What kind of fish is easy to raise and profitable
The editor will explain the experience of a rural uncle raising Osmanthus fish out of season and tips on what kind of fish is easy to raise and profitable. Next, the editor will introduce to everyone.
In the common understanding of people, engaging in planting and breeding industries, if one plants or breeds some expensive varieties, they can definitely get high income, such as Osmanthus fish in freshwater fish, which retails for 30 to 40 yuan per jin, and sometimes even over 50 yuan.
However, in actual breeding, expensive fish may not necessarily bring high returns.
In the famous freshwater fish breeding base - Yuhu in Gong'an County, there were once many Osmanthus fish breeders. Due to technical or market factors, these breeders did not get high returns. After deducting the cost of investment, their income was not much higher than that of raising the common four major fish species, leading most people to switch to raising grass carp.
But there was a breeder named Yang Chenghong who persisted. His annual income from breeding Osmanthus fish was several times higher than others. So, how did he do it?
On May 22, in a fish pond by Yuhu Lake, breeder Yang Chenghong was releasing Osmanthus fish fry. These Osmanthus fish fry, which were over 5 centimeters in size, were purchased from Guangdong 10 days ago and were released into the breeding pond after adapting for a few days.
At this time of the year, other breeders had already released their fry. Why did Yang Chenghong release them only now?
Yang Chenghong told me: he is breeding Osmanthus fish out of season, which is two months later than the normal release.
Yang Chenghong said that he has been involved in freshwater fish breeding for over 10 years. He used to raise grass carp and switched to breeding Osmanthus fish five years ago. At first, he followed the breeding model of grass carp, which is releasing in spring and harvesting in autumn.
The disadvantage of this breeding model is that local mature fish flood the market, leading to low prices, below 20 yuan per jin. After the local Osmanthus fish are off the market, prices skyrocket, reaching over 50 yuan per jin.
The final result of this phenomenon is that breeders invest several times the cost of ordinary freshwater fish, but when the mature fish hit the market, the prices are low, sometimes even falling below cost. When prices skyrocket, Osmanthus fish from other places enter the local market, watching others make money.
Yang Chenghong found out that most of the Osmanthus fish entering the local market in the off-season were bred out of season by breeders from Guangdong. He also wanted to breed Osmanthus fish out of season, so he spent half a month in Guangdong to study the market and learn techniques.
After returning, he started to transform the fish ponds, add equipment, and officially began breeding Osmanthus fish out of season. Due to Yang Chenghong's thorough preparation, accurate market grasp, and skilled breeding techniques, he achieved great success in the first year, with the net income per mu doubling.
For breeding Osmanthus fish out of season, Yang Chenghong has summarized three main points of successful experience.
The first is the release of fry: avoid the peak, release in stages. The first batch of fry can be released from the end of May to early June, and then divided into 3 to 5 batches. By releasing the fry two months later than other breeders, it avoids the high-price season for fry, greatly reducing costs; at the same time, it can be listed in the off-season when the market price rises, increasing income.
The second is breeding technology, mainly the feeding technique of fish bait.
Osmanthus fish is different from other fish; it only eats live fish, with a meat-to-bait ratio of 1:6, meaning it takes 6 pounds of live fish to grow one pound of meat.
Yang Chenghong releases fry of fish that Osmanthus fish loves to eat, such as carp fry, into the fish pond every late March, with 1 million carp fry per mu. By the end of May, the carp fry grow to about 2 centimeters, becoming high-quality bait for Osmanthus fish.
By raising carp fry before releasing the Osmanthus fish fry, it ensures that the Osmanthus fish has abundant feed, and high-quality bait can make the Osmanthus fish fry grow quickly, greatly improving the success rate.
The third is ensuring water quality.
Osmanthus fish requires high water quality, and the fish pond must be constantly refreshed with clean water.
Conclusion:
Yang Chenghong's experience of breeding Osmanthus fish out of season tells us that in rural areas, whether it's breeding or planting, only by breaking the routine, daring to innovate, daring to try, and continuously learning and improving, can we get high returns.
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