Mr. Phuc by the pond raises thick fish that helped him start a successful business.
New job from 2 kilos of thick fish
In the house, Mr. Phuc reserved a prominent place for a fish tank with 4 giant catfish with beautiful patterns on their bodies. Mr. Phuc introduced that these were 4 out of 11 giant catfish weighing 2kg that he bought from U Minh Thuong in 2017 to start his business. Thanks to them, he "made a living", so he raised them in the tank as a way to preserve memories.
Mr. Phuc said that because he wanted to improve his family's economy , he looked for many animals to raise but it was not effective. In 2017, after knowing that there was a type of fish with thick, firm meat, delicious taste, high economic value, and quite easy to raise, he went to the U Minh forest to buy fish seeds. 2kg of thick fish worth 220,000 VND at that time unexpectedly became a turning point in the family's effective business start-up.
Thick fish are found in many localities, but he chose U Minh fish because of its many outstanding characteristics. After a period of raising in a tarpaulin tank, the group of fish only survived to 8 and grew quite well, but due to lack of experience, he could not determine the male and female pair as parents for breeding and could not breed successfully.
Mr. Phuc introduced a thick school of fish that is growing well.
By persistently learning from many people, he mastered the habits and gender of the giant catfish and after nearly a year, the first batch of baby fish reached nearly 1,500. "Taking advantage of the victory", up to now, Mr. Phuc can proactively let giant catfish reproduce all year round, supplying the market with over 50,000 fry each year, with a selling price of 2,500 - 4,000 VND/fish, depending on size. Thanks to that, selling giant catfish fry brings him high economic efficiency.
Raise fish in tarpaulin tanks.
Analyzing in depth the farming techniques, Mr. Phuc emphasized: Thick fish are easy to raise, have few diseases, good resistance, especially less slime or scabies, parasites like common snakehead fish. Raising them for about a year can be sold commercially, does not require much care. Raising them in tarpaulin tanks also makes it easy to control the water regime and monitor the food.
Fish feed is mainly ground trash fish and pellets. In addition to selling fish fry, each year he sells about 3 tons of commercial fish with an average price of 170,000 VND/kg. In addition, Mr. Phuc also buys commercial fish for households that buy fish fry for farming, but still cannot meet market demand.
“House” model: perch on the ground floor, frog on the upper floor
Mr. Phuc is very diligent in learning and has a "good hand" in breeding. His family is also a facility that supplies frogs, snakehead fish, catfish... on a local scale. Just a few square meters of tarpaulin tanks on land or nets in the river can help Mr. Phuc earn millions of dong each month. Currently, Mr. Phuc is expanding his scale to 3 breeding and commercial farms, 2 in Can Tho City and 1 in Dong Thap Province.
Model of raising frogs and tilapia combined in nets under the river.
In particular, Mr. Phuc’s model of raising frogs and perch in the style of a “loft” is bringing high economic efficiency. In a net under the river of about ten square meters, frogs and perch live together. Due to their characteristics, frogs will live on buoys floating above the water surface, while perch live on the bottom. The two species will feed back and forth, taking advantage of each other’s waste.
Frog on the "upper floor".
The growth time from raising to harvesting of frogs and tilapia is similar, so after about 2.5 months, he can harvest at the same time. The highlight of the model is that it helps reduce costs, increase profits, helping him earn tens of millions of dong after only a few months of raising.
He bought trash fish to feed fish and frogs.
Mr. Phuc’s success shows the creativity and acumen of Can Tho farmers in the digital age. His small garden has no empty space with dozens of tarpaulin tanks, each tank is a few square meters. “It looks small but it is not small”, each tarpaulin tank brings him millions of dong each month.
The thick fish has a shape similar to the snakehead fish, but has a shorter and rounder body. The thick fish has many alternating black and white patterns on the belly and both sides of the body, with a characteristic pointed head. The fish meat is delicious, firm and has a distinctive flavor. Due to many factors, natural thick fish are currently very rare, so Mr. Phuc's successful breeding has contributed to the conservation of a precious fish species in the West. |
DANG HUYNH
Source: https://baocantho.com.vn/khoi-nghiep-lam-giau-tu-2-ky-ca-day-a192589.html
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