HOW MANY BAGS OF FEED DO I NEED FOR 1000 JUVENILES?
... And How Many Bags per month?
Most catfish farmers old and new still find it difficult to know the quantity of bags of feed their fish needs. This knowledge can lead to profit or lose in your fish farming business. You could overfeed or underfeed.
Harmed with the knowledge of Feed Conversation Ratio (FCR) a farmer can estimate what he need, and plan his budget properly.
On the average, it is discovered that for a catfish to become 1kg, it must have eaten 1kg feed.
Translated 1:1 FCR
Most feed should give you this value.
Others can give higher or lesser.
2mm... 2bags (1st month)
3mm... 8bags (1st/2nd month)
4mm ... 15bags (2nd/3rd month)
6mm... 20bags (3rd/4th month)
9mm... 15/20bags (4th/5th month)
Total... 60/65bags
The above analysis