggest na negosyo ito sa hindi kayang i-risk yun capital. Mabilis ang pera dito pero mabilis din ang lugi. Too many risk factor.. baha, peste, security etc.

**Phoenix67** · September 5th, 2013 11:05 PM

Walang pinagkaiba sa broiler birds....pero the tilaipia have been more stable lately (mga 3-5years ng stable).

**badkuk** · September 7th, 2013 08:10 PM

just curious, usually ba mga fishponds me oxygenator, filters, etc? Or is it basically just a hole filled with water?

**Phoenix67** · September 8th, 2013 01:38 AM

Depende ano aalagaan mo - sugpo needs good dissolved oxygen so kailangan ng way to oxygenate the water. TIlapia has a high tolerance sa low dissolved oxygen vs bangus....so kahit wala na,

**badsekktor** · September 12th, 2013 10:14 PM

Originally Posted by badkuk

just curious, usually ba mga fishponds me oxygenator, filters, etc? Or is it basically just a hole filled with water?

Yep, aerators.... depende sa source ng tubig.

**badkuk** · September 13th, 2013 10:37 AM

pero do most pond operators use some sort of filtration?

i'm currently into fishkeeping kasi, and i've read a lot about pond filtration -- ornamental ponds that is. Just curious if the same technology is being used for commercial ponds, or would be more economical to just change the water every once in a while.