Raising perch and frogs densely in the same pond, a farmer in Bac Giang got rich, selling like hotcakes

Every year, Mr. Giap Van Bao's farm, a farmer who raises frogs and tilapia in the same pond in Ngoc Trai village, Viet Lap commune, Tan Yen district ( Bac Giang province), earns hundreds of millions in profit. The farm supplies the market with 15-17 tons of commercial frogs, 300,000 frog seeds, 20-30 tons of commercial tilapia...

Mr. Giap Van Bao in Ngoc Trai village, Viet Lap commune, Tan Yen district (Bac Giang province) is one of the typical farming households, passionate about starting a business and getting rich on his homeland.

With the model of raising frogs combined with raising tilapia, each year Mr. Giap Van Bao's farm has supplied the market with 15-17 tons of commercial frogs, 300,000 frog seeds along with 20-30 tons of commercial tilapia, helping Mr. Bao earn hundreds of millions of dong in profit.

In 2014, after many days of planning, Mr. Bao discussed with his family and decided to renovate the family's existing 500m2 pond to raise frogs, but failed many times.

The main reason is still the unstable frog farming technique: the design of water inlet and outlet for the pond is not systematic, frog ponds are easily polluted, diseases in the pond are difficult to control, frogs often suffer from blindness, thigh rot, etc.

However, after receiving advice, discussion and guidance on frog farming techniques from agricultural extension officers, Mr. Bao became confident in farming, continued to expand production and determined to invest in long-term frog farming.

From an area of ​​500m2 of frog pond, Mr. Bao's farm has now been expanded to 10,000m2 of pond.

A corner of the frog farm combined with the tilapia farm of Mr. Bao's family, a good farmer and businessman in Ngoc Trai village, Viet Lap commune, Tan Yen district, Bac Giang province.

Realizing that the frog farming process and pond environment are easily polluted due to the large amount of waste from frog farming into the pond, cleaning the pond as well as preventing diseases for the frogs costs a lot.

To increase economic efficiency on the same area as well as solve the problem of improving the frog pond environment, Mr. Bao decided to experiment with raising frogs combined with releasing tilapia.

When raising frogs combined with releasing tilapia, the fish will help take advantage of excess food, frog droppings and algae patches around the cage as food for the tilapia.

Raising frogs and climbing perch in the same pond has helped reduce 10-15% of fish feed costs, kept the pond clean, helped improve water sources, optimized food intake, and limited disease outbreaks.

From the initial test results, currently, the entire 10,000m2 pond area is used by Mr. Bao to raise tilapia below and above the water surface, 4,500m2 of floating cages are arranged to raise frogs.

This is a symbiotic farming model that helps improve the frog pond environment while increasing productivity, product quality and economic efficiency on the same unit area.

At Bao's family's aquaculture farm, frogs are divided into floating cages on the pond surface, each cage holds frogs of different ages for easy care. Outside the net cages, Bao raises tens of thousands of perch. Bao's unique combined aquaculture farm is in Ngoc Trai village, Viet Lap commune, Tan Yen district, Bac Giang province.

All frog breeds being raised at the farm are Thai frog breeds raised in floating net cages on the pond, each cage has an area of ​​15m2 submerged in water about 20-30cm, stocking density is 250-300 frog breeds/1m2 of cage; 80-100 commercial frogs/m2 of cage, stocking density is 25 perch/m2 of pond water surface.

During the care process, it is necessary to regularly check and filter the uniformity in the cage to ensure uniformity and appropriate stocking density, helping frogs grow evenly and quickly to reach commercial size.

According to Mr. Bao, frogs and perch are both easy-to-consume products with large market demand. The average price of frog meat ranges from 45,000-50,000 VND/kg, while the price of perch ranges from 30,000-40,000 VND/kg.

With 10,000 square meters of pond, Mr. Bao's family's frog farm annually exports 15-17 tons of commercial frogs, 300,000 frog seeds and 30 tons of commercial tilapia to the market. After expenses, Mr. Bao earns a profit of 450 million VND/year, 200 million VND higher than raising only frogs or tilapia.

According to Ms. Ta Thi Phuong - Agricultural Technical Service Center of Tan Yen district, Bac Giang province: The model of raising frogs combined with raising tilapia has really brought high economic efficiency to farmers in Viet Lap commune as well as many households in Tan Yen district.

The model is very easy to implement, low investment cost, does not take time to care for and does not require a large area, can take advantage of the available pond surface area.

The frog farming model combined with tilapia farming of Mr. Giap Van Bao's family is a trusted destination for many people in and outside the region regarding the address for supplying frog meat and frog seeds and is a place for many households in and outside the province to visit and learn from.

Tan Yen District Agricultural Technical Service Center propagates and recommends that people who want to apply the production model need to carefully study technical factors, design suitable ponds, have specific planning and not expand massively.

Source: https://danviet.vn/nuoi-ca-ro-dong-nuoi-ech-day-dac-chung-mot-ao-mot-ong-nong-dan-bac-giang-phat-tai-ban-hut-hang-20241103142612716.htm