MATERIAL NEEDED IN CATFISH HATCHERY

MATERIALS NEEDED IN CATFISH HATCHERY

 

Below are the various material needed in catfish hatchery

Vast, mature male and female fish, shrill, blade &scissor, ova prim salt, net, carpet, teaspoon, host (small, medium &big host)

  

VAST:
A vast can be wooden, plastic tank etc, which is being constructed by the carpenter



CARPET:

This is a very common material that anybody can get, but be very careful on the carpet you purchase. The best carpet for hatching process is the thick carpet and this carpet is being sold by yard. You need 6 to 7 yard.


MATURE MALE AND FEMALE CATFISH (BROOD STOCK)

Fish can be in different sex, it can be male & female. A male fish always have a long slip ply pennies below the anus, male catfish are smaller and narrower than female catfish. The female can grow up to 1 inch larger than the male. Female catfish are wider than the male 11/2 inches in the belly area. The female catfish is also rounder than the male catfish. The head of the male catfish is larger and wider than the female catfish up to 1 inches. The male catfish have longer fin than the female. The male also have a brighter colored fins than the female. Both have two opening in the lower belly area, one for anus and the other for genital. Male genital are raise and sharp like nipple while that of female is rounded right before spawning female genital will be reddish and swollen

SHRILL:
This is an instrument used for the operation of hatching a fish.

OVAPRIM:
This is liquid or drug use to induce the female catfish by injecting her with it before stripping the out the female catfish.

SALT:
The salt and water enable to kill the bacteria that is effected in the egg of the catfish

NET:
This is an instrument which egg will be spread on top of the net into the vast

BLADE:
This instrument is used for cutting through the male catfish to obtain the pituitary gland and the sperm from the male catfish.

PLASTIC TEASPOON:
This is used to mixed the egg during hatching operation

HOST:
This is used for drainage of dirty water and refills it back with clean water





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