One of the most unpretentious types of fish for growing in aquaculture. They say that it can be grown with very dense planting – more than 300 kg per 1000 liters of water. It is completely undemanding to oxygen, because in the process of evolution it has developed an organ that allows it to absorb atmospheric oxygen. You can read more about this interesting fish at Wikipedia.
And so, catfish are omnivorous fish, i.e. you can really feed everything: slaughterhouse waste, cheap small fish, minced meat, etc. It is clear that the feed ratio of such feed is very low (for 1 kg of weight gain you need 2-2.5 of such feed), but this really allows you to reduce costs. Commercial catfish feed produced in Ukraine will cost around 0.8-0.9 dollars per kg. Imported ones are priced at $2, which makes them uncompetitive.
The module consists of four 5,000-liter basins, a specially designed mechanical tubular sedimentation tank, a Vismar Ecodrum 20 drum filter, a 5,000-liter biofilter, a pump, a compressor, etc.
Some numbers:
- cost of a ready-to-use module with installation – 15,000 Euro
- electricity consumption – 0.75 kW
- amount of bioload – 3 m3
- amount of feed per year – 10,000 kg
- water flow rate – 15 m3/hour
- the cost of growing 1 kg of catfish is 1.5-1.8 Euro
- service personnel – 1 person (20 working hours per week)
- working capital – 5000 Euro
For growing table fish (1000-1200 gram) we offer 5 gram fry. The growing period is 120-140 days depending on the water temperature.
To install this system you need a warm room measuring 32-36 sq.m.
This project is ideal for small family restaurants and cafes, where you can sell the grown fish with a good margin, which can significantly increase the level of profitability (up to 10,000 Euros per year).
For questions regarding the purchase of this project, please contact us:
Leading specialist – LYUBOMIR GAYDAMAKA
+380 50 879 6803
+380 67 502 4730
